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learningtex
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Aligning Math Symbols

Post by learningtex »

Hi there! I'm a beginner to Latex and need some help with aligning subscripts and superscripts in Maths. Here's what I have:

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 \documentclass{article}
  
  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
  \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
  \usepackage{geometry}
  \geometry{a4paper}
  
  \usepackage[frenchb]{babel}
  
  \title{Remaining Maths Homework}
  \author{Herp Derp}
  \date{15 November 2012}

  \begin{document}
  \maketitle
  
\Large Exercise 5.1 \normalsize
\\
\\Q1. (a) The graph of $f(x)$ has a domain $D \in [0,8]$, which is divided into four rectangles of equal base, $x = 2$. The actual area under the graph of $f(x)$ isestimted as: $\sum_{i=1}^{+\infty}{f(x)}$ and $\int_{x_0}^{x_1}$

  \end{document}
And here's the output:
Output
Output
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As you can see, the $\infty and i=1$ are to the side of the sigma function and not on top of it. How do I solve this?

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kaiserkarl13
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Aligning Math Symbols

Post by kaiserkarl13 »

TeX normally typesets summation and product symbols with the indices on the sides in "text" style math fields, but on top/bottom in "display" style math. You can select a math display with \[...\], which is equivalent to the displaymath environment. If you want it in text mode, but still want display-sized symbols, use the \displaystyle command (there is also a \textstyl command). I provide an example of both here.

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     \documentclass{article}

      \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
      \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
      \usepackage{geometry}
      \geometry{a4paper}

      \usepackage[frenchb]{babel}

      \title{Remaining Maths Homework}
      \author{Herp Derp}
      \date{15 November 2012}

      \begin{document}
      \maketitle

    \Large Exercise 5.1 \normalsize
    \\
    \\Q1. (a) The graph of $f(x)$ has a domain $D \in [0,8]$, which is divided into four rectangles of equal base, $x = 2$. The actual area under the graph of $f(x)$ isestimted [sic] as: $\sum_{i=1}^{+\infty}{f(x)}$ and $\int_{x_0}^{x_1}$

Option 1:
    \\Q1. (a) The graph of $f(x)$ has a domain $D \in [0,8]$, which is
divided into four rectangles of equal base, $x = 2$. The actual area under the
graph of $f(x)$ is estimated as: \[\sum_{i=1}^{+\infty}{f(x)}\] and \[\int_{x_0}^{x_1}\] \\
Option 2:
    \\Q1. (a) The graph of $f(x)$ has a domain $D \in [0,8]$, which is
divided into four rectangles of equal base, $x = 2$. The actual area under the
graph of $f(x)$ is estimated as: $\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^{+\infty}{f(x)}$ and $\displaystyle\int_{x_0}^{x_1}$ \\
      \end{document}
learningtex
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Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:49 am

Re: Aligning Math Symbols

Post by learningtex »

Thanks, \displaystyle was just what I wanted.
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