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I was looking for a way to center text underneath math symbols such as constraints or regions. More specifically, from vector calculus, if we were to have a double integral bounded by some region D, then we would have the two integral signs with a D underneath. It looks like the D_1 and D_2 as seen below.

Double Integral over General Region D

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    I leave this to the math-experts here, but it sounds after a job of \stackrel[below]{main}{above} (stackrel package) in the general case and a simple \iint_{D} or \iint\limits_{D} for the double integral (with the amsmath package). – Martin Scharrer♦ Jun 30 '11 at 7:03
  • @Martin: Thanks. The \iint\limits_{D} did the trick. It was the \limits I believe that was needed. I have a question about the \stackrel[below]{main}{above}, what type of text or math code would actually goes in the "below" ,"main", and "above" fields? – night owl Jun 30 '11 at 7:16
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    about \stackrel: Most likely any math code as well as text inside \mbox{..} or better \text{..}. – Martin Scharrer♦ Jun 30 '11 at 7:32
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    @Martin: with all respect due to Heiko Oberdiek, I don't think that \stackrel or \stackbin are the answer (they build relations and binary operations). First of all one should consider \overset and \underset from amsmath (which already do a good job of recognizing automatically the math kind of the main object). – egreg Jun 30 '11 at 8:23
  • @egreg: Thanks, as stated above I'm not an expert with math. The \stack... just sounded good for this case. :-) – Martin Scharrer♦ Jun 30 '11 at 8:29
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I cannot see this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}

\[ \iint\limits_{D_1} f(x,y)\mathrm{d}A \] 

\end{document}

enter image description here

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  • @Herbet: What do you mean by you cannot see the code? The output? – night owl Jun 30 '11 at 7:33
  • @night owl: I cannot see that the D1 is not centered below the double integral – user2478 Jun 30 '11 at 7:49

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