# Problem with fraction

I have a problem with the appearance of a fraction which has in its numerator another fraction. It is not very beautiful as the second fraction is small, even though I use \displaystyle. How can I have both fraction as big as they should be? And why this is happening even though I use \displaystyle?

Thanks!

The code I use is like this:

$\displaystyle \frac{\frac{a}{b}-c}{d}$

• use \cfrac—it's meant for continued fractions and will keep the size sane. (for this though (only two levels deep), i'd recommend-ish against it. there are generally reasons these decisions were made.) – Sean Allred Mar 16 '14 at 19:47
• I guess \frac sets \textstyle for its contents. – Torbjørn T. Mar 16 '14 at 19:50
• Thanks but if I want for example to have 3 or 4 fractions the one in the other's numenator what should I do? – Adam Mar 16 '14 at 19:50
• where is \fraction defined? (it isn't defined in any packages I know) Please always provide a complete document that shows the problem, that way it is obvious what packages are being used. – David Carlisle Mar 16 '14 at 20:16
• Sorry I meant \frac{}{}! – Adam Mar 16 '14 at 20:17

$\displaystyle \cfrac{\cfrac{a}{b}-c}{d}$

should sort you out. The cfrac macro (from the amsmath package) is for continued fractions.
• Use \dfrac, not \cfrac. – egreg Mar 16 '14 at 20:44
• @egreg Considered that, but wouldn't that tend to look strange with 3–4–5-level deep fractions? Does \cfrac do things that are specific to continued fractions and aren't applicable to other things? (thumbs through amsmath docs…) – Sean Allred Mar 16 '14 at 20:49