Math & Scienceproblem with textminus

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QwareeqMathematics
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problem with textminus

Post by QwareeqMathematics »

where is the wrong in this code :

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$d^{T}x^{T_{i}}=d^{T}x^{T_{j}}=d_{ij}\textminus d_{ji}$

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gmedina
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problem with textminus

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Hi,

as the symbol's name indicates, \textminus is not valid in math mode; you can use it in text mode (having loaded the either the textcomp or the mathcomp package).
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frabjous
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Re: problem with textminus

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Just replace it with - in the above code and you should be fine.
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