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divides, not divides and cardinalities
In group theory it happens very often that you want to say: "The order of $H$ divides / does not divide the order of $G$." But the length of | is then always the same:
$ |H| | |G| $ produces |H|||G|
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12
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Smaller membership symbol
To mean that x is an element of X, we can write x \in X. However, in the standard packages, the membership symbol that results is too big; it draws too much attention to itself. This is especially ...
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How to type a tall / symbol?
Say I want
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\[cl(V, q) =\left (\sum_{r=0}^{\infty} \bigotimes^r V\right)/\{v\otimes v = -q(v,v)\}\]
\end{document}
How to make the "/" symbol longer to ...
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vote
2answers
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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 ...
8
votes
2answers
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Is there a “medium” \cap?
When displaying the intersection symbol in equations, e.g.,
$$Hom(A,B) \cap Hom(B,C)$$
I find that the "cap" is too small; its height is, in fact, subordinate to the surrounding content. On the ...
3
votes
2answers
493 views
Turnstile package
I am fairly new to TeX, so I may be missing something simple, but I can't seem to adjust the height of the turnstile objects produced by the turnstile package. In particular, if the symbol appears as ...
8
votes
4answers
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Reduce size of \bullet character in lists
Example for a list using mdwlist:
\begin{itemize*}
\item First
\item Second
\end{itemize*}
The bullet symbol for the first level can be redefined with:
\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\bullet$}
It ...
2
votes
2answers
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How to set the size of a single symbol defined via \DeclareMathSymbol?
I am using the following definition for a symbol I call \nstn:
\DeclareSymbolFont{largesym}{OML}{cmm}{m}{it}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\nstn}{0}{largesym}{"22}
How can I set the size of this single symbol ...
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votes
3answers
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How to make math symbols bigger?
Is there a way to make math symbols bigger?
Reason: I've used \sfrac{q}{m}, and those symbols appear far to small, so I would like to make them a bit bigger.
edit: I just thought that \sfrac{q}{m} ...
