Questions tagged [math-mode]
{math-mode} is about typesetting mathematical content, e.g. tweaking the appearance of spacing and symbols in a formula, or producing specific mathematical constructs. For questions about "wrapper" environments like equation or align, consider the tag {equations}.
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PDFLaTeX starts every time I type in math environments [closed]
Every time I want to type in math environments the MikTeX (2.9) pdflatex.exe starts in a separate console window and stands for a while until it closes and some other consoles appear and disappear ...
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Square root symbol looking ugly [closed]
Recently I noticed that my square root symbol is looking really ugly:
The square root per se is not correctly connected to the overbar. The picture above is with a small zoom factor. When I zoom in ...
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n-base to decimal calculations in LaTeX
I have to make an assignment about converting base-n notation to decimal and vice versa.
We are allowed to make it on paper, and send it in digitally by scanning. However, I'd like to send it in ...
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A problem with using fancytooltips package
I'm trying to use fancytooltips package to create comments/tips that include mathematical formulas (I use MikTeX 2.9). I acted according to the directions of this guide Mouseover events in beamer: ...
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How to put under-braces at same level? [duplicate]
I'm trying to put two under-braces in math mode:
\underbrace{\frac{5000 \times 1000}{\frac{2 \times 1000 \times 1000 \times 1000}{8}} \times 1000}_\text{transmission time} + \underbrace{13 \times \...
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How to change global font size and global math size separately?
How can I change the font size of regular text and the font size of equations separately, but globally? I have a lot of equations in my document, and I want to reduce the font size of all regular text,...
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Blackboard Bold i
Although it is not standard notation, I quite like the fact that in Mathematica, a blackboard bold i is used to represent the imaginary unit. Apart from making it stick out, it allows me to write ...
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Truncate numbers in dollar signs
Is there any way to truncate numbers inside dollar signs? I found a solution using siunitx and \num{somenumber}, but I have a very large output with dollar signs. To make things worse, some of the ...
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Tag equation in ConTeXt with arbitrary text
Question: Is it possible to tag displayed equations (inside \startformula and \stopformula with an arbitrary tag in ConTeXt?
With LaTeX I can do
\documentclass[preview]{standalone}
\usepackage{...
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problems with \o after redefining \O
I redefined the \O command for math purposes but now it seems to conflict with the \o command, which I need for people's names. So far, the problem seems to occur only in the author entry. Here is a ...
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cmbright and math functions
When using cmbright, the font used for math functions is not the one I would have expected. Is this normal behaviour? What to change to have a consistent font throughout the document ?
MWE:
\...
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Getting wrong output with cube root
I am having some problem with the following code. It seems that the cube sign on my square root sign is a little out of place, and the first fraction under the square root is a little small. Looking ...
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Subscript spacing with mathdesign
I have a rather elaborate font setup in a larger document, were I recently noticed some funny spacing with greek letters and subscripts in mathmode.
I verified on a MWE (below) that it's not cmap, ...
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LaTeX: Statistics CDF and PDF
Is there any way to type the CDF and PDF of a distribution on LaTeX similar to how it's done on this site?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_distribution_(continuous)
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\gls in the subscript has too normal size
Let us compile the following code with latex+dvips or latex+dvipdf (there are various reasons for using the DVI format; in my case, it's recompiling and adapting the old code):
\documentclass{article}
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How can I get a \bar over a subscript?
With this code
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
${\bar{S}}_{\text{rel,t}}$
\end{document}
I get
How can I extend the \bar over the subscript?
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Modal math font commands in modern LaTeX? (i.e. modal version of \mathrm etc.)
Is there a modern modal version of the math font commands?
In modern LaTeX, the use of old font-commands like \rm is quite strongly discouraged, with the commands being removed from the Kernel, and ...
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How do I get something into a rectangle without space for non-existent descenders?
This is what I have:
$\begin{array}{@{}|@{\,}l@{}}\hline2\end{array}$
I want it to be very similar, except I don't want the line on the left to descend below the 2. I don't really even want it to ...
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hyperref + glossaries + latex = bad spacing around math relations
Compile the following input with latex && dvips (which you sometimes have to do for a variety of reasons; my case is recompiling old documents):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{...
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math equation, problem with brackets
Hi i have a problem with "{}" brackets in my equation.
\begin{equation}
y= \alpha ^{- \int F_1(x)\,dx} \left { \ C- \int_{- \infty}^{\infty} F_2 (x) * \beta^{F_1 (x)dx} dx \right }
\end{equation}
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Upright bold Greek fonts with SVMult class
In plain Latex document, we can use simple command \boldsymbol{\mathrm{\Phi or q}} to obtain upright Greek or Roman letter that will look fine.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{...
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Proper ERT LaTeX Code in LyX Math-mode
The problem I am having is I cannot have full "monospaced font" ERT code in LyX math-mode. In the picture below, you can see that in math-mode there is no red box and the argument in the curly ...
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Importing mathematical calculations processed by an external file
I usually work with software called Wolfram Mathematica. With this software I perform mathematical calculations and get their results.
I usually do the following:
Button Right Click -> Copy As -&...
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Widehat with no argument
I'm using \widehat to represent a mapping, so I would like to use it without arguments, for example,
Consider a mapping $\widehat{} : A \to B$, where $\widehat{a} = $...
Now the problem with this is ...
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Scale bold capital letters
I have my custom fonts. They are fine in terms of size. However the bold fonts for capital letters are too big and I do not know how to normalize their size.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{...
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Alternative separate font to mathfrak for small letters
I am looking for a second set of alphabets for my article.
I have seen this post which looks great but it does not cover small letters (only capitals).
\mathfrak is a good option too, except for ...
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Wrap/break equations text when exporting to PDF
So I just finished writing my homework in Lyx and I was about to print it after exporting to PDF, but I noticed that some of the centered equations were too long and their most-right part is exceeding ...
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Typesetting formula beside explanation of variables
I've been using the below snippet for quite a while now to typeset important formulas in my documents. Until now I always copy-pasted the snippet and manually tweaked it until the spacing looked ...
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Use smart greek letters recognizing \mathrm with mathastext-package
This is another follow-up question to this one with @wipet's great answer on how to create "smart greek letters" which in math mode are normally italic, but recognize the \mathrm command to become ...
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Latex command \lll or \ggg not working
I'm trying to write ">>>" using the command "\ggg" or "\lll". Here is list of the packages I'm using:
\usepackage{cite,graphicx,amssymb,amsmath,psfrag,bm}
\...
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Align centered math-blocks
How can I align multiple math blocks, such that each block is centered.
In my example the 1 should be printed centered above the 11 and so on.
I guess this can be done with minipages, but I believe ...
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RevTex-4 footnote and updownarrow don't work together
I am working with the footnote command in RevTex-4, and LaTeC throws errors when I use this with the \updownarrow command. The following code has issues:
\documentclass{revtex4-1}
\begin{document}
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Using \newcommand to create a math symbol
I have seen some examples of using \newcommand to create a new math symbol, e.g.,
\newcommand\indep{\protect\mathpalette{\protect\independenT}{\perp}}
\def\independenT#1#2{\mathrel{\rlap{$#1#2$}\...
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How to use Latex to create 3 sets of equations with brackets
Could anyone can help me how to type the following equations in latex?
Thank you very much
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Conditional math symbols
In my private notes, I use non-standard mathematical symbols: I like using 0 to denote the empty set. Quite reasonably, my advisor does not like this if I do this in my paper. So I'd like to use 0 ...
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Spacing before a `lgathered` and other `*ed` environments
I have the following situation:
\documentclass[fleqn]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\begin{document}
\begin{gather*}
[a,b]=c, \\
[c,d]=f, \\
\left.
\begin{lgathered}
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How to add a little space between comparators and a number using siunitx?
I'm using siunitx package for the numbers and units. When I use a comparator, like \sim, the symbol is placed without any space. I'd like to set siunitx to add a little space like in inline math mode, ...
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Bug with \setmathfont range?
I am using XeLaTeX and unicode-math with the Libertinus Math font. Some symbols are missing therefore I'm using the range command. Then I get an unwanted crossed-square symbol beside big curly braces. ...
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Power of a parameter which is starred
How can I write star of a parameter in power of two? I wrote:
$x^*^2$
but it is not what I am searching for.
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Need single command which enforces roman in text and math environments
I am currently using an \rm command as a user-specified base typeface in software that writes output to .tex files. However, I noticed that if \rm gets placed in an equation, you don't get math ...
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Change font for newtxmath math alphabet together with fontspec
My setup for my thesis is that I use fontspec but leave the math to newtxmath because I prefer the appearance of this package's symbols over OpenType math fonts. Now my problem is that the Times ...
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What are all the math packages about?
I have counted 48 packages in MikTeX Package Manager which have math as a part of their names. What are all those packages about? Who could provide a short or not-so-short review of these packages? ...
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What are the two math symbols here and how to get them in Latex? [duplicate]
I have been trying in vain to get the names for the below two math symbols and how to use them in Latex. Anyone who could help me please?
Thanks.
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Inserting syntax hilighted code inside mathematical equations
I'm using some mathematical function notation for expressing relational algebra, in which I want to express the predicates using a specific functional language (e.g. OCaml).
\[\sigma_{\begin{...
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Three equations in two columns
I have a large matrix with 2 small matrices and I try to align it in the following way:
I had like matrix C to be under B instead of in a new row.
The code now is:
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{ c ...
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How to create a (left/right) "\semicirc"?
I would like to have commands \leftsemicirc, \rightsemicirc in math mode which produce left/right semicircles the size of \circ.
The best approximation of a solution I am aware is to use bbding and ...
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Different digits, commas and periods in text and math mode
In a document I'm using palatino for text (package newpxtext) and
euler (package eulervm) for math.
If I use the package eulervm with no options, the digits, the commas
and the periods in math mode ...
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Math mode siunitx line too long
How do I fit the numbers inside the textwidth without specifying manually a line break before each number?
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
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environment of cases mess up the math operator
Thanks to another question, I have defined argmin operator. It works fine when I use it in equations except for when I apply it in cases environment. As you see, the x becomes an index instead of ...
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"Rare" polar form
I'm looking for ways to write this , similar to what the steinmetz package, but it must run in a \tikzpicture environment (via node) and in an \align environment, for example.
Note that this form is ...
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