Questions tagged [sqrt]
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How do I write words inside a square root without the words getting italicized?
I wrote $\sqrt{n^{\frac{number of factors of n}{2}}}$ but the "number of factors of n" is getting italicized. Can someone help with this please?
Thank you
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Customised radical-sign
I've been trying to customise the shape of radical sign
so that it looks slimmer with the left protrusion consuming little space.
And this is my attempt:
\documentclass{standalone}
\makeatletter
\...
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Making a (bad) custom sqrt symbol
For puerile personal amusement, I'd like to make a replacement \sqrt macro that typesets the radical/surd symbols appallingly, to match a plotting package with... interesting aesthetics:
Is it ...
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How do I slant the Computer Modern root symbol?
Considering this question, actually I not remember as I must straighten square root symbol to have the classic sqrt symbol. I have used (for example),
\def\mySqrt{\radical"0270373\relax}
but it ...
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Strange overhangs in the roots between mtpro2 and newtxmath
Executing this MWE,
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{newtxtext,newtxmath}
\begin{document}
$\sqrt{2}$
\end{document}
with this output,
you can see an overhang, marked with a green ...
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Square root of a function "misbehaves" near the x-axis
I'm trying to plot height lines of a function of the form $H(x,y)=y^2+u(x)$, by taking multiple plots of $\pm\sqrt{c-u(x)}$. The problem is that for some values $c$ the domain is tricky and not easily ...
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On the strange calculations calling xfp, Tikz, sqrt, and ^2
As we now the square root of (-3)^2+(-4)^2 is the square root of 25 equal to 5.
However we got a strange error calling xfp package and Tikz saying:
\LaTeX3 error: Invalid operation sqrt(-25)
Below is ...
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I am having difficulty to write this formula in the LaTeX form
I am having difficulty writing this formula in the LaTeX form. I am not familiar with LaTeX. Thanks in advance.
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Change sqrt bracket size
This code
\begin{equation*}
\begin{split}
& \sqrt{Var_\nu(f)} \\
& \sqrt{Var_\mu(f)}
\end{split}
\end{equation*}
produces
As you can see, the sizes of the brackets ...
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close a square root function
I want to make an addition of two square root functions, not one inside another.
here is my code:
\begin{equation}
L=\sqrt{\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n}\left\left\|y_{pred} -y_{true}\right\|_{2}} +
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Mirrored Cube Rooted Fraction Looks Weird
I was testing something with Overleaf, and then a weird result was output.
What's more weird is that I went to a Discord server where a TeX-rendering engine exists. This is its result:
It's a really ...
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Slope field for differential equation with cube root: "Missing number, treated as zero"
Since pgfplots doesn't have a "built in" cube root function, I adapted code from this question in order to plot a cube root function in a differential equation slope field. The trick seems ...
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How can I avoid a "too big sqrt" when using underbrace
Code Sample:
\sqrt{\underbrace{\det((D\varphi)^T)}_{\det(D\varphi)} \det(D\varphi)}
Produces:
The problem: By using the underbrace, it is set in the square root and not under the square root - so ...
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Reduce height of sqrt
There are many questions here about increasing the height of the square root (e.g. How to adjust/increase the height of square root?), but I'd like to decrease it. Consider the following code and ...
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Underbrace under square root sign plain TeX
$$
\rlap{$\sqrt{\phantom{\displaystyle\pmatrix{A^{-1} b(x)\cr -1}^T
\pmatrix{A & b(x) \cr b(x)^T & \Phi(x,x)}
\pmatrix{A^{-1} b(x) \cr -1}}}$}
\mskip14mu
\...
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pgfplot/tikzpicture declare function error with sqrt(): missing number treated as zero
I am adapting the solution here to plot the slope field for a differential equation. The equation I would like to use is dy/dt = -sqrt(1-y^2). I can get it working for "simple" functions (...
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Why is there a space between the left parenthesis and the radical sign?
Minimal working example:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Default spacing: \((\sqrt 2)\)
Negative space after the left parenthesis: \((\!\sqrt 2)\)
\end{document}
To me, the default spacing ...
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index of a /sqrt is complex and produces error
I want to write in latex and an error occurs,
if you could help me please
\[
F=\left(\sqrt[\sqrt[\sqrt{7}]{7}]{\sqrt[7]{7}^{7^{\frac{\sqrt{7}}{7}}}}\right)^7
\]
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Defect in the square-root symbol in Stack Exchange [closed]
\sqrt{aaa} in Math Stack Exchange yields a square-root symbol with a small gap which is unwanted. The picture attached below will show it clearly.
But in overleaf \sqrt{aaa} gives a fine symbol ...
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Default sqrt index to scriptstyle instead of scriptscriptstyle
In my document, I am using a font and size which just makes scriptscriptstyle too small, and it looks weird to me:
If instead of \sqrt[3]{...} I write \sqrt[\scriptstyle 3]{...} it looks better:
And ...
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Tikz sqrt function not plotting sqrt(0)
I am trying to plot a function involving sqrt but I don't understand why it is not plotting until sqrt(0).
The blue curve should reach y=0 at x=8 but it stops before, which does not happen with the ...
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Decimal number and \sqrt radical height
I just saw a post on a french Facebook LaTeX group saying this:
When using the french decimal separator (comma), the space between the
number inside the radical is reduced.
The proposed MWE is (...
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Polygon division with a square root
I need to write a polygon division using polynom package, but my coefficients have square roots and the package gives me an error. Is it possible to make this division using polynom?
\documentclass{...
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Is there a command to show the "handmade" square root algorithm?
Is there a command to show the product of two integers or the square root of an integer? I know xlop package does similar for the division algorithm.
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\sqrt too long for one line [duplicate]
I have a very long SQRT() equation, that doesn't fit in a line. I couldn't simplify it, since it involves terms in addition. Is there an alternative way to represent a root as 'SQRT{some function}' ?
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Too much empty space underneath \sqrt
The following math command
$\sqrt{GM/a_p^3}$
produces excessive unnecessary empty space between the argument of the \sqrt and the horizontal line of the sqrt, which in turn makes the containing text ...
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Height and size of \sqrt exponent [duplicate]
I want to place the n from the \sqrt[n]{\rho} command in a more visible position and make it bigger too.
MWE:
\sqrt[n]{\rho}
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Unable to write nth root [duplicate]
I would like to write the nth root, it's fairly simple as
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{equation}
a = \sqrt[n]{b}
\end{equation}
but I get the output as
Can anybody help me with this.
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Make roots fit fractions size with nccmath package
Sometimes I use the nccmath package to resize equations, mainly resizing fractions with the \mfraccommand, but I have an issue with roots that contain fractions:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\...
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yhmath impact on radical symbols and delimiters
In November 2014 I had an issue with this code and yhmath package:
\sqrt{n+\sqrt{(n-1)+\sqrt{(n-2)+\dotsb+\sqrt{2+\sqrt{1}}}}}
Depending on whether that package was being used or not (and AMS-...
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Integral with fraction and square root produces wrong vertical alignment
This code produces an ankward vertical alignment which involves the integral symbol and the fraction with the square root at the denominator. Why? How can I fix this?
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
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Radical with underscript
How can I make the radical end at the same level with 11...1 and 44...4 and put the underbrace below the radical?
I have this:
\sqrt{ \underbrace{11...1}_n\underbrace{44...4}_{2n}}
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"Esami" package: \randestrai and \sqrt not working together?
The \randestrai command from the "esami" package allows to define a set of elements to randomly choose within, such as a set of formulas. It works with formulas including latex commands inside, for ...
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How to adjust/increase the height of square root?
I defined this equation:
\begin{equation}
\delta {^s_i\lambda} =
\begin{cases}
\pm \dfrac{{^s\overline{\Delta T}}}{\sqrt[]{\delta {^s_1\bm{u}_l} \cdot \delta {^s_1\bm{u}_l} + \...
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Badly scaling closing SQRT symbol with large font sizes
I prefer the SQRT symbol with the closing downward tick, and have been using this answer to achieve the desired effect. However, when I hugely increase the font size and use fixcmex to achieve some ...
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differences when using inline mode and \overline and \sqrt
Can anyone help me make this square root signs in the code below, be of the same size so that they all have the same height? This is the code:
\documentclass[]{book}
\begin{document}
$\overline{\...
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Same command \SQRT of MathTımeProfessional fonts (mt2pro[lite]) using baskervald(x)
From the guide MathTımeProfessional fonts mt2pro[lite] we known that in addition to the \sqrt command, which uses an extensible symbol, called \SQRT that produces individually designed root signs up ...
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Root index \sqrt[n]{x} misaligned with libertinust1math
I'm porting all my libertine-based documents to use \usepackage{libertinust1math} instead of \usepackage[libertine]{newtxmath} and a side effect seems to be the misalignment of the n-th root symbol:
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Round parentheses in math mode when using kpfonts
I am trying to write a simple equation that contains fractions, square roots and parentheses. However the output is ugly I'd say
I tried reducing the space on the nominator using a user-defined ...
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smash subscript in sum
I found a solution (3rd \sqrt), but am curious as to why the \smash{} in {\sum_{\smash{ij}} (2nd \sqrt) is ignored.
Notes:
Related Question: Adjust vertical size of \sqrt contating terms with ...
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Square root symbol looking ugly [closed]
Recently I noticed that my square root symbol is looking really ugly:
The square root per se is not correctly connected to the overbar. The picture above is with a small zoom factor. When I zoom in ...
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rendering tex: sqrt: placement of root
EDIT: after reading egreg's comment, changing from \sqrt[3]{x} to \root 3 \of{x}, to indicate using plain TeX, not LaTeX
Consider $$\sqrt{x}$$ vs $$\root 3 \of{x}$$.
The latter has a 'root' of 3.
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Formula too long and \split fails | contains "sqrt" (square root)
I'm quite new to LaTex and I guess I need some help. I'm writing a report and I need to display a specific formula. If I use the simple equation environment the formula gets too long for one line. ...
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Splitting an equation with a long square root
I want to split up a very long equation. Here is my code:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside,onecolumn,article]{memoir}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\...
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Bold square root with normal argument
This is a somewhat funny question. To explain the problem of complex extensions of the principal square root, I would like to have two visibly different square root signs within the same document; for ...
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Adjust vertical size of \sqrt contating terms with subscript and superscript
In the second \sqrt,
both the subscript and superscript are \smashed:
a_{\smash{0}}^{\smash{2}
Yet, the sqrt are of different sizes?
How do I get the second \sqrt to be the exact vertical size of ...
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How to write braces inside \sqrt[ in here ]{sth}? [duplicate]
This is what I want to write:
Apparently, the following doesn't work
\sqrt[ \sqrt[\log n]{n} ]{x}
The error is that the argument of \sqrt has an extra }. This seems like a bug to me. Is there a way ...
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Why do \sqrt{1} and \sqrt{-1} have different heights?
I noticed that the heights of \sqrt{1} and \sqrt{-1} are different. For instance, when they are in between \left( and \right) parentheses, I must write a character of zero-width (e.g. \sqrt{-1\...
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Controlling sqrts (mathptmx)
Consider this MWE
\documentclass[border=10mm,varwidth=true]{standalone}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
%\usepackage{mathptmx}
\begin{document}
\[
\sqrt{n+1}\sqrt{2+(n+2)^2}
\]
\...
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