Questions tagged [brackets]
{brackets} is about different brackets, their usage and functionality in (La)TeX.
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Math Mode Brackets
Has anyone noticed that in math mode, the brackets do not scale? As in, they all remain the same size and looks somewhat unprofessional and cluttered. I cannot use the \[ \] method because I need the ...
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Problem with parentheses and mathastext
I'll motivate my problem quickly: I make flashcards on my computer using latex, and am in need of certain formatting for this. I've wanted a. computer-readable unified look, which uses non-slanted ...
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Add large brace next to table (Beamer): Description included
I created the following table:
\begin{columns}[c]
\begin{column}{7.5cm}
\begin{table}[ht]
\small
\centering
\caption{Test table}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
\midrule
A &$a \sim \qty{e6}{m}$\\
B &$b \...
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Align numbers with group separator in parentheses
I would like to align numbers using the siunitx package. And, as some of the numbers are in parentheses, I looked in section 9.9 of the documentation, where I get the impression that the code below ...
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How to insert equal height brackets on both sides while wrapping a new line？
I'd like to input a long equation, so I had to cut it into two lines. But, there's a couple of {} at the start of the first line of the equation and the end of the second line of the equation, and the ...
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How to place a curly brace to the right of several lines in an align environment?
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{derivative}
\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
\{q_a,q_b\} &= 0 = \{p_a,p_b\} \\
\{q_a,p_b\} &= \delta_{ab} \\
\{q_a,F\} &= \pdv{F}{...
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delimeter not extending enough in relation to the denominator of a major fraction containing itself an extensible delimeter and a minor fraction
I have the following MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{align}
A1 &= \left\{\frac{1}{2\omega} \right. \\
& \enspace \left. \left[\frac{z_{v}^2}{...
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nested \left \right paranthesis math formula doesn't work [duplicate]
This is the formula
\begin{align}
a_i &= \dfrac{1}{\phi_{i-1}(\lambda_i)}\bigg(\dfrac{c_{i-2}^2}{b_{i-2}^2}\phi_{i-1}(\lambda_i) + \left(b_{i-1}^2 - \dfrac{a_{i-1}c_{i-1}^2}{b_{i-2}^2}\...
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Replace syntax brackets by visible brackets
General overview
I have a BibTeX entry of the document I am working on itself, and I put this deffinition in a variable to be able to use it everywhere I whant. The goal is to print on the document ...
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How to make a matrix with \llparenthesis and \rrparenthesis?
I have the following document:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{ stmaryrd }
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
$\left\llparenthesis\!\!\!\left\llparenthesis\!
\begin{matrix}
1\\2\\3
\end{...
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What are all the possible codes for the matrix \llbracket, \rrbracket and \llparenthesis,\rrparenthesis?
1. I am interested in the matrix:
To make this matrix, I am using the following code (the full document):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{stmaryrd}
\...
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Making command to add \left and \right to brackets that are within an equation block (within $$)
Just wondering if there is a way to replace the brackets - '(' and ')' within equations with '\left(' and '\right)' but not replace the brackets within general text.
For example, in the body of a ...
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DeclareMathOperator with auto scaling parentheses
Using the "physics" package, there's a nice behavior where if you write
\usepackage{physics}
\begin{document}
\[
\arctan(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}})
\]
\end{document}
The parentheses will ...
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argument of \XC@define@lor has and extra } cannot find the extra please help
\documentclass[12pt, addpoints]{exam}
%Load packages to use within the document
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{layout}
\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage{...
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Conflict between "\left \right" brackets and "align" [duplicate]
In the following example, I would like to align the two equations where there are the symbols of "integral", but I get an error if I place the "&" sign (of the "align"...
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Index position of $(x_{i})_{i\in I}$ vs $\left(x_{i}\right)_{i\in I}$
It seems that the basic syntax
(x_{i})_{i\in I}
leads to a different index position than
\left(x_{i}\right)_{i\in I}
Specificically, the lower index in the last example has a bigger vertical offset. ...
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Change spacing in a fraction with parentheses?
I have the exponential function that I wrote as:
\begin{equation}
e^{\left(\frac{R_G^2\cdot q^2}{3}\right)}
\end{equation}
which appears as:
and I don't like the spacing in particular the ...
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What are all the possible codes for {{A\\B}}?
I am interested in the matrix:
To make this matrix, I am using the following code:
$\left\{\!\!\!\left\{\begin{array}{l} A \\ B \end{array}\right\}\!\!\!\right\}$
What are other possible codes to ...
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Where should the missing {} be?
When I write down the equation, an error appears that {} is missing:
A^{\overline^{\overline{B}}} = C
Latex generates the equation correctly in pdf, but it reports this error.
Error:
Missing { ...
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How to make a matrix with \llfloor and \rrfloor and how to make smaller distance between two curly brackets?
I am working on brackets.
1) I want to make a smaller distance between curly brackets like this $\{\!\!\{A, B\}\!\!\}$ in equation
\begin{equation} \left\{\left\{\begin{array}{l} A \\ B \end{array}\...
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Newtxmath: superfluous space in “ℤ)” [duplicate]
Using TeX Live 2023 as of 2023-08-23 (also as of 2023-08-25), feeding pdflatex with
\documentclass{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{newtxmath}% v1.723, 2023/07/30
\begin{document}%
The matrix ...
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Parenthesis sizing within macro
I have a macro that typesets its arguments inside a set of parentheses \left(...\right). For simplicity, let's say it's
\newcommand{\func}[1]{ \ensuremath{ f \left( #1 \right) } }
Sometimes, the ...
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How can I color just the outside \left and \right brackets?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\[
\left(
\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{\textcolor{red}{2a}}
\right)
\]
\end{document}
Above I have a simple ...
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How to draw graphs with arrows, points, and curly brackets
I am trying to learn how to use tikz package to draw these two graphs, but I don't know how to start. Could anyone help show how to this kind of graphs? Thanks.
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Drawing complex nested brackets, horizontally curled
I wanted to input those nested brackets in this pattern on a portrait-oriented page, which means they are supposed to be upright:
Any idea how to implement this?
UPDATE:
I actually lost hope in doing ...
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Writing a tex package for better auto brackets
The automatic brackets sizing provided by \left ... \right really often produces too large brackets. I want some package that for a given formula finds the right bracket size selected from \big, \Big, ...
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How to put square brackets inside a table?
Assuming I have a table like this,
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath} % for "\text" macro
\newcommand{\smbullet}{{\scriptscriptstyle\bullet}}
\begin{document}
\begin{table*}[!htb]
\...
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\left. and \right. delimiter is not working
I wanted to make one long equation over two lines, since the right hand side was very big, and tried to surround the entire right hand side with {} brackets, but failed to do so with the following ...
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Bold round/first brackets
In the springer undergraduate lecture series, the books have very nice bold round/first brackets. Like the following
How do I get this type of bold round brackets in LaTeX?
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Get verbatim file content into exif data trought hyperref
The goal
I have the following external main.bib file containing:
@book{fauve2023TheSuperBook,
title = {The Super Book},
author = {Fauve},
publisher = {MadPublisher},
year = {3 June 2023}
}
I ...
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Supposed missing brackets
I don't understand Overleaf's two complaints with the following code. It says that it has inserted a missing { and a missing }. Would someone please explain?
%%%%% Preamble
%%% Document class, ...
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book and algorithm2e chapter name containing square brackets
Here a minimal example:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{algorithm2e}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Test [broken]}
\chapter[]{Test [not broken]}
\end{document}
which produces for me:
I am using
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How can I do a table with curly braces on the side?
I need to recreate this structure as seen in the image.
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Double brackets {{ }} [duplicate]
How to type the double bracket '{{b, a}}' in tex just as the picture below?
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How to define new fully-functional math brackets in Latex?
How do I create mathematics paired delimiters such as $()$ or $\langle \rangle$ that satisfy all the functionality of those standard delimiters (by which I mean fully functional)?
In particular, I ...
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Large curly bracket on the left of alignat environment [duplicate]
I have read this post Need left large curly bracket that allows alignment in align environment and known the cases environment. Now I have an align environment and hope that there is a large curly ...
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Multi-line equations in 'aligned' environment with ampersand (&) inside \left-\right parenthesis
I know how to use the ampersand in align and aligned environments to write multi-line equations. In this case I need to use \left[ and \right] to contain an expression on the first line, and I want ...
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cancelto goes outside of the brackets
Here is a simple equation:
\begin{equation}
\delta\psi=c\left(\int a\delta b dR+\cancelto{O^2(a)}{\int b\delta a dR} \right)
\end{equation}
and the cancelto part goes ouside of the right bracket. ...
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Signs outside brackets in the chemfig environment
I'm using chemfig environment inside Latex and I have a big molecule inside brackets.
I need to put a plus sign outside the brackets.
\chemleft( \chemfig{*6(---=--)} \chemright) (The plus sign must be ...
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Nested parenthesis - acronym package
I am using the acronym package for translations but I am facing nested parenthesis problems.
The code:
\usepackage[printonlyused, withpage]{acronym}
\acro{RTS}{Real-Time Systems}
Sistemas de ...
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How to insert right curly bracket for several lines of text (no math)?
I have a text in a tcolorbox for some part of it I want to give some explanations. Please see MWE below. I have some questions (please feel free to answer anyone of them, not all):
How can I insert a ...
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How to combine two lines into one line using closing brackets in a case environment with 3 lines?
For example, in LaTeX, I have three conditions in one "cases" environment. Then I could get a new condition from the combination of the first and the second conditions, so I want to use a ...
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Spacing and brackets [duplicate]
I know this is a duplicate but I can't find the original post.
Square brackets do not display with the correct spacing around = or \cong.
For example :
$[0,1[ \cong [a,b[ \hspace{5ex} ]0,1] \cong ]a,b]...
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Disable the size changing of \vec
I would like to use this macro :
\newcommand{\norm}[1]{\left\lVert #1 \right\rVert}
But doing
\norm{\vec F}
\lVert \vec F \Rvert
Yields to this
Obviously \vec is changing the "size" of ...
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text mode native big parens
Continuing https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/674616, can we get big text-mode round parens for
[pdf]latex, or
{xe|lua}latex
natively (i.e., without scaling/stretching as in https://tex.stackexchange....
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Making *all* brackets scalable in a LaTeX document [duplicate]
It is possible to have a pair of brackets adjust to their content by typing \left and \right before the respective brackets, whether they're round, square or curly, or even if they're special brackets ...
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right brackets for two common equations
I'm using right brackets for two common equations but I cannot align them:
The result is the following
Thanks for your help!
Best,
Rubén
\begin{equation}
\begin{split}
&y_e=Y_e e^{i(k_e x-\...
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Square curly bracket symbol
I would like to create "square-curly bracket" delimiters, somehow looking as in this question. I came up with the code below, which produces some good results, but has also some ...
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Wacky Behaviour for \csdef
I am using \csdef{} to define a meaning to a given open/close bracket:
\csdef{Bracket Meaning \CsToStr{\lvert}}{Left |}
\csdef{Bracket Meaning \CsToStr{\rvert}}{Right |}
\csdef{Bracket Meaning \...
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How to create multi-line inside the bracket
something like this: How to create mulitl-line inside the bracket
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