6
votes
1answer
71 views

Help with the command \binom

I want to write an expression of the form $\binom{a}{b}$. I tried with the command \binom, but the result is too big, and then I tried \tbinom but it was too small, I want to know if there is another ...
2
votes
1answer
93 views

How to automatically scale inline TikZ code in subscripts?

I want to use inline TikZ code to create my own subscript symbol. For example something like $V_{\tikz{ \draw [|->] (0,0) -- (2ex,0); }}$ The problem is that it is not scaled. The length of the ...
9
votes
2answers
342 views

Defining scalable “white curly brackets” {| and |} (⦃ and ⦄)

I would like to construct what Unicode calls "white curly brackets" that are in addition scalable. They look like ⦃ (≈{|) and ⦄ (≈|}) and have Unicode codepoints U+2983 and U+2984. unicode-math has ...
4
votes
2answers
394 views

Really wide hat symbol

Is there any way to get a hat wider than widehat? Why doesn't \widehat{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz} really go over all of it?
1
vote
1answer
127 views

How can I write a long equation in multi line scaled to text width?

I want to write a long equation over several lines, but result looks highly irregular. How can write this equation better, preferably with all equation occupying the same wide? ...
5
votes
3answers
1k views

how to make subscripts automatically choose font size

Would it be possible to make subscripts in math mode automatically choose a smaller font when a subscript is in uppercase? E.g., if I have sA, the "A" would appear quite big. Is it possible to tell ...
4
votes
1answer
358 views

Scale/Resize a single letter in mathmode with its subscript/superscript unchanged

Is there a way to do this? Currently I am using something like the following to do the job on scaling of a single letter in an equation: \[ \int_{\Omega} (u - \text{\Large $\Pi_{\Omega}$} u) v \, dx ...
1
vote
1answer
422 views

Missing $ inserted while adding resizebox

This is probably a noob error. I get a "Missing $ inserted" error when compiling the following code: \item $% \begin{array}{c} w_{M}>w_{F} \\ \text{or }w_{F}>w_{M}% \end{array}% :\left\{ ...
4
votes
1answer
658 views

Scaling and positioning TikZ figures in equation environments

I am trying to use TikZ figures as part of an equation, but I am only able make either the positioning or the scaling appear correctly. For instance, giving my figures the correct size using ...
9
votes
2answers
5k views

Resize/Scale equation in Beamer

I have a slide in my beamer presentation that looks like: \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \begin{frame} \begin{columns} \column{0.6\textwidth} ...
7
votes
2answers
934 views

using underbrace without having left( and right) scale

When I combine adaptive parentheses (\left(, \right)) with \underbrace, the parentheses adapt to span the underbrace. Example: \left(\underbrace{e_{s,i,j}}_{\mathclap{=:x>0}} + ...
7
votes
1answer
6k views

how to scale math font only

I am trying to mimic our institute's PPt-template for presentation foils using the beamer-class. The corporate quidelines prescribe the use of Helvetica as the main font. However, package helvet does ...