Questions tagged [tilde]
{tilde} is for questions about handling the special tilde character.
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How do I place a wide tilde underneath a letter to represent a vector? [duplicate]
I have tried for so long by using things like \underset, \underaccents using the accents package, and the undertilde package doesn't seem to be functional in the latest version of Overleaf. I am ...
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Alternatives for \tilde accent
I don't like the \tilde and \widetilde commands in latex. It is too flat and in small fonts it looks like a bar (without curve). \sim has more curve so I tried to use \accentset{\sim}{W}, using the ...
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How to horizontally center tilde over symbol in math mode [closed]
I am using the Alegreya font family and I'd like to put a tilde over the letter 'Q' in math mode by using \tilde{Q}.
However, due to the tail sticking out on the right side(?), the tilde is not ...
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Issue with \tilde symbol appearance when using unicode-math package in LaTeX
I am experiencing an issue with the appearance of \tilde{x} in equation environment when using the unicode-math package (see the left figure). Specifically, \tilde{x} looks different from the one ...
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Tilde sign in URL is appearing in superscipt position
The Tilde (~) sign in the URL appears in the superscript position. How can I change it so that it gets the same position (near the normal line) as in the text here?
\documentclass[12pt,twoside]{report}...
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url with `\urlstyle(same)` seems to force `lowtilde`
When using \urlstyle{same}, the url package will substitute a low 'faked' tilde, even if the lowtilde option is not specified:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{url}
\urlstyle{same}
\begin{document}
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Clash between \footnote{} and \widetilde{} in revtex document class
I am writing a research paper using the revtek4-2 (or revtex4-1) document class, and I need to write a footnote containing a mathematical symbol that requires \widetilde (not \tilde). It seems that ...
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Tilde floats above superscript instead of above letter
\begin{equation}
\begin{split}
\Tilde{B_{k}^{ij}} = f(B^{i})_{k} + (1 - \lambda) f(B^{j})_{k} \\
\Tilde{y^{ij}} = \lambda y^{i} + (1 - \lambda) y^{j}
\end{split}
\end{equation}
This is my current ...
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Diffcoeff version 5 tilde
my distribution updated diffcoeff to version 5.3 and now a lot of stuff is broken:
Powers of \dl, e.g. \dl^2 x don't work anymore (See Powers of \dl with diffcoeff)
Symbols with a tilde on them don't ...
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How to compile a file with tilde (`~`) in the name?
I have just discovered with surprise that if a TeX file has a tilde ~ in its name, xelatex and pdflatex refuse to compile it:
$ cat te\~st.tex
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Hello.
\end{...
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Is the preferred use of tilde command with braces?
It looks like the standard way of using the \tilde is as in $\tilde{a}$. However, I saw a latex document in which the usage was $\tilde a$.
Will the two ways of defining a tilde produce the same ...
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Spacing problem of really wide tilde
Based on this answer, I implement two versions of \widetilde, which is wide enough to cover all the text I want:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,stackengine,scalerel}
\newlength\A
\...
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How to write ~2.1 in LaTex?
When I type '~2.1' here, the distance between ~ and 2.1 is perfect (i.e. exactly what I want). How can it be achieved in LaTeX?
With $\sim\,2.1$, the distance between them is too large.
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Output the ASCII tilde character
The internet is awash with questions and answers for producing a nice looking tilde. But my goal is to produce output (PDF, let's say) from which one can copy-paste into another application and get ...
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Character ĵ being displayed as a black box
I'm writing a document in which I try to use the following characters used in Esperanto: ĉ, ĥ, ĵ, ŭ, ŝ, Ĉ, Ĥ, Ĵ, Ŭ, Ŝ.
Until now I was using base latex and it was working just fine, but I switched to ...
