# How do I make the \min and max bold?

Refering to this question How to make the table fit into the column?

How should I make the \min and \max bold?

You could use \boldmin defined as \newcommand\boldmin{\mathop{\mathbf{min}}

• Or of course \DeclareMathOperator\boldmin{\mathbf{min}} – yo' Nov 13 '12 at 9:38

There are many ways for getting bold in math, e.g. see "How can I get bold math symbols?".

Since you have tagged the question with amsmath, I assume this package is loaded and then \boldsymbol is available. The following example shows some ways to bold an expression with \min with different bold ranges:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
$\min_{i=1}^n q(s_i)$
$\mathop{\boldsymbol\min}_{i=1}^n q(s_i)$
$\mathop{\boldsymbol{\min_{i=1}^n}} q(s_i)$
$\boldsymbol{\min_{i=1}^n q(s_i)}$
\end{document}


Bold math can be obtained by loading the bm package, and then using \bm{\min} and \bm{\max}

• I'm not sure, but does this preserve the correct spacing? – yo' Nov 13 '12 at 9:37
• @tohecz Yes, it does preserve the correct spacing. – Guido Nov 13 '12 at 9:56