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Something quite strange. Why I have as a result of the following formula:

\begin{equation}
\omega=\lambda_{1}\Sigma^{-1}\bf{1}+\lambda_{2}\Sigma^{-1}\mu
\end{equation}

a black square instead the sigma symbol? in the first part is ok. I am becoming a bit crazy trying to find out the error. I tried everything, to separate, to isolate, to write the formula with double $$ rather than \begin{equation}, packages loaded are the normal ones, etc... Any other symbol works perfectly but with \Sigma is quite weird, this is what I got no matter the way you try to write the formula.

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Thanks for your support!

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    \bf should never be used in latex but if you do use it the syntax would be {\bf 1} but use \mathbf{1} Commented Jul 23, 2018 at 11:20
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    Your usage of \bf{} is wrong, it should be \mathbf{}. A long time ago in a galaxy far far away it should have been {\bf }, but not any more. I suspect what's happened is now everything after \bf is in the bold font and \Sigma's place in the bold font encoding is taken by the square
    – Au101
    Commented Jul 23, 2018 at 11:22
  • You're right. My fault. Sorry for the inconvenience :(
    – José
    Commented Jul 23, 2018 at 14:43
  • @José No need to apologise - not an inconvenience - it's always good to be able to correct these errors which are easy to make :)
    – Au101
    Commented Jul 23, 2018 at 15:31

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Using this code:

\begin{equation}
\omega=\lambda_{1}\Sigma^{-1} \mathbf{1}+\lambda_{2}\Sigma^{-1}\mu
\end{equation}

returns this output:

correct output for equation

Only the \bf command was exchanged with \mathbf.

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  • Bufff!!! Yes, I admit it. Big mistake. My fault given that I am not so newcomer to latex as it could be ;) Sorry for the inconvenience.
    – José
    Commented Jul 23, 2018 at 14:42

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