{brackets} is about different brackets, their usage and functionality in (La)TeX.
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Tall curly brace
I would like to put a tall (long) left curly bracket on the left side of the following:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\noindent
c: $\{$1, ..., n$\}$ $\rightarrow$ $\{$1, ..., ...
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Missing final brackets (in one equation { and in other - ]) in the equations
This is my first question on tex.stackexchange, so the formatting will be terrible.
I've got a problem with three lengthy equations - the closing brackets, in all three formulas, are not displayed.
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Less aggressive automatic paren stretching with \left
\left and \right are convenient but sometimes they're a bit overeager in stretching the parentheses. In that case we can manually use \bigl, \Bigl, etc.
I have defined a new command like this
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Can I make LyX automatically use 'smart' parentheses [\left( \right)] in math mode?
When I type in math mode I always prefer to use the parentheses using
\left and \right.
Currently, I go into math mode and then press the button on the ribbon
that appears in this mode and creates ...
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vote
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Disable TeXstudio auto completion of square brackets?
I've disabled auto completion of {} from the advanced settings menu, but the program still automatically adds a ] when I type [ in examples like:
\item[--]
Is this a bug or can I disable it some ...
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Small descriptions next to matrix [duplicate]
One of my textbooks notates Markov transition matrices this way with 1 and 2 denoting states:
How can I reproduce this matrix in LaTeX?
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Matching Brackets in TeX output
Is there any ways or features to make pdf-files using one of TeX systems so that when I move the cursor to one of brackets (either open or closed brackets) in pdf, then the bracket and the other ...
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Big brackets around Text
I want to create a big single curly bracket over a paragraph of text. I will be using this for many, many paragraphs. I want to make it left and/or right idented. This is for a conversational styled ...
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Redefine \cite for brackets [duplicate]
EDIT: I finally found out how to do it:
\newrobustcmd*{\parentexttrack}[1]{%
\begingroup
\blx@blxinit
\blx@setsfcodes
\blx@bibopenparen#1\blx@bibcloseparen
\endgroup}
\AtEveryCite{%
...
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Double subscript error with \newcommand?
Disclaimer: I know of Defining a newcommand with sub- or superscript and avoiding "double subscript" error but this only gives a work-around, but no explanation to my question.
Here's a ...
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Two double-line equations need double left brackets
I have four lines of equations. The first two and the second two need to be grouped by a left bracket, and all four need to be grouped by one overall left bracket.
I am using an array within an ...
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Using square bracket inside square bracket [duplicate]
I have a two-column layout, and I want to put a specific section with images to span the whole page width. So I use:
\twocolumn[
...
]
So far, so good. However, when I want to include anything in ...
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Highlighted Matrix with brackets
I would like to produce the matrix as shown in this figure:
At the moment, I have this code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix}
\begin{document}
...
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How to get the braces in the multirow spanning all three rows?
In the following table I would like to have the braces in both multirows span the three rows that the multirow is covering. I tried using \left.\right\} and editing the vertical space, but nothing has ...
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big angle brackets
I know that \langle and \rangle creates left and right angle brackets. But they don't seem to adopt to the size of the expression inside. For example, if I have a big matrix, I would like to angle ...
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Why different bra ket notations?
Why are bra and ket defined in the official package braket.sty in two different ways (\bra, \Bra and \ket, \Ket). I do not understand why there exists the command \bra with non-scalable delimiters. ...
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Underbrace multiple math lines
I have to underbrace multiple lines in an align-environment with one brace. Meaning something like
\begin{align*}
A ={}& B + \underbracemultiline{C + D + E \\
& + F + G \\
& ...
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How can I use LaTex to mark my delta y and my delta x?
I know it is possible to use curly brackets (braces) in both vertical and horizontal orientation in Latex. Can I somehow use this to mark my change in y and my change in x on a Coordinate plane?
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Create “bracket free” macros (like in mimeTeX)
In mimeTeX, an abundance of macros like \cd = \cdot, \fr = \frac and \sq = \sqrt are allowed. This kind of macros are easily created in own LaTeX documentens, using \newcommand. Other mimeTeX macros ...
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Brackets with correct delimiters and automation [duplicate]
According to What is the correct way to do delimiters? the correct way of using brackets in math mode could be achieved by a macro like this:
\newcommand{\myLeft}{\mathopen{}\left}
I wonder if ...
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How to increase the size of a curly bracket size without \left and \right
I would like to ask how to increase the dimension of the curly bracket in the second item of the following list:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Draw $\tilde{\theta}$ from $j$
\item Calculate $\nu = \min \{ ...
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How to build a conditional based on a resize paramater
I would like to define my own macro that accepts an optional parameter such as \big, \Big, etc that apply that if it is specified, otherwise apply the auto resizing \left, \right pair.
So, how do I ...
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Generate a table with braces and tables
I'm trying to get a LaTeX table to look like the below. Any tips on how to implement the brackets?
I currently just know how to do basic tables, which would be a 11x10 table in this case. Any way ...
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Easily change behavior of \DeclarePairedDelimiter
After seeing the answer to this question I realized that I preferred the way of working of Juan A. Navarro's answer:
I.e., \DeclarePairedDelimiter{\parens}{\lparen}{\rparen} from mathtools is a ...
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Highlight missing closing brackets in TeXworks [closed]
Is there the possibility to perform a check in TeXworks to see if there are any missing closing brackets?
With this I also mean brackets not related to specific latex commands (e.g. ( and )).
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How can I adjust the size of the square brackets in the equation?
I am trying to write an equation that includes fractions and the power of fractions. Here is my equation.
\begin{equation}\label{eq:vlj}
\si{\volt\of{LJ}}= ...
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Space before right bracket
I have created this formula using mathptmx as font
\begin{equation}
BER = Q\left(\sqrt{\dfrac{2E_{b}^{\text{RX}}}{N_{0}}}\right)
\end{equation}
getting the above result:
I'm not totally ...
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Indicating matching brackets/parentheses in TeX output
I often have cause to typeset things like this in TeX:
When reading expressions like the one above, it's very difficult to tell which brackets match each other. I'd like to be able to define ...
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Nested bracket in breqn doesn't work
I tried to use the latest version of breqn package to break this equation;
The result shows that it can't break the equation at Level/depth greater than 2 even by using ...
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Parentheses in thebibliography environment
I want to change the default square brackets in the entries of the thebibliography environment to parentheses.
Sample:
% sample.tex
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
...
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How can I use brackets for serial numbers like 1, 2, 3
I want to write the reference numbers like the following in MS WORD. How can I write in such a manner?
[1] Brattin WJ, Glenda EA. 1 Free Radical Biol Med 1985;1:27.
[2] Osawa T, Kavakishi S, ...
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Braces in equations
This resembles what I want:
Unfortunately, both braces are too big. I would like the brace on the top to enclose the variables, that is, span from (x_0 to \x_i). The brace on the right should ...
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LaTeX: optional arguments with square brackets
LaTeX is trying to add a missing $ that I don't want to the following code:
EDIT: replaced stricken lines from original question with minimal working example:
\documentclass[letter,12pt]{article}
...
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How to make brackets larger?
How can the first { and last } in the following be made larger?
$A =\left \{a \notin\{1, 2\}, \ b\notin \{4,5\}\right\}$.
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Spacing around \left and \right: When is it needed? [closed]
There have been a few questions (such as this and more recently this) regarding the "extra" spacing around \left and \right. And there are various options for fixing it, including the mleftright ...
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\left \right for the bracket of a function
I'm writing something like a function Y(-), where the term in the bracket is large, so I wrote Y\left(-\right), however, the "Y" is still the normal size, which makes it looks small, compare with the ...
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Forbid word breaking (ConTeXt)
In the following example
\definefont[Shehkl][name:Scheherazade*arabic at 15pt] % or file:amiri-regular.ttf*... file:alq.ttf
\definestartstop[Arab][commands=\setups{Arabic}]
\def\Arab{\doArab}
...
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bracket covering only a part of a matrix
How can I write a matrix, with brackets that cover only rows/columns in a certain range, but still has the right indentation? What I would like:
My current solution:
\[
\overset{
...
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How to make pipe to grow with both sides?
How to make pipe (vertical bar) symbol to grow like in Dirac product notation but without outer angle brackets?
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Long brackets in flalign*
I'm trying to type a nice looking long sum of functions:
I managed to do it with combination of flalign* and \mspace:
\begin{flalign*}
...
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Colored Curly Brackets spanning across multiple pages
This is just a thought that came for the notes I am working on,
I have a need to create curly brackets which span across multiple pages.
I don't know if this is possible to do or not.
my curly ...
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sets and enclosing braces
How can I denote a set of numbers with curly braces around them (curly braces are usually the standard for sets in mathematical textbooks). I tried the following:
$d={3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1}$
Tex ...
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Brackets and parenthesis from different fonts in unicode-math
I am using the unicode-math package to use letters from the body font in math typesetting. The font I am using (Arno Pro) works quite well for this, because it includes a full Greek alphabet on top of ...
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Why is the left bracket [ darker than the right bracket ] in equations? [closed]
I was writing up some formulas with concentrations on Chemistry.SE, and the left brace is noticeably darker than the right brace. I replaced them with \lvert and \rvert, but it is harder to write. is ...
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Combining split and rcases
I have an equation, that is split along multiple lines. All equations should be aligned to the equal sign. All but the first equation form a group.
The following gives almost the expected result ...
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Removing brackets from the reference [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to use 1. (number followed by dot) format instead of [1] format in bibliography
I'm using the amsart class, and the command \begin{thebibliography} for references.
...
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Brackets in first column in table give “Missing number, treated as zero” error [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Error with table
I'm writing a table with 4 columns and 1 row. The first column starts with a bracket. It compiles without issues:
\documentclass{article}
...
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Nomenclature and line breaks
I'm trying to format the nomenclature such that there is, ideally, a curly bracket around a series of items with 1 definition. If that's not possible then at least having a line break in between ...
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acm template \left and \right gives error
I am using acm template and want < and > bracket. I checked out some posts regarding this question and they have suggested to use \left and \right. But the problem is when I use them, they give ...
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Enlarge the integral sign proportional to its content
In LaTeX you have a command like \left(\right) to enlarge the brackets proportional to the content between the brackets.
for instance \left(a\right) will produce smaller brackets than ...
