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Spacing between mathrel and mathord same as between mathrel and mathopen
TeX inserts a thick space between a relation symbol and an opening atom. The following table has been taken from the TeXbook (see this answer for reference
The indices in the left column and the top ...
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Spacing between mathrel and mathord same as between mathrel and mathopen
TeX by Topic is wrong here. The original table in the TeXbook looks like this
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How to type math symbols in text mode?
Looking at a basic guide on LaTeX might reveal useful. The command \verb is what you're looking for.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
You get $M \otimes_{R} N$ by typing \verb|$M \otimes_{R} ...
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error after \begin{cases*}
I assume you're employing the mathtools package, as it defines an environment called cases*.
The cases* environment differs from the cases environment of the amsmath package in that the material to ...
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Operator names that ignore parentheses
I heartily disagree. Why should \dim behave differently from \sin? I really can't find a reason.
Anyway, you can ruin your math typesetting 😉 with the following definition.
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Operator names that ignore parentheses
Quick hack: You can peek ahead with \@ifnextchar to conditionally add a {}.
\documentclass{article}
\makeatletter
\NewCommandCopy\orig@dim\dim
\renewcommand{\dim}{\orig@dim\@ifnextchar({{}}{}}
\...
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How to type math symbols in text mode?
$ _ ^ %, etc. are the primitive/pre-defined symbols in TeX, if you want to print those symbols, then you can go with verbatim environment, and the MWE is:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\...
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How to type math symbols in text mode?
You have to escape those characters:
\documentclass{report}
\begin{document}
To write maths, use "\$" on both side of the equation.
Underscripts are given with an underscore "\_&...
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