Math & Science ⇒ Inappropriate Superscript Placement in Denominator

[cornail]

Hi everyone,

in the following example, the placement of the asterisk in the superscript is different in the numerator and the denominator, it appears lower in the latter case. I do not know whether this is a bug or a feature. I would like to have them rendered the same way (i.e. as in the numerator). Is it possible?

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}
  \begin{equation*}
    \max_{\mathbf{G}}\ \frac{\int_{R} \mathbf{G}^* \cdot \mathbf{G} \
    \mathrm{d} \Omega}{\int_{\Omega} \mathbf{G}^* \cdot \mathbf{G} \ \mathrm{d}
    \Omega}
  \end{equation*}
\end{document}

I have attached a picture rendered by my PDFLaTeX (pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.10-2.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)).

Thank you very much in advance,
Kornel

[localghost]

Hm. Seems to be a design failure. Add a \strut as a workaround.

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}    % loads »amsmath«

\begin{document}
  \begin{equation*}
    \max_{\mathbf{G}}\ \frac{\int_{R} \mathbf{G}\strut^\ast \cdot \mathbf{G} \
    \mathrm{d} \Omega}{\int_{\Omega} \mathbf{G}\strut^\ast \cdot \mathbf{G} \ \mathrm{d}
    \Omega}
  \end{equation*}
\end{document}

Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten