Questions tagged [stacking-symbols]
{stacking-symbol} is about mathematical symbols created by stacking existing symbols above each other.
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How to properly stack three symbols (e.g. symbols or text above and below convergence arrows or tildes)?
I would like to define a command with three arguments which stacks three symbols or text on top of each other.
The \tmb command below does that but creates a bit too much vertical space between the ...
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Is it possible to stack symbols on top of another and how do I make letters vary in size? [duplicate]
What I want to do is to place a letter on top of another. Specifically because I want to be able to write a specific representation of Greek numerals with large numbers.
I just need to be able to put ...
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a weird sign not in amssymb
I was suggested to ask a new question about obtaining this sign in XeTeX
in the comments elsewhere:
I'd prefer high LaTeX or XeTeX definition rather than the TeX's primitives.
EDIT:
Luckily some of ...
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Reducing a vertical gap between two upper symbols
I hope to use \widehat and \overline together with some text.
What I did was,
\newcommand{\mybar}[2][3]{{}\mkern#1mu\overline{\mkern-#1mu#2}}
\newcommand{\myhat}[2][3]{{}\mkern#1mu\widehat{\mkern-#...
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Adjusting bar length of dbar
I am trying to recreate the following symbols. At first I tried the \dbar command below, but it didn't seem like it was the right length and thickness. How can I adjust those parameters? Possibly a ...
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Color lower half of the $\ge$ symbol
I wish to partly change the color of the $\ge$ symbol. In particular, I want to change the horizontal bar into a red color, similar to this:
How can this be typset?
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How can I adjust the vertical positioning of \lim so the argument is aligned with the whole limit stack rather than just the word “lim”?
Consider the following image:
The top row is how I write limits and what I want LaTeX to do. Notice how the stack formed by "lim" on top and "x->0" on the bottom is aligned ...
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How to stack/insert line breaks between minimization arguments beneath the min symbol? [duplicate]
I tried
$\min_{x \in \mathbb{R}^m, \\ y \in \mathbb{R}^n}$
but \\ doesn't create a line-break in this setting
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\mapsto equivalent to \rightrightarrows?
The command \rightrightarrows (of amsfonts) stacks two \to/\rightarrow vertically, is there an equivalent command that would stack two \mapsto? If not how would one define it to be consistent with the ...
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How to merge two harpoon arrows together?
I want to merge a \leftharpoondown and a \rightharpoonup together perfectly, no text necessary. Left/right harpoon arrow with text? provided some solutions, but each arrowhead has some of the ...
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Double diacriticaled letter
I'm an non-english speaker absolute newbie to latex and this forum (so many reasons to despair !). I'm trying to use it to write ancient greek.I've managed to make single-diacritical letters alright.
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Three stacked lines not evenly distributed
I'm having some small spacing glitches with this stack, and I'm wondering about the best way to do this:
\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper,twoside]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\...
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Squaring a symbol
I would like to create a new binary operation by squaring a symbol.
In this example I try to do it with \wr.
I use
\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage{stackengine}
\newcommand{\SmallWr}{\scalebox{0.6}{\(...
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Adding crossbars to letters
I've been trying to make these symbols to use in math mode:
I tried modifying the explanations from
d with a little line through the top of it
Vertical spacing using kern in a custom symbol
but I ...
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Universal definition of vertically mirrored triangles on top of each other
In this question, we try to get two unfilled triangles on top of one another, mirrored vertically, as a relation symbol. Here is what we've tried so far:
\documentclass{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\...
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Typing Specific Inequality Symbol
I'm trying to type the following symbol in TeX, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Am I supposed to create it myself? If so, how should I do this? Please and thank you.
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How to make equal sign with circles, similar to \risingdotseq?
I'm looking for the best way to create the symbol very similar to \risingdotseq, just with circles instead of dots. Unfortunately, it looks like it's not in the standard set of symbols. Any help ...
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Scaling custom stacking symbols like parentheses
I have created two custom symbols that I'd like to use like parentheses. It works fine when what is inside is in normal size, but when there is a bigger symbol, it does not scale, even if I use \left ...
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Why is underaccent symbol not centered?
Here's a MWE showing my issue:
\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper,twoside]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[total={6in,10in},left=1.5in,top=0.5in,includehead,includefoot]{...
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Arrow of \vec{\hslash} with other letter is too high
I have recently come up with the idea of putting a slash in a letter to distinguish it from another. I want to do it for the letter p. I've found some elements of answer here in the accepted answer: \...
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Put one symbol into another
I'm curious how I can make a custom character, more specificlly I want to inscribe equal sign into different shapes like circle, trianle and whatever I want. Is it possible to do that without tikz ...
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New decorated triangle for mathematical formulas
I would like to have two new decorated triangles. This si for writing an exercice about B-Method in a mathematical formulas.
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\lesscong extending amssymb
The amssymb package has \lesssim and \lessapprox and \leqq. Is there a way to construct \lesscong?
I looked at the amssymb.sty file, and there's not an obvious way to modify the \DeclareMathSymbol ...
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How do I create this semi-enclosed arrow symbol?
I would like to create a symbol for \implies and \impliedby where they are enclosed in a rotated lidless box as shown in the picture. Can anybody tell me how I could achieve this?
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Align equalities using stackrel
I have a code block looking like this
\begin{align*}
||Ty - Tz||_w &\stackrel{\text{Satz 4.3}}{=} \sup_{t \in I}e^{-2L(t-t_0)}||(Ty)(t) - (Tz)(t)||_\infty \\
&\stackrel{\phantom{Satz ...
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1-1 correspondence in Category Theory
I have seen that in Category Theory there is a symbol which seems like two parallel lines with text above and text below. This means that the thing above corresponds in an 1-1 way with the thing below....
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How is this equality symbol different from a regular equality (=) symbol? [duplicate]
I encountered the following equality symbol in a paper (page 4, Eq 4). I am not sure how it is different from a regular equality (=) symbol.
What does this symbol mean? And how can I write it in ...
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Stacked math with lefthand braces around selected lines
Following
\documentclass[varwidth]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{stackengine}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\renewcommand{\vec}[1]{\mathbf{#1}}
\begin{document}
\stackMath
\begin{equation*}
...
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Is \, | \, equivalent to \mid?
Is \mid equivalent to \, | \, ?
I am asking this because, \mid does not cooperate with \big. However \,\big| \, works fine. I typically use these expressions when defining sets, for instance:
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super and subscripts on stackrel variable
How I am trying to put a label above a variable omega. That works well but I cant find a better way to have the sub- and superscripts belonging to omega itself without a gap. using the superscripts on ...
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Symbol: Put a smile symbol under a plus
I would like to have a \smile symbol under a plus symbol. What I have so far is
\newcommand{\pluss}{\raisebox{-.5ex}{\,$\overset{\textstyle{\raisebox{-0.5ex}{$+$}}}{\smile}$}\,}
However, I would ...
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What is the best way to stacked subscripts for a matrix?
I use this code to generate subscript indexes for a matrix but stacked thanks to substack:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
$(v_j^h)_{\...
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How can I make a circle with an arrow entering/leaving it?
I'm wondering how could I make a symbol (in math mode) that looks more or less like this:
I need to introduce some symbols for my thesis, to represent some sets of elements that are 'entry points' ...
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How can I force resized mathmode symbols to respect fontsize changes?
I want to make a latex symbol that contains a resized math symbol using \scriptscriptsize. However, when the scope containing the symbol is subject to a font resize, the \scriptscriptsize-ed symbol is ...
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A best solution for \frac using mtpro2 fonts
Starting from this old this question
How to make fractions in powers look good, I'm searching a optimal solution to aesthetically define a fraction of the type \frac{...}{...}. For my book I've used ...
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How to set letter above or below the symbol?
I have known \overset{K}{\|} to set above. However how to do like this:
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Using \vspace togehter with \hspace to place a citation over an image
I have an image I would like to don with a citation. However, placing the citation on top of the image has proven to be a bit of a challenge. Simply placing the citation after the image with
\...
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Too much vertical space above \xrightarrow
I currently have the following shortcut in my LaTeX document for an isomorphism arrow:
\usepackage{kpfonts,Baskervaldx,mathrsfs,calligra}
\newcommand{\congto}{\xrightarrow{\sim}}
This works fine, ...
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How to write over a double-ended arrow [duplicate]
I've come across how to write over a left or right facing arrow but not one that's double-ended. I tried this below (but with \ in front of both [ and ] but for some reason this won't typeset here) ...
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Spacing around \tilde{=}
How can I get proper spacing when using tilde over operator symbols?
\begin{align*}
x &= y\\
x &\tilde{=} b
\end{align*}
Yields:
But I would like the tilde version to have the same kind of ...
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horizontal shift of sub- and superscript for \chi
I get a small horizontal displacement of sub- and superscript when using the letter \chi. It does not seem to appear for other letters. Does anybody know how to fix this?
MWE:
\documentclass{article}...
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Double checkmark symbol
How do I produce double checkmarks? Similar to this:
\rlap{\checkmark}\checkmark
overlaps one on the other
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How do I get a tilted equal sign for an equation?
For example, this is what I am looking for:
Usually for limits where the value is 0 or 1 of a particular expression (e^x) in this case, you might see something like a tilted 45 degrees equal sign, ...
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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 ...
