The same way you'd put square root signs anywhere else. √2/6 is made by:
\frac{\sqrt{2}}{6}

Today I started learning Latex on Texmaker (for Linux).  The same code that produces this nice looking limit on this website (from Dross' tutorial) comes out badly in my dvi files.

I want it to look like this:

but instead, the

is to the right of lim , rather than directly under.

Why this variation from system to system?  How can I get mine to look correct in my documents?

Thanks for your reply.

edit: A partial answer to my own question is to use the \displaystyle command.  I still don't completely understand this command.

Conversely, if I want to be sure that the limit is displayed to the right, rather than under, I can use the \nolimit  command

Last edited by Maracuya (2008-05-26 02:29:13)

D should have been defined before the integral is given, and if this is the case, then a single integral sign implies integration of the region, whatever dimension it may be.  If this is not the case, it is typical to place the D on the inner most integral sign:

its very nice,but i dont know what it is.?

The 6 is smaller. Maybe \frac is better, then.

Last edited by mikau (2009-02-15 09:02:34)

Last edited by JaneFairfax (2009-04-02 09:42:39)

this LaTex language is only for this forum right?

LaTeX is a typesetting language used for writing (math) documents.   It is used universally to write papers for publication in almost any field of study, as well as entire books.

But it works much differently than Word.  You type LaTeX in plain text, that is, no special formatting appears when you write.  So if I wanted to do italic, my document would look like:

The quick \textit{brown} fox jumps over the lazy dog.

I then pass my document through an engine, and what pops out is that phrase with the word "brown" in italics.  Compare this to Word: when you make something italic in Word, you see it in your original document as being italic.  This is known as "rich text".

Because of licensing, Microsoft can't incorporate LaTeX into Word: they sell Word and LaTeX is free.

Wow! Can you figure out any other fonts?
P.S. How do you scoot things forward? \  \ doesn't seem to work and neither does \hspace.

Last edited by quittyqat (2009-07-21 11:12:57)

Hi quittyqat;

Last edited by bobbym (2009-08-07 06:50:59)

justlookingforthemoment wrote:

I think this thread is probably better in Help Me than here. To move or not to move, that is the question?

And also, should this be a clean thread or should we keep the discussion too?

MathsIsFun wrote:

The 6 is smaller. Maybe \frac is better, then.

yes