Linked Questions
102 questions linked to/from The mysteries of \mathpalette
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A math-font-size-knowledgeable \raisebox
I would like to some symbols lower than others in a math formula, without size change, for example
\def\abcd#1#2{\left[\raisebox{-.4em}{{\ensuremath{#1}}}\kern-.3em\setminus\kern-.2em#2\right]}
$\abcd{...
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Combining arrow symbols in text
I would like to show, in my latex document, some in-text arrows similar to the ones in the attached figure. I know about the \leftrightarrow and \updownarrow commands, but I don't know how to combine ...
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How to fix the thickness of $\complement$ changes after rotatebox and scalebox [duplicate]
I use \mathcal S^\complement as the notation of complements. However, I need to flip the \complement symbol to make the anticomplement symbol. If I only use \rotatebox, the size of the anticomplement ...
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Make \scalebox work in subscript mode accordingly
I created a simple macro to type a kind of a range notation (a:b) with a larger colon do distinguish if from normal text.
This is the macro with a MWE:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{graphicx}
...
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How can I align math in table across regular and multirow cells?
I'm trying to create a table with math that is properly aligned horizontally but can also be centred across multiple rows. I've tried two different methods (one using a solution from this answer) and ...
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Typeset the adèle symbol
I want to make the symbol for the restricted product of a family of topological spaces. In different books it is expressed as:
I tried with:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\begin{...
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How can I vertically align boxes in math-mode?
I want to make a box for my daughter in order to fill in the blank. But it is not nice. How can I repair the boxes?
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How to make a custom symbol `//` in LaTeX the same width as an existing symbol?
I want to define a custom slanted parallel symbol, approximately like this: // $\mathrel{/ \negmedspace /}$. The approach is to input two /, followed by a command like \! to reduce the spacing. What ...
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Trouble using flalign for left aligned math equations
I tried to left align some equations, but always get the wrong result
Code below
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[fleqn]{amsmath}
\usepackage{showframe}
\begin{document}
\section*{Test}
\...
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How to keep alignment across multiple align environments?
\documentclass[letterpaper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{align}
w &z &t
\end{align}
\begin{align}
w+w+w+w &z+z+z+z &t+t+t+t
\end{align}
\end{document}
On ...
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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 get uneven size/space of numerator and denominator in fraction enclosed by \left\{ and \right} brackets
The following code gives a large amount of space under the denominator, enclosed by the left and right brackets, \left{ and \right}:
U_{ij}^{\mathrm{tor}}(\mathbf{\hat{r}}_{ij},\mathbf{\Omega}_i,\...
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How to make a circular arrow have the same size and position as other circular symbols?
I'm using the mathabx package's circular arrows; however, since I otherwise prefer the usual amsmath symbols, I'm following the setup described in Importing a Single Symbol From a Different Font to ...
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Highlighting subscripts/superscripts in math mode
This is an extension of Highlight terms in equation mode,
The problem is, with
\newcommand{\highlight}[1]{%
\colorbox{red!50}{$\displaystyle#1$}}
In, $x^{\highlight{\alpha}}$, \alpha is enlarged ...
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Is there any way to guess if the text we are in is in a super/sub script?
I have a macro to print (Center of Mass) \CM in text roman wherever the place in the book it is expanded. But when in subscript I want it much smaller than normal subscript size defaults to print it, ...
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