Questions tagged [stacking-symbols]
{stacking-symbol} is about mathematical symbols created by stacking existing symbols above each other.
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Less-than OR Less-than-equal with one symbol
I want to write a less-than-equal sign with a brace around the equal sign. Something like this, but in "nice" (at the moment, it doesn't really look as expected):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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Strange behavior of underset
Why aren't the arrows put under the equal sign if they are less than .7em or .3cm?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta}
\newcommand{\...
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Symbol similar to \pitchfork for tangent component
I want to define a symbol analogous to \pitchfork from amssymb, which I use meaning "transverse". My new symbol will stand for "tangent" and I want it to be a \cap with a horizontal bar over it, ...
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how to write multiple overlapping underbraces
I am trying to write overlapping underbraces for this equation and I can't get the second underbrace right! Any ideas?...
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Stacking thick bars below a symbol
I am using the following commands to place an arbitrary number of specialized, thick bars (\xbar) below a letter.
\documentclass[prb,preprint]{revtex4-1}
\usepackage{stackengine}
\stackMath
\...
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Math symbol similar to $\Pi$ but with crossed legs
I would like to realize a symbol that looks similar to a \Pi, but with its two legs crossed, like in an \mathrm{X}. In other words, I want the bar in \overline{\mathrm{X}} to be moved down just a ...
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How to get a “approximately follows distribution” symbol?
I want to create an "approximately follows distribution" symbol. It should be a \sim with one dot above and one below.
I have tried using \underset and \overset, but I cannot get the dots to be the ...
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How do I define a new accumulation symbol? [duplicate]
An accumulation symbol in LaTeX is a symbol that has a subscript and a superscript, normally used to state the limits of a running index, directly above and below it. The best-known examples are the ...
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overlay symbols
I would like to overload some symbols. Basically they would take no space so
\symbol1\symbol2\symbol3
would exist on the page in the same position as either one of the symbols.
Ideally I'd like ...
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How to stack a symbol on another of same size but with no vertical centering?
I have something like
\[a = \langle a + b, c + d, e + f \rangle\]
But I want to stack another vector right above the right hand side, centered horizontally (with respect to corresponding elements ...
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How to properly format equation symbols
While writing a couple of equations, I stumbled upon a problem of poor spacing.
Example in question:
\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage{IEEEtrantools}
\begin{document}
\begin{IEEEeqnarray}{rCl}
\...
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What is the LaTeX command for this symbol? Looks like \smile over a \frown [duplicate]
The symbol looks like this:
In context:
It occurs in the paper: "Linear type theory for asynchronous session types - S. J. Gay & V. T. Vasconcelos".
What command can I use to generate this ...
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Align on equal sign when using stackrel (by defining a single command)
Edit. I realized that my anwer was not complete. Indeed I missed to state that I need a solution that works together with normal aligned stuff (i.e. without the \stackrel command).
The first equation ...
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Consistent custom equality and subset symbols
I would like to produce a handful of symbols with the following descriptions:
A subset (or rather \subseteq) symbol with the extra line replaced by a 'forward' arrow.
A similar symbol with a '...
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How to get the \bar over a relation?
When adding a \bar to a relation the spacing around the relation is removed:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$x > y$ $x \bar{>} y$
\end{document}
So, how does one do this correctly?...
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Symbol to denote “weak star convergence”
how do I type the weak star convergence symbol, i.e. star symbol over \rightharpoonup?
I tried \xrightharpoon{\ast}, but it is not working.
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How to print “~” in order to put text above it
How do I put text over symbols? gives some very good answers to placing text above a symbol (=), which works for many other symbols which as +, @ etc. However none of the solutions work for ~, I had ...
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Font-independent custom symbols
I was interested in using a custom symbol. So, I played around with some numbers in a MWE (because it was much faster to compile) before trying it out in my original document. I wound up with the ...
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Creating three sided boxes that “close in” the floor and ceil functions
Like Cameron Martin who asked this question, I want notation for an operator that replaces the weak inequalities in \floor and \ceil with strict inequalities. Jordan Glen proposed \ceil{\bar{N^\ast}}...
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`\stackrel` but lower
I am trying to place a frown above a times so it behaves like a hat. I have tried:
\stackrel{\frown}{\times}
{\frown \above 0pt \times}
\overset{\frown}{\times}
\mathrlap{\frown}\times
{\frown\atop\...
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Alignment problem, stacking
Hello, everyone!
Numberphile has this great video on Euler's constant, and I would like to replicate one of the ways to get e.
So far I managed to come this far, but I don't know how to create the ...
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Decreasing limits
I have the following codes. Is it possible to decrease the size of limits in minimum phrase?
Thanks in advance.
\documentclass[12pt , a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\...
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Numbers inside triangles
I found a good answer here about how to insert characters into circles, but how could one place a triangular order around a character? Would it involve $\triangle$?
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1answer
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Stack Logic Symbols in Tikz
I want to reproduce diagrams like the following in tikz (taken from Sider's Logic for Philosophy, p. 189):
In particular, I can't figure out how to stack symbols as they are in this image (having 1s ...
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Define a symbol with \stackrel, that works inline without changing the height of the line
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=6cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\newcommand\mysymbol
{\ensuremath{\stackrel{(\mathsf{lin})}{\longrightarrow_{(1)}}}}
\begin{document}
This is an ...
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Help recalling a package which automatically calculates derivative orders
I distinctly recall stumbling upon a package which typeset derivatives nicely, and moreover automatically calculated some of the indices involved in partial differentiation. Unfortunately, I can't ...
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How to center the higher glyph(s) in a `\stackrel` or stretch the lower glyph?
I currently am using a relation
\newcommand{\Lsense}{\stackrel{\mathbb{L}^1}{=}}
but unfortunately, the \mathbb{L}^1 is not nicely centred over the = symbol.
I read some other answers that involve ...
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How does one make a 'proper' (aesthetically pleasing) double widetilde?
I'm heaving problems with correctly vertically stacking two widetilde's (i.e. one on top of the other). I managed to reduce the space between them, but I don't know how to force them to be exactly ...
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Half overlap two symbols from amssymb
I am using the empty and filled triangle amssymb but i need a third one. It should look like the \blacktriangleright in the first half and like \rhd in the second half.
MWE
\documentclass{article}
\...
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double integrals with a bar
I usually use \fint to denote normalized integration. I would like to produce the same slanted line across a double integral \iint. The command \fiint does not seem to exist. How can I get this ...
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how to print long relation operators like simeq and sim with text above in latex
ENV
xelatex --version
XeTeX 3.14159265-2.6-0.99991 (TeX Live 2014)
bibtex --version
BibTeX 0.99d (TeX Live 2014)
\mathrel{\simeq\!\simeq} not what I want.
\stackrel{\text{mytext}{\simeq}} the ...
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Custom “H” symbols for double affine Hecke algebra
I'd like to create some custom symbols for double affine Hecke algebras. Specifically, I would like to "double" the usual "H" symbols, for example $\mathcal{H}$, $\mathbb{H}$ or $\mathbf{H}$. By ...
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Combine several math symbols in one symbol properly
How to put several math symbols together in one and make it work as a single math symbol? It should be invulnerable to font size and scaling.
For example I want to have this weird symbol:
and I ...
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how to put symbol on top of tensor product
How do I put a $\frown$ right on top of $\otimes$?
I tried \stackrel but it leaves too much space between symbols.
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Transpose of a matrix with tilde:
What is the best way to write the transpose with a tilde on top? Some authors use this notation. I used \overset{\thicksim}{ABC} because \tilde{ABC} does not work either. The idea is that the tilde ...
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I would like to use vertical dots to indicate I am omitting arrows
I have a diagram with many parallel arrows between objects in XYpic. Eventually, they become too numerous to all display. I would like to indicate this with two outside horizontal arrows and some \...
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How to put a bar on top of a hat
I'm trying to type the conjugate of the fourier transform, so I want a bar over a hat. I only really know one way of doing this but these come out VERY scrambled:
$\overline{hat{f}}$ or $\bar{\hat{f}}$...
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Footmark closer to text
I want the footmark to be closer to the inequality sign.
\stackrel{\footnotemark[1]}{\leq}
\footnotetext[1]{Test}
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Functional Notation in Latex
Is there a way to display a mathematical function in the following format
$f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$
$x \to x^2$
with the x -> x^2 just below the definition of the domain and ...
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\stackrel{-}{x} of different letters makes overline at different quote
I'm writing my PhD Thesis. I have a stylistic problem with an equation. These are the code and the output (the red lines are mine).
Per ovviare a questi due inconvenienti si è ritenuto opportuno ...
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How do I stack multiple conditions in a column in math mode? [duplicate]
I am experimenting with multiple integrals and volume (and area) elements.
I can write the integral,
$A = \int_a^t{\left|f\left(x\right)\right|dx} $,
as
$A = \int_a^t{\int_0^{\left|f\left(x\...
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How can I write underset tag properly in the reaction below?
I am using mhchem tools for writing chemical reaction in my blog. How should I rewrite the code in the reaction below so that the text Rust appears just below the product?
And this is the code I have ...
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How to make this Conceptual Dependency direction symbol in LaTex?
I've tried several approaches using large brackets and arrows but can't get them to work. Thanks in advance.
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a \frac{}{} with knobs
What definition code gives mathematics mode output that looks like this?
Often \(A\) | \(B\) inline, and \[\frac{A}{B}\] in display mode, is the notation for ``A if and only if B''.
If A \cirf B ...
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Drawing dashed `\subseteq` symbol
I am trying to draw a dashed \subseteq symbol:
(in contrast to \not\subseteq or \varsubsetneq and \nsubseteq from the amsfonts package) but having no success. Is there any known way to do this? Also ...
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The Distinct symbols [duplicate]
How do I write the symbol x cross in LaTeX. I want the x with a line across the centre point of X. I searched the internet but couldn't get it.
This is a picture of the symbol
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How to put symbols of equal size on top of each other?
I would like to put (any) two symbols on top of each other. With \overset the one on top is smaller. However, I want them to appear vertically centered and of equal size. How can this be done? ...
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Negating (\not) a stackrel expression
I am using the following command to generate an arrow with a superscript, which is then negated:
\not \stackrel{x}{\Longrightarrow}
The problem is that the "\not" slash appears far to the left on ...
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Combine two symbols to one fully scalable
I have to put a colon inside a bigcup symbol, so that the result is treated exactly like the latter.
I tried different approaches following various posts here and on other places. The best result ...
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an \underhat and \underwidehat
So $\hat x$ and $\widehat x$ give upper hats of different length, however, unlike \overbrace{} had an \underbrace{}, one sometimes needs an \uhat and \uwidehat.
What is the best (cleanest, fewest ...
