Questions tagged [math-operators]
{math-operators} is about operators in math mode. These include sums, integrals and similar, text operators like sin, cos, etc.
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Unknown operator | when using data visualization and tikz
Problem:
I am trying to get the function y = |x| to work with data visualization library in TikZ but without success. It seems the issue is with the operator |.
Minimal Working Example (MWE):
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Symbol for succeeds or precedes? [duplicate]
Might be an obvious (or impossible) request, but does anyone know if there's an equivalent of the "less than or greater than" symbol but for "succeeds or precedes?" Thanks!
I've tried using detexify (...
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\underline and \overline spacing problem in the definition of mathematical operators
Disclaimer: I searched the TEX.SE before deciding to post this question since, despite having see several question addressing the spacing behavior of the \overline and \underline operators, no one of ...
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DeclareMathOperator does not respect math font
I use the Libertine font for text and math.
If I declare a new operator with \DeclareMathOperator*, the font used to typeset the operator is not Libertine.
For example:
\documentclass{article}
\...
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What is the proper markup for a Math operator in boldface?
I'd like to render the string Id as a Math Operator in upright boldface. What is the proper markup for that? \mathbf{\operatorname{Id}}? \operatorname{mathbf{Id}}? \mathop{\mathbf{Id}}?
Note; this ...
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Math symbols in math operators
I would like to customize the weak-star limit as a math operator. It should look like w$^*$-lim. I don't want to use w*-lim or w^*-lim because it looks ugly. But when I write
\DeclareMathOperator*{\...
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Collection of redefined commands
I find myself creating new commands for latex commands that I commonly use in order to cut down on the cognitive load of what I am writing.
An example would be writing matrices, instead of writing ...
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How to redefine a csc function to display cosec? [duplicate]
I need help to define the csc function to display as cosec. I've tried \textrm{cosec} \theta, but this does not give the same output as \sin \theta, because the space between the theta and the ...
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for this specific font style, \mathbf{} does not work [duplicate]
In Latex, how to generate this specific type of character, it seems that \mathbf{E} is not the one.
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The LaTeX syntax for this probabilistic formula
I would like to create a math formula as follows. How do I write it in LaTeX?
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Math “metaoperator” adding dot and preserving math class
I want to define a command, call it \dotted, that adds a period at the right place next to certain other math characters*: to the right of function-like tokens, i.e. Ord and Op, and to the left of ...
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Getting this error. Missing { inserted
\begin{equation}
\max_{\substack{k , {k^'}}}|{G_k-G_{k^'}}| \leq T_1\\
\end{equation}
I am not getting what are the errors. Please help me.
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Create a math environment inside itemize
I would like to portray a list of text, were on of these blocks of text needs a centered Summation equation inside of one item of the list. is that possible?
I have very little experience in Latex, ...
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Proper way to semantically enclose several characters as a single name
Answering this question could involve saying something about MathJax. It depends on what turns out to be the answer. I am interested in how things should be done in the LaTeX side, though.
LaTeX, as ...
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Enumeration indicator for number of arguments of a function
I'm trying to replicate this style of indicator for dotted enumeration as suggested below
Can some one help me with this one?
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A Strange Latex Symbol
In the book ``All of statistics A Concise Course in Statistical Inference'' of Larry Wasserman has a strange symbol, and look like a coil spring ... How can I use it in LaTeX?
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How can I reduce the gap between left and right of \cdot with a macro?
MWE
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,border=1pt]{standalone}
%\LetLtxMacro{\oldcdot}{\cdot}
%\renewcommand{\cdot}{\!\cdot\!} <-- Like this
\begin{document}
$3\cdot 10^8$ m/s
\end{document}
I'm getting ...
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How to write italic capital I / iota? [duplicate]
I'm trying to write I in the following style:
How do I do this?
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multiple math operators newcommand not working
I'm trying to create a \newcommand, on my system, called \states which takes two arguments. It should look like this (image below):
But the angle brackets are not appearing when I try (MWE) :
\...
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Operator font with lualatex not changing correctly
I'm using newpx as my document font. However I'm having some problems when compiling with lualatex because the font of math operators does not change to newpx and Computer Modern is shown instead.
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Complex fractions
How to make this more adequate ('beatifuller' :))? 2 needs to be better shown as being in the power of n-1, but the current representation just smothers it.
\frac{1}{1-\sum_{2}^{n} \frac{1}{{\frac{r}{...
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How do you make your own symbol when Detexify fails?
My first visit to TeX.SX came when I was looking for a symbol for a twisted product:
I knew about Detexify and the Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List, but I could not find the symbol there. I tried the ...
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How to make a small $\varhexagon$ in latex?
I would like to have a command that shrinks down the size of $\varhexagon$ from the wasysym package in latex to a very small size.
In principle, $\tiny \varhexagon$ does what I want, but apparently ...
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Letter O with vertical line: operator null [duplicate]
I wan to know how this letter O with a vertical line for operator null in maths. Thanks.
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slender \lgroup and \rgroup
The default \lgroup symbol in the most of math-mode fonts is thicker as compared to the text- and math-mode alphabets and numbers. A few fonts provide slender \lgroup symbols like newtxmath, mathabx, ...
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Setting fixed height (in all situations and characters) for overset notations
A noticeable downside to aesthetics in the \vec{} notation is that, for "short" and "tall" characters (a, i, v vs b, k, l), the overset vector notation shows difference in its height from the baseline....
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Import txfonts integral
I was trying to import the integral symbol from txfonts. In txfonts.sty I was able to find only multiple integrals of any type but the simple single one. I am sure I am missing something, can someone ...
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How to typeset nested radical/root expressions?
I'm writing my own math expression typesetting engine. I want to learn how to best typeset radical expressions. The choices actually apply to all radical expressions, however, nested radical ...
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Transpose a matrix and parenthesis
I would like to define a command transp having eventually one argument : the name of the matrix and finally two outputs.
\transp{A} is the matrix A^T between parenthesis,
\transp A is just the ...
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Defining TikZ function to produce Knodel graphs
I am trying to define a function that will produce a Knodel graph (examples pictured below).
I'm not completely sure how the code works for TikZ to do a for loop using a range, and how to compute ...
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Parenthesise math expression if it contains operator
Imagine I have written several fractions of the form $\frac{V+W}{U}$ and decide later that I want them to be displayed as a slashed fraction instead. In the group where I want this to happen, I can ...
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How to type summation notation with a vertical line in Latex?
I need to type the following summation symbol in Latex. Could anyone help me? Literally, there needs to be a vertical line in a summation symbol, and $\hat{\beta}_2$ is just a subscript. Thanks in ...
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Math mode in Tabular environment [duplicate]
With tabular or tabularx environment, when dealing with numbers , percentages and other math symbols per se, do we need to use the math mode ( $$ for instance ) with every number/symbol.
Is there an ...
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Pre-define complicated math operators
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I am trying to find a easy way to write Rademacher complexity so that I just need to write different index, function and constraint every time. Like defining partial derivative I previously ...
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What is a good way to declare math operators?
it's not really clear to me how to declare unary and binary math operators in a "good" way. At the very least, I'd like spacing to be correct. But I'd also like the defined macro to be used "as is" in ...
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Align vector symbol with upright math letter
So basically I need to put a vector symbol (\vec) on an upright letter for which I use \mathrm in math mode. For example:
\vec{\mathrm{E}}
While Katex seems to get the alignment right on all the ...
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Underscript, subscript and superscript add the same time possibly via \mathoperator* without trailing space
I have a symbol, which I want to give a underscipt, subscript and superscript.
I tried:
\DeclareMathOperator*{\wmat}{w}
\wmat_2_i^j
But now I get a space between my symbol and the sub and ...
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Stacking Symbols for a Math Operator [duplicate]
I want to create a math operator that is an integral with a square (\square) stack onto it such that the integral is still formated the way that the operator \int is. How do I do this?
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Symbol “represented by” from quantum mechanics [duplicate]
The symbol I'm referring to is a standard equal sign with a dot right above it.
I've looked around, but cannot seem to find the LaTeX code for the symbol used by Sakuri to represent operators in his ...
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XeLaTex: error on Z operator of an equation
I try to write the following equation using amsmath:
So far I tried the following approaches:
$H : G \rightarrow \Z_{q}^{*}$
$H : G \rightarrow \Zeta_{q}^{*}$
But both of them result to erroneous ...
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Resize several math operators to the same size
I need to use several math operations between the same kind of objects and would like them to be of matching sizes. E.g. I have two different operations: $\otimes$ and $\ast$. But the asterisk is much ...
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How do I fix the parentheses and division bar spacing in this quotient of partial derivatives?
With this code:
$\frac{\left(\ffrac{\partial \left[\frac{P}{T}\right]}{\partialV}\right)_T
}{\left(\ffrac{\partial
V}{\partial T}\right)_V}$
And where:
\newcommand{\ffrac}[2]{\ensuremath{\frac{\...
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Using “\R”, for real numbers, results in error “Undefined control sequence” [duplicate]
I would like to insert a double-struck letter ℝ for the real-numbers. However, all of my attempts so far have yielded an error.
\documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}
\begin{document}
\section{...
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How to define an arbitrary math function that works in `tikz` environments? [duplicate]
Using this post:
Package or command for inverse hyperbolic trig functions?
it is easy to write (inverse) hyperbolic Secant function in documents. But the
main problem is it doesn't works on tikz ...
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Define a new big operator in ConTeXt
I would like to replace the sum symbol by a big plus as Pedro G. Mattos wanted to do here How can I define a big plus operator that works like \bigcup?.
In the wiki I found that the command I should ...
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How can i type a negative angle
How can I type a negative angle? Like this:
I've been trying a lot of things around $U\angle\gamma$ but couldn't make it work.
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Error when defining a math operator and corresponding `\renewcommand`
I tried to define a new math operator - essentially a math macro. I wanted to define an operator for the Eccentricity of a graph or network. The code seems to work when I generate a PDF, however I am ...
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Wrong position of the vcentered minus sign in subscript using stix2
Is there any way to place minus sign at the same height as the horizontal bar of the plus without using raisebox?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{stix2}
\begin{document}
\( I_{a\vcenter{\hbox{$...
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No spacing after \Sigma?
There seems to be barely any spacing (if at all) after \Sigma, making it hard to read. Is this normal? Is there any way around it?
$ \Sigma_{v \in V} \alpha $
Output:
Desired output:
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Are there any packages which simplify typsetting integrals?
The physics package has been instrumental for me in typesetting math cleanly and consistently (while following a lot of nuances of mathematical typesetting). But it does not have integral support. ...
