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Auto sized bracketing with Math Operators

I noticed that $$\exp(\frac12), \exp\{\frac12\}, \exp[\frac12]$$ are all (at least visually) equivalent to $$\exp\left(\frac12\right), \exp\left\{\frac12\right\}, \exp\left[\frac12\right]$$ The same ...
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DeclareMathOperator with auto scaling parentheses

Using the "physics" package, there's a nice behavior where if you write \usepackage{physics} \begin{document} \[ \arctan(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}) \] \end{document} The parentheses will ...
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Square curly bracket symbol

I would like to create "square-curly bracket" delimiters, somehow looking as in this question. I came up with the code below, which produces some good results, but has also some ...
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Horizontal spacing of math operator and parenthesis

Take the following code for example, \documentclass[]{article} \begin{document} \begin{equation} \exp x \end{equation} \begin{equation} \exp (x) \end{equation} \begin{equation} \exp \...
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How can I avoid MnSymbol to redefine the bracket parenthesis?

I'm trying to save the definition of the square brackets since the package MnSymbol redefines it. I think the redefined ones are aesthetically ugly. I'm looking for a solution similar to this. A ...
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Bracket sizing with \bigwedge and \substack

I've been trying to enclose a wedge with a substack of conditions in square brackets. My original code was: \left[\bigwedge_{\substack{j=1\\\text{where }i(j)=1}}^n e_j\right] which produced: This ...
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What's wrong? $GL(V):= \{V\in \mathbb{C}^n : \exists W\in \mathbb{C}^n , VW = WV = 1\}$

I used $GL(V)=: \{V\in \mathbb{C}^n : \exists W\in \mathbb{C}^n, VW = WV = 1\}$, which is to express as highlighted. But it sounds having errors, although it can compile. But I want to know is there ...
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Matrix in double-struck square bracket style

We can use \llbracket \rrbracket using the \usepackage{stmaryrd} to generate double bracket. My question is: how we can generate a matrix with double bracket (in the same style as the \llbracket \...
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Double-struck parentheses

We can use \llbracket and \rrbracket (provided by the stmaryrd package) to generate double brackets. My questions are: how we can generate double-struck parentheses in the same style as the single-...
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XeLaTeX: How to get rid of extra space added before closing parenthesis of \binom

Code: \documentclass[border=1mm]{standalone} \usepackage[alignedleftspaceno]{amsmath} \begin{document} $\begin{aligned}\binom{1}{2}\end{aligned}$ $\binom{1}{2}$ \end{document} Output (red line is ...
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LaTeX equivalent to MahtML's ⁡

Here is a question that has long been bothering me: what is the correct way to write a function application in \LaTeX? The simple answer is of course $f(x)$. However, $f\left(x\right)$ delivers a ...
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Math operators with and without parentheses

I have made several math operators in my preamble, but now I want to make a minor change (in the output). I will use the gradient operator as an example in the following. The MWE below shows my ...
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Large Brackets Make Line Breaks too Small

\documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{mathtools} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{parskip} \usepackage[left=2cm,right=2cm,top=2cm,...
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Spacing around \left and \right: When is it needed? [closed]

There have been a few questions (such as this and more recently this) regarding the "extra" spacing around \left and \right. And there are various options for fixing it, including the mleftright ...
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Spacing around \left and \right

Why does the addition of a \left and \right introduces an extra space around the formula? Specifically, why do $\cos(\theta)$ and $\cos\left(\theta\right)$ render differently? Is there a way to use ...
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