Questions tagged [symbols]
{symbols} is about specific non-alphabetic symbols or math symbols, e.g., about looking-up, constructing, or using symbols. For questions about {fonts} or alphabetic {characters} use the respective tag instead.
7 questions from the last 30 days
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Need a new Latex command for square brackets
I've already encountered in this site complaints that in the standard font, the horizontal lines (serifs) in the image of square brackets are too short and difficult to visually distinguish. As a ...
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How can the roots of a quadratic equation be written in radical form?
I am trying to express the roots of a quadratic equation `t^2-3t-7=0' in radical form.
I tried
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{polexpr}
\usepackage{xint}
\begin{document}
\poldef f(t) = t^2-...
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Twisted Equality
I am trying to create a new math symbol. Could someone please help me with it?
My current code:
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\RequirePackage{tikz}
\newcommand{\eq}{\begin{tikzpicture}%
[scale=....
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Typsetting alternatives
I was eager to write this question, namely,
in a better way. I myself wrote it down as:
$\text{Let } E(n)=\displaystyle\int\limits_{0}^{\pi} \sin^{2n+1}(x)\cos^{28}{x}dx$
$\text{Let } J(n)=\...
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Looking for a symbol like big \ast
The question is rather simple. How to obtain the following big asterisk symbol? I apologize if it is duplicate.
Thank you very much.
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How to add fermata symbol to metre package?
I am using the package metre. It has the environment \metra{} used for typesetting latin (and greek) metre notation. This environment has almost all the special characters I need, except one: I need a ...
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\bm makes \dot and \hat of capital letters A-F reset the whole letter to \Gamma
When using \bm, I can't use \dot and \hat on uppercases A-F (lowercases and the rest of the alphabet are fine), and it instead writes the Gamma character, along with an error message the the value ...
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