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Write above the symbol math “subset”

Like the symbols "bigcup or bigcap" in LateX, I'd like to write above the symbol subset. I have try to use the displaystyle command, but it doesn't work ! Here this is a snipset of my try : ...
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Why 'displaystyle' is not working?

I am typing some mathematical expression related to 'displaystyle'. This is working well for $\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^nx_i=1$. But it is not working in the following example : ...
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Disable underlining in display math and resume afterwards

In my documents I have conditional text, which is underlined (in non-display math mode) to make it more obvious to the reader as to exactly which portions of text is conditional text. In display math ...
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The addition of two summation series and other terms [closed]

Here is my code. I realize that the parentheses are a mess, but I am having difficulty with getting the following addition to work and I was hoping all the parentheses would clear up the issue. The ...
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size and location of cube root symbol [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Nice-looking p-th roots On math.stackexchange I wanted the cube root of a fraction in display mode, and used $$\sqrt[3]{\frac ab}$$ to get it. The 3 comes out very ...
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Using \Mathsmaller in math display mode makes the character appear to the right of the symbol itstead of below it

I am trying to use \prod in math display mode but it appears large (larger than I want it to be) but when I use \mathsmaller from the relsize package the letter appears on right side of it instead of ...
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Proper display of fractions

Have a look at the following code: \documentclass[letterpaper]{article} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} \begin{document} $2-\frac{2}{1-\left(\frac{2}{2-\frac{2}{x^2}}\right)}$\quad ...
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Displaystyle and left-alignment

\newcommand{\mbi}[1]{\textbf{\emph{#1}}} \documentclass[preview]{standalone} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \begin{document} \begin{large} \displaystyle ...
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Spaces around display math when using setspace

I'm using setspace package in the following way: \usepackage{setspace} \onehalfspacing It works well, mostly very nice result, but the spaces around display math formulae had enlarged too and now ...
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How do I keep a string of text together without it doing a line break?

I'm writing up a long paper, in which in prose I have various equations. However, I do not want a line break to occur within the equation - I want the equation to stick together. I want to do this ...
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How can I change the whitespace above and below math displays?

I'm looking to squeeze an article written in LaTeX with amsmath to a set number of pages. In the text, I have a number of numbered math displays which I refer to throughout. However, they take up ...
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Writing specific versions of an operator for display and inline modes

I'm busy answering a question by constructing a new math operator that uses the sum symbol and some TikZ placed on top. My answer as it stands can be found here. It looks (I think) pretty good in ...
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Smaller fractions in displayed formulae?

How do you make script-sized fractions in display mode? In certain cases, I find that \frac-based fractions are too large for my tastes in displayed formulae. For example, I feel that the fractions ...
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Why does \[…\] do the wrong thing at the top of a page?

Upon reading What are the differences between $$, [, align, equation and displaymath?, I decided I really wanted to understand what was going on inside \[...\] and so I devised some tests. What I ...
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Displaystyle fractions in a system of equations

I'm trying to define an environment to use with equations' systems. So far, the best solution was \newenironment{eqsys}{\begin{equation}\begin{cases}}{\end{cases}\end{equation}} but I noticed that ...
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Equation name display, not equation labeling/cross-referencing or equation tagging

Is it possible to display an equation name similar to theorem name displays: \begin{theorem}[Convergence of Cauchy Sequences in $\mathbb{R}$] Every Cauchy sequence of real numbers is also a ...
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Is it possible to use \begin{align} in an inline math mode with \displaystyle?

Is it possible to use \begin{align} in an inline math mode with \displaystyle?