3
votes
1answer
187 views

Combining Textstyle and Displaystyle

In my mathematics writing, I often use both superscripts and subscripts on the probability operator. The subscripts are generally lengthy, and I would like for them to appear underneath the operator, ...
9
votes
6answers
204 views

math shorthand macro: avoid extra space from empty superscript

I find myself writing $\{0,1\}^x$ a whole lot, so I want to define a shorthand macro: \def\zo#1{\{0,1\}^{#1}} However, sometimes I need $\{0,1\}$ with no superscript. If I write \zo{} I get a tiny ...
3
votes
2answers
80 views

Leftidx problem: upper indices have different height

When using the leftidx package to create the same upper index on both sides of \Bbbk[G], the indices have different height and look ugly. Minimal example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{leftidx} ...
11
votes
6answers
866 views

How should imaginary numbers be typeset?

I've never had to typeset complex numbers before and I'm finding that I'm uncertain about what best-practices are. My question is really about typesetting just i. (Hence my title referring to ...
5
votes
1answer
249 views

How to reduce the spacing between punctuation and the superscript citation

I'm using biblatex with the autocite=superscript option, so I can use \autocite to switch the interpunction and a superscript citation when the \autocite command is placed before an period or comma. ...
8
votes
1answer
488 views

Superscripts and bold math

I'm writing the transpose of a matrix that is denoted by a bold capital letter. This looks fine when the matrix is denoted by B, but when the matrix is denoted by A, the transpose superscript is too ...
2
votes
1answer
152 views

relative hspace in newcommand

I'm trying to create a symbol of a gray triangle with a black border. I managed to do so using: \newcommand{\factor}{{\color{gray} \blacktriangledown}\hspace{-1.6ex}\triangledown} However, the two ...
5
votes
1answer
546 views

Spacing after footnote superscript

I'm writing my thesis for my Computer Science degree. I have a lot of footnotes and my advisor has told me to remove the spacing generated by the superscript of the footnote. This footnotes are ...
4
votes
1answer
301 views

Why doesn't math \fontdimen's work with XeTeX?

Why doesn't the \fontdimen-command change anything with XeTeX? \input pgffor \def\chfndims#1{\foreach\dim in{13,...,19}{\fontdimen\dim#1=20pt}} \font\mymathfn="XITS Math:script=math" at 10pt ...