Text Formatting ⇒ Renewcommand problem for \cdot

[nifty]

I'm working on a book and the author wants the \cdot in the equations larger. I just can't seem to figure out how to redefine it. I tried redefining it using \renewcommand{\cdot}{\ensuremath{\bullet}} to see what it would look like. The dot is now too large. The author would like it somewhere in between the two. Any help would be appreciated.

[gmedina]

Hi,

you could use a definition like the following:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\newcommand\bcdot{\ensuremath{%
  \mathchoice%
   {\mskip\thinmuskip\lower0.2ex\hbox{\scalebox{1.5}{$\cdot$}}\mskip\thinmuskip}}%
   {\mskip\thinmuskip\lower0.2ex\hbox{\scalebox{1.5}{$\cdot$}}\mskip\thinmuskip}%        
   {\lower0.3ex\hbox{\scalebox{1.2}{$\cdot$}}}%  
   {\lower0.3ex\hbox{\scalebox{1.2}{$\cdot$}}}%
}

\begin{document}

$a\cdot b$

$a\bcdot b$

\[ 2^{a\cdot b}  \]

\[ 2^{a{\bcdot} b}  \]

\end{document}

[nifty]

Thanks for the help. It didn't seem to change the size of the cdot, though. I changed the \cdot to \bullet and made it smaller and this worked. Thanks for the help.

[praths]

To gmedina,
Hi - I was fishing google for a solution about getting a dot the size between \cdot and \bullet and found your answer very helpful. Thanks a lot and keep posting....