I'm only an occasional LaTeX user, and ever more rare math mode user, so maybe this is simple for others, but not for me:
I have a function named L*
, and it has a fraction as parameter. In my first attempt ($L*\left(\frac{X}{X_N}\right)$
) it looked as if I wanted to multiply L
with the parameter, so I changed it to ${L*}\left(\frac{X}{X_N}\right)$
.
Still in my eyes it looks like a multiplication (can I reduce the spacing between *
and (
?), so I want the size of L*
match the height of the parameter, like this:
(As any TeX-eye can see I faked the size by using an image editor).
What I did try without success was a \left{L*}\frac{...}{...}
which is not allowed, however.
Finally: When answering remember: Simple problems should have simple answers to be efficient. If the answer looks overly complicated (makes the formular very unreadable, I probably will not accept it.
\savebox
, take the heights of both with\settoheight
, divide to get a ratio, and then expand the box on the lect with a\scalebox
.` – Davislor Mar 16 '19 at 23:37