# Writing characters under lim

I want to write

$\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{2^n} i\bar z$


whereby n \to \infty should be written directly under \lim.

How can this be done?

• the subscript would go underneath in display math, you would not normally want it underneath in inline math as it has to fit in a normal baseline (compare changing $...$ to $..$) – David Carlisle Aug 9 '16 at 20:15

You would do

$\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{2^n} i\bar z$


Which gives

but, as David Carlisle said, that might not be what you want to do.

Hope this helps!

I agree with David, but it can be done, like this:

$\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{2^n} i\bar z$

• you left out something very important ... – barbara beeton Aug 9 '16 at 20:46
• Haha, indeed!!! – JPi Aug 9 '16 at 21:14
• @heather beat me by 23 seconds anyway.... – JPi Aug 9 '16 at 21:15
• @JPi, sorry about that, though I did do a double take when I first read your answer before the edit (I even copy-pasted it into sharelatex to make sure I wasn't missing something). =) – heather Aug 9 '16 at 21:19