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tomasb47
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Joined: Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:17 am

putting things under each other

Dear All,

If I write $$\sup_y$$, Latex will produce a formula with "y" centered under the text string "sup".
Is there any way I can write a formula replacing the string "sup" by some
other string, for example by "maximize"? I can of course write $$\max_y$$
but I really want the string to be "maximize" and/or "minimize", and I want "y" to be centered under "maximize".
If I write $$\mbox{maximize}_y$$ then "Y" will only be a subscript. I cannot use $$\stackrel$$ since then I will
get the "y" above "maximize", and if I change the order then "maximize" will be out of line (above the main text line).
Hoping for help
/Tomas Bjork

Stefan Kottwitz
Posts: 9366
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:44 pm
Hi Tomas,

welcome to the forum!

You could use \DeclareMathOperator* of amsmath:

\documentclass{article}\usepackage{amsmath}\DeclareMathOperator*{\maximize}{maximize}\begin{document}$$\maximize_y$$\end{document}

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Stefan