Questions tagged [mathcal]
Refers to the calligraphic {math-mode} font accessed via \mathcal.
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A proper math font
The question
I would like to have a math font that fulfills all of the following requirements:
\mathbb looks as close as possible to LaTeX's default math font
\mathcal is only slightly curved
\...
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Mathcal not working properly
I wrote the following code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{csvsimple}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{gensymb}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\...
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I have an array inside of equation and aligned, not recognizing math mode
I am trying to create a bracket enclosed matrix where the rows and columns are labeled. My attempt is:
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
&\begin{array}{*{7}{p{.8cm}}}
\...
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How to resize an array in math environment
This is my code:
$$
\mathcal{P}_{\left\{ \resizebox{0.02\textwidth}{!}{$\displaystyle
\begin{array}{l}
\mathcal{B} \\
\mathcal{F}
\end{array}$} \right\}}
\Psi\left(\vec{r}_{1}, \vec{r}_{2}, \ldots, \...
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How to write this variant of Dirac slashed derivative?
I want to write:
Can someone please help me with this?
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How to write mathcal similar letters [duplicate]
In math mode, I want to achieve the following letters, which look similar to mathcal but aren't the same.
Using mathcal generates the following:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\(\...
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calligraphy \mathcal fonts in beamer presentation
I am facing a problem regarding using \mathcal in my beamer presentation and could not make none of the solutions proposed for similar cases work.
Here is the content of my presentation.sty file:
% ---...
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Trying to get {\mathcal n}, and I get the backslash \
I am trying to get {\mathcal n} within an equation, but instead I get the backslash (\).
I would be satisfied with a smaller version (say, 75%) of {\mathcal N}, or some other smallish scriptish ...
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\mathcal not working proper
I'm trying to use \mathcal and it works for the subscripts, but not for the main letter.
\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\caption{Data integration framework}
\label{tab:data_integration}
\...
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Why does mathcal f give a curly brace? [duplicate]
I would like to get a curly f lowercase letter for a mathematic formula. But the following example
\documentclass{minimal}
\begin{document}
$$\mathcal{f}$$
\end{document}
Leads to this output
I use ...
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How do we use lowercase `\mathcal` or `\mathscr` in latex overleaf?
I tried \usepackage{bickham} in latex overleaf but I get:
LaTeX Error: File `bickham.sty' not found.
How do we get a lower case \mathcal in latex overleaf? For instance, for:
\documentclass[reqno]{...
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How to redefine math mode accent macros (\bar, \hat, etc.) to kern only specifically for \mathbb and \mathcal inputs but behave normally otherwise
Inspired by David Carlisle's answer and comment from my previous question, I wanted to see if I could try and redefine the math mode accent macros (\bar, \hat, \dot, etc.) to kern specifically for \...
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How to use both Computer Modern and Latin Modern's Calligraphic \mathcal at the same time in LuaTeX with unicode-math
Here's my MWE:
% !TEX program = lualatex
% DOCUMENT CLASS
\documentclass[11pt,preview,varwidth,%
border={5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt}% left bottom right top
]{standalone}
% PACKAGES
\usepackage{mathtools, ...
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Is there any analogue of mathcal which also works with Greek letters?
I have noticed that the font category mathcal does not work with Greek letters as inputs, probably because nobody has created any sort of "calligraphic Greek font family". Is there any sort ...
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How to express special font characters in equations in Latex?
Would anyone have a suggestion on how to express special font characters, i.e.
\mathcal{H}_{0}
In a subscript in an equation? The result is an italic representation, but I want the normal 'mathcal' ...
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Phi doesn't display with \mathcal
With the following Codesnippet:
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\...
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Hat on \mathcal{J} and \mathcal{K} "off-center" due to \DeclareMathAlphabet
I am using NCM (NewComputerModern) as my main font.
Because I do not like the \mathcal{…} provided by unicode-math in the Euler font instead of the Latin Modern oder Computer Modern style.
I think ...
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Strange Output When Color Shadowing Using the Pazocal Font
This question is an extension of How to Automatically Produce Separated Words Using the Mathcal or Pazocal Fonts which egreg provides some answers.
Consider the following code which uses the pazocal ...
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How to Automatically Produce Separated Words Using the Mathcal or Pazocal Fonts
Consider the code:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{calrsfs}
\DeclareMathAlphabet{\pazocal}{OMS}{zplm}{m}{n}
\SetMathAlphabet\pazocal{bold}{OMS}{zplm}{bx}...
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Type a regular mathcal letter while using newtxmath with the libertine option
I am required to use a .cls that loads the newtxmath package with the libertine option. Because of this (I think), when I type \mathcal{A} my "A" looks different than it normally does. I ...
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Not using mathcal, but still getting "Error: \mathcal allowed only in math mode"
I am recieving a TeX error as follows:
! LaTeX Error: \mathcal allowed only in math mode.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
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How can i define a \mathcal{h} character, without switching the font set for all other characters
For a physics text i need a lower case mathcal h (for energy density), as a companion to upper case mathcal H (for energy). I would prefer a solution, that does not require to switch to complete font ...
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Incorrect Usage of \mathcal and \mathbb Leads to Interesting Symbols [duplicate]
I noticed that some incorrect usage of the \mathcal and \mathbb command generates interesting symbols.
\mathcal{M^1} \mathcal{M^2} \mathcal{M^3} \mathcal{M^4} \mathcal{M^5}
and
\mathbb{M^1} \mathbb{M^...
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different font for mathcal while using mathpazo+eulervm
I have been using mathpazo + eulervm for my LaTeX documents and I'm very happy with the results, with one exception: The characters for \mathcal do not come out the way I want; I prefer the \mathcal ...
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`\mathcal` incompatible with `unicode-math`
An MWE is like this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathcal}{OMS}{cmsy}{m}{n}
\begin{document}
$ \tilde{\mathcal{B}} $
% $ \hat{\mathcal{B}} $
\end{document}
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I can't put accent on `\mathcal` after changing the font of `\mathcal`
When I use unicode-math, I found that there is no default performance of \mathcal in the 6 fonts given in texdoc unimath-symbols.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$ \mathcal{DBFT} $
\end{...
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Sorting an Acronym entry with \mathcal{} with Glossaries package
I'm using the glossaries package for my list of acronyms with the following options:
\usepackage[acronyms,nopostdot,nogroupskip,nonumberlist,nomain,shortcuts]{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
\input{...
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\color{white} doesn't work in LaTeXiT
I want to produce a white \mathcal{L} in LaTeXiT to then copy and paste into a powerpoint presentation. \color{blue} works, but ```color{white} produces nothing - no error, just no result.
The entire ...
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Curly brackets and Big O notation
I'm having some trouble inserting a Big O notation into a right-side curly bracket consisting of two lines. I'm using mathcal for the Big O notation but once I put it in the curly bracket it doesn't ...
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```\mathcal``` and ```mathscr``` look the same in my template
In my current template compiled by pdflatex, I am seeing \mathcal forced to \mathscr. For example, $\mathcal{T},\mathscr{T}$ leads to the output. Can anyone propose potential causes of this problem? P....
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Change font for a specific command
I would like to change the font associated specifically with \mathcal to cambria rather than the default font without changing the rest of the document.
How may I do that? I don't mind setting up a ...
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Mirror mathcal letter
Is there a way to mirror a symbol like \mathcal{P}, but keep it cursive in the right way? Using \reflectbox{\mathcal{P}} gives a mirrored version of \mathcal{P} that slopes in the wrong direction.
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Ugly spacings with \mathcal font
I hate the horizontal spacings with letters from the \mathcal font. Is there a way to fix them? Here's a MWE showing the ugliness:
\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper,twoside]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{...
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Change the default font of the equation environment and math mode globally
Is it possible to change the default font in the equation environment and also in math mode globally to mathcal or mathscr?
By this I mean that if I typeset $...$, or $$...$$ or
\begin{equation}
...
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LuaLaTeX: Remapping \mathcal letters for Asana Math
I wanted to use \matcal{H} with my math font Asana Math in LuaLaTeX (with the help of unicode-math). Unfortunately, the assigned calligraphic characters for Asana Math are not the ones I want to use:
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Technical problem between fourier/fouriernc and mathalpha packages
I am trying to use the fourier/fouriernc math packages in LaTeX all while defining the \mathbb, \mathcal, \mathscr and \mathfrak commands at will. I have tried doing this with the mathalpha package, ...
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How to add mathcal to section titles?
I am currently using the following code to print the section and subsection in the header.
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\...
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Space too log between cal letter and index
The code ${\cal T\!}_{\!j}$ produces the output :
and as you can see, the space between the two characters is too large. How can I reduce this space ?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fourier}
\...
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Mathtime and (unwanted) bold version of \mathcal
I have mathtime (not the new fancy MTPro2, but rather, the version from the early 1990's). I learned this summer how to use
\DeclareMathVersion so that I could have some chapters in my document that ...
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\mathcal doesn't have the usual output
I used these commands in order to have along with the \mathcal{L} a calligraphic L as well
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{calrsfs}
\DeclareMathAlphabet{\...
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Unable to track down a math font
I'm trying to find the mathematical font of the \mathcal T in the following excerpt:
It is taken from https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Freyd+cover, and trying to compile locally the tex source I don't ...
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How to create a specific math-alphabetic letter? [duplicate]
I'm preparing an essay which should contain the following letter:
I'm a newbie in the world of TEX, and I don't know how to get it. Can somebody help me?
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Replace mathcal plus margin-note results in \reserved@a does not match definition
This is related to problem with \mathcal in MIT Thesis package; I posted the below MWE there, but the edit was rejected due to deviating from the original authors post. IDK if its the right thing to ...
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Package dutchcal and \let command are not playing together as I expected
Given the MWE
\documentclass{article}
\let\tempcal \mathcal
\usepackage{dutchcal}
\let\dutchcal\mathcal
\let\mathcal\tempcal
\begin{document}
\(\dutchcal H~~~\mathcal H~~~\tempcal H\)
\end{document}...
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WinEdt/miktex printing wrong alphabet
Suddenly today when I type \mathcal{k}, for example, in WinEdt and compile to MikTex, I get output: ∥.
I get similar strange characters for \mathcal{},\mathbb{},\mathds{} with any English character ...
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How can I get a less-curly \mathcal{T} with xelatex?
I'm compiling the following document with pandoc:
$\mathcal{T}$
using this command line:
pandoc -s --from markdown --to latex -o foo.pdf <(echo 'foo: $\mathcal{T}$')
If I use xelatex (--pdf-...
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Big O symbol (order of) and siunitx
I want to write that a quantity is of the order of say, 10 m/s. I have currently used the syntax below, but is there a way to write it completely into siunitx, or is the one considered below a ...
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Prime spacing with mathcal font
Compare the following:
Here is the code and an image:
\begin{align}
V'(t) &= 0 \\
\mathcal{V}'(t) &= 0
\end{align}
The first has a regular 'V'. The second uses mathcal.
On my ...
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Error \mathcal allowed only in math mode. ...\raggedright \textbf{\mathcal{$S_{(TX)}$}}}
I have this error \mathcal allowed only in math mode
...\raggedright \textbf{\mathcal{$S_{(TX)}$}}}
When I run my sub file, where the main file is the dissertation file.
\parbox{0.4\textwidth}{\...
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two different \mathcal{H}
I encountered the following version of \mathcal{H} and like it a lot:
This is slightly different from the usual one from Computer Modern font:
I have done some search and tried different fonts, e.g....
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