I'm trying to typeset $\frac{x^*}{2}$
, but I can't find a (simple) way to make the alignment look nice. So far, I've tried the following:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
\frac{x^*}{2} \qquad \frac{x^*}{2\phantom{{}^*}}
\end{equation}
\end{document}
With the following output:
In the left one, it looks odd because the x
is very off-center, and in the right example the fraction bar is extended way more to the right than what's really necessary.
Is there a nicer (and still simple enough) way to typeset this fraction?
$\frac{x^*}{2}$
).