Questions tagged [fractions]
This tag is for questions regarding the display of fractions and related problems.
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How to fix an ugly fraction with exponent?
Here's a simple fraction that I find extremely ugly. What could I do to get a better looking result (without using a negative exponent) ?
\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper,twoside]{book}
\usepackage[T1]...
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Align in a fraction, arbitrary part of denominator with part of the numerator
I am trying to align the bottom part of a "fraction" with the top part, but since I am new to this, I am not sure the right way.
The goal is for the q in the "denominator" to line ...
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Polynomial long division with fractions
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&x&&+&&\frac{x^3}{3}&&+&&...
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Big floor brackets size around fraction with small denominator
i'm having issues with bracket formatting around fractions. For example, this code :
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\DeclarePairedDelimiter\floor{\lfloor}{\rfloor}
\begin{document}
...
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Typeset a fraction without the fraction bar
I would like to typeset a fraction without the fraction bar. In the following MWE, I try to do this using substack command from the mathtools package. But, as you can see in the output, the spacing is ...
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Arrays with non-inline style formulas in rows in KaTeX
I'm having a hard time trying to get a properly aligned inequations involving fractions in KaTeX. The best output I have got is with the array environment:
\begin{array}{crccclc}
z\in\Bbb R^+, & 0 ...
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How does \over work?
I don't mean this necessarily in the sense of diving into code, but \over seems to function differently to other commands, which scoop up only following arguments. Instead, 11\over2 gobbles up the ...
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Issue with fraction multiplication, everything being considered as being the denominator
I am working in the Overleaf IDE, and simply trying to write down some fraction multiplications. As a simple example, let's consider the expression to be (a/b)(c/d).
Within my \begin{displaymath} ...
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Selective coloration of polynomial parts of rational expressions
I'm teaching high school students how to simplify rational expressions by cancelling factors.
The cancelled expressions should be colored red (incl. L /R parenthesis), but not the fraction bar. The ...
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Added whitespace when putting brackets around fractions with splitfrac
I'm using splitfrac from mathtools to break up a particularly long line in the numerator of a fraction. When I put brackets around the fraction, however, they leave a line of whitespace in the ...
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More aesthetic norms, absolute values, parentheses, etc
This is nothing too important, and I've decided to make all three questions into one because they are more or less related. Sometimes when I type math equations, I find them not as beautiful as I ...
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Shifted fractions representing refutational computation trees in LaTeX
I would like to draw a deduction tree in the fractional form shown in the picture, unfortunately I had no luck with frac and over and I was not able to find better images in the literature.
&...
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How to prevent bleeding with fractions in solution environment
I'm generating math worksheets dynamically with pyLaTeX, and stumbled upon a weird behaviour that I don't quite find how to correct.
I have a code that puts all the answers for an exercise into a ...
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fraction inside fraction
While using \frac gives me smaller characters, \cfrac almost get what I want, except there is quite large space above the denumerator.
I follow this but right now without the $\displaystyle$ because I ...
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Why is a simple fraction not displaying properly? [closed]
This should be pretty basic, but I can't work out what I'm doing wrong here.
I'm trying to just write a = 1/6 with the fraction displayed the normal way, 1 over 6.
I've tried both a = \frac{1}{6} and ...
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Reason of variation in sizes of fractions?
\sqrt{1 + \left( \tfrac{\partial z}{\partial x} \right)^2 + \left(\tfrac{\partial z}{\partial y} \right)^2}
The code above resulted in the second fraction being bigger than the first.
Why?
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\cramped in fraction denominator doesn’t line up with regular fraction
In a display, the denominator of a fraction is set in “cramped” \textstyle, which can be emulated with \cramped[\textstyle]{...} from the mathtools package. But sometimes the emulation is perfect, ...
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Why fraction spacing changes and how to get uniform spacing?
I noticed the space between \frac{}{} changes depending on where it shows up in the expression.
And also depending on font used. Why does this happen? It does not look very good.
Here is an example, ...
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Line spacing in table without using booktabs
I'm having a problem with a table I'm trying to do. This is the code I currently have :
\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper,french]{extarticle}
\usepackage[margin=.75in]{geometry}
\renewcommand{\l}{\left}...
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Problem with numerator on a fraction
When i write the following line of code: $\frac{$\alpha_{n}$}{2}$ = $\frac{\pi}{n}$ , It displays me this:
What can I do do have the numerator above the line ? when I remove the "n" index ...
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How to put the numerator in same size as denominator while using brackets [closed]
I would like to know how to put the numerator of a fraction of the same size or at least proportional to the denominator when I use square brackets and fractions, as in the following example:
\begin{...
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Size of fractions and spaces in arrays
I have the following code:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
$$\hat{x}_n(t)=\left\{ \begin{array}{cc}
1 & -1\leq t \leq -\frac{1}{n+1} \\
-(n+1) t &...
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! File ended while scanning use of \frac
I did not change anything since last time, but I am getting the error
message:
! File ended while scanning use
of \frac Btw I am a total noob when it comes to LATEX! I've already checked the questions ...
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Increase and decrease horizontal overline and the vertical distance
If I have this MWE,
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\begin{document}
\[\overline{\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}\]
\end{document}
it is possible increase (without to use a rule-...
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How to display overline above a fraction?
I'd like to add a bar / overline above a fractional statement, such as the one in this image:
I am using tasks package and this inside a \subparagraph inside a \paragraph.I have tried in some manners:...
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How to add space between variables and fraction lines
In this
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{...
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How to reduce the number “0” size to fit fraction “1/2”?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\begin{document}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.2}
\newcommand{\minus}{\scalebox{0.4}[1.0]{$-$}}
\[
\begin{...
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equation environment and large fractions
Hello i am currently using the equation environment and trying to "prettily" write down the probability distribution function of the chi-distribution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Combinatorial notation (\choose) not working with \frac
I want to display the following
$p_N= \frac{{200 \choose 11}{ 200 \choose {N-189}}}{200 \choose N}$
However, texmaker gives me this error:
Does anybody know why is that? I have tried replacing the ...
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Minus sign and fraction line perfectly aligned
The minus sign and the fraction line aren't perfectly aligned, probably due to the presence of brackets. So I've found a way to make them be, using \parbox
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{...
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Make all fraction bars have the same lenght in a set of equations
I am a begginer at LaTex
Bassically i want every fraction bar to have the same lenght as the natural lenght of the biggest one
I dont know if it would be better to use other command instead of ...
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How to split this into two lines
This is my code:
\begin{equation}
\text{Diluted EPS}=\frac{\text{Net Income}}{\text{Weighted average number of shares outstanding + New common shares that would have been issued at conversion}}
\end{...
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Interpret a/(b+c) as \frac{a}{b+c}
Is it possible to make LaTeX, or a similar software, interpret a/b as \frac{a}{b}?
Writing out (x+1)/((x)(x+2)) seems much easier than writing \frac{x+1}{(x)(x+2)}.
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Continued fraction
I am currently working on my bachelor thesis. I want to visualize a general continued fraction. I concatenate the fractions with the command \cfrac. The result is okay, but I rather want the last link ...
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Interesting recursive behaviour with \frac error
I have this code below. Obviously it's not actually valid code because there's no second argument to \frac, but nonetheless I'm curious why it produces what it does.
\[
\text{abc$\frac{123}$}
\]
...
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Graph a function with \frac
I need to graph the function
f(s)=\frac{s^3+7s^2+9s-128}
{s^2+15s+24} ,where s greater than zero,
please help me...
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How do you end the “over” command?
I am trying to write something similar to $\frac{a}{b} more words$ but using over (it must be with over) but when writing $a\over b more words$ the "more words" appear in the denominator.
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Properly formatting a big fractional equation [Line won't change]
On solving a boundary value problem I have attained two coefficients which are huge even after simplification. I have the Latex code from Mathematica which I tried copy pasting in Overleaf and a ...
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dfrac/frac keeps repeating [duplicate]
I want to create this equation in overleaf:
Here is my code trying to do so:
\begin{equation}
\textit{S = \dfrac{R - U}{1 - U}}
\end{equation}
However, I get this:
It seems to be some sort of ...
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How to vertically align a math fraction inside table cell?
Consider the following minimal working example
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{p{3cm}p{4cm}}
\...
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Horizontal spacing in fraction
Followed is a small fraction code. As you can see, the spacing around "+" is too small. We can add \: or \; around "+" to increase the spacing. But, if the equation is complex, adding \: for where it ...
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Math: How to typeset a fraction that is part of a fraction?
Kindly help me to typeset this equation using latex
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Enforce TeX math font size [duplicate]
I want to stop the math size from automatically shrinking in math mode. Usually when, for example, having a lot of nested fractions, the size automatically shrinks to make it all fit.
But I want to ...
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How to write a horizontal partial derivative rather than vertical form in text?
I want to write below:
(How can I write horizontally, rather than vertically)?
My MWE:
The partial derivative $\frac{\partial J}{\partial x_1}$ is car
Output:
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Better dots for infinite continued fraction
My question is related to the out put of following code. I want the \ddots to start from the center of the plus sign and continue diagonally. The way it is right now is bit odd. Any help is much ...
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Overline and subscripts interfere with the fraction horizontal rule if I use small text
I am trying to typeset headings in a small tabular environment.
I get interference with the horizontal rule in the fractional sign. I managed to fix it in a crude way.
Is there a better solution? ...
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latex summation notation getting compressed
I have this code in latex
\begin{equation}
\hat{k}=\dfrac{1}{\Delta t}\ln{\left(\dfrac{n\sum_{t=0}^{n-\Delta t}r_t^2-
\left(\sum_{t=0}^{n-\Delta t}r_t\right)^2}{n\sum_{t=0}^{n-\Delta t}r_{t+\...
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simplifying fractions/greatest common divisor
I'm pretty new to using LaTeX as a teacher and I'm experimenting with fractions. Most things seem to work fine, but I'm just not able to simplify these fractions. I guess I'd need to find the greatest ...
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Writing enlarged fractional exponents
I'm not able to write enlarged fractional exponents. For that purpose, '\frac' gives too small exponents, and '\dfrac' gives too large ones.
$x^{\dfrac{12}{7}}-x^{\dfrac{5}{7}}$
This yields:
But I ...
