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arunappa
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Empty Square Root Symbol

Post by arunappa »

I would like to get the empty square root symbol.

Both

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$\surd$
and

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$\sqrt{}$
produce check mark which starts of the square root
but are missing horizontal line which follows.
Last edited by Stefan Kottwitz on Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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cgnieder
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Empty Square Root Symbol

Post by cgnieder »

You should add some space:

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$\sqrt{\hspace{1em}}$
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