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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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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What is the Q matrix when speaking about fixed effects estimation? [closed]
Sorry to bring you pictures but I stumbled upon this piece of evidence for the fixed effect estimator that I can't seem to unhinge. I have two questions
1) what is the 'plim'-term?
2) what is the Q ...
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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
Problem
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. ...
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How to create an expectation symbol that behave similarly to \sum? [duplicate]
Introduction
This question is already asked here. If you want you could consider this one a duplicate. However, even if the proposed solution satisfied the one that posted the question, it doesn't ...
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Further questions about mathrm and operatorname: spacing after \colon
EDIT: As clarified in the answers below, this appears to be a bug with amsmath and colon and thus doesn't really have anything to do with mathrm versus operatorname.
This question contains an ...
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How do you resize the box of a symbol, while vertically centering it?
Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass[margin=2mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{graphics}
\def\myboxmin{\mathop{\raisebox{.15em}{\scalebox{.5}{$\boxminus$}}}}
\begin{...
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\DeclareMathOperator not working on some math names with a number at the end
I am trying to use \DeclareMathOperator to make names for some Maple generated latex which uses the special function LommelS1
For some reason I can't figure out, it is not working.
\documentclass[...
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Problem with font math operator
this is my first time here because I need a help about main font and math font.
When I use the standard font, there isn't problem, but, when I change the main font, for example "Gill Sans MT", the ...
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Formatting of a star in the right upper corner of a product symbol [duplicate]
I'm trying to get a star in the right upper corner of a product symbol:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
First variant in equation is bad:
\begin{equation}\...
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1answer
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Reverse an existing big math operator keeping same functionality (such as limits)
I would like to define an operator \rsum which has all the same functionality of \sum with the only difference being that \rsum displays a mirrored image of the sigma glyph.
I have found the ...
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\mathop applied on colon
I thought I knew when \mathop centers its argument on the math axis and when it does not, but apparently I'm wrong (admittedly, that happens rather often :-)).
\documentclass{article}
\begin{...
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How can I create macros that always have the same kind of behavior?
So this question is actually two, but I think they'll be solved in the same way, so I'm putting them together. The form \textstyle\lim_{n\to\infty} always bothers me, because it takes up lots of ...
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Why is this weird space appearing after my minus sign
I'm using MathJax-Node to turn TeX maths equations into both MathML and SVG on my server. Mostly this works fine. But when I render Tupper's self-referential formula, a weird space appears after the ...
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\DeclareMathOperator adds spaces after the periods contained in its second argument (name text)
The following MCE points out that \DeclareMathOperator, if its second argument (name text) contains periods, adds spaces after those periods:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
%
\...
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How to generate \biguminus math symbol?
How do I create a \biguminus symbol which is similar to \biguplus except there is a minus sign instead of plus sign?
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What in the following code could be missing or at fault? There is no difference in size between textstyle and displaystyle [closed]
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{slashed}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{mathabx} % \degree\third
\usepackage{MnSymbol}% \plus
% Latex standard: \times
\newcommand{\boto}{\...
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Mathematical equation using { with following three lines
I would like to typeset the following equation in LaTeX:
However, I am stuck here:
\begin{equation} \label{OBV1}
\begin{split}
OBV = OBV\textsubscript{previous} + \Bigg\{
\end{split}
...
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Math symbol doesn't work properly
Something quite strange. Why I have as a result of the following formula:
\begin{equation}
\omega=\lambda_{1}\Sigma^{-1}\bf{1}+\lambda_{2}\Sigma^{-1}\mu
\end{equation}
a black square instead the ...
