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{brackets} is about different brackets, their usage and functionality in (La)TeX.

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Polymer structure in PPCHTEX - how to make big brackets?

I'm trying to draw polymer structure using PPCHTEX under ConTeXt packages, my current code is \starttext \startformula \setupchemical[scale=small,width=fit] \startchemical \chemical[ONE,SB3,SB7,SB5,...
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Incorrect matrix bracket height with `unicode-math`

I need to use the package unicode-math in my document, but this makes the height of the brackets in the matrix look too short. (The matrices of order 2 seem to be normal, though.) I have tried various ...
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Diminishing size of nested brackets

I'm writing in a notation that uses lots of nested brackets, e.g. [[], [[]], [[], []]] This easily gets difficult to read and is a lot more readable when written like $\Bigl[ \bigl[ \bigr], \bigl[ [], ...
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Margin when using auto-scaling of parenthesis: Is there a better way than adjusting for it with "\!"?

Whenever I need larger parenthesis I use \left( \right) which automatically adjusts the size as needed. I know that the optimum would be to always manually choose from \big, \bigg, \Big, ... but for ...
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More aesthetic norms, absolute values, parentheses, etc

This is nothing too important, and I've decided to make all three questions into one because they are more or less related. Sometimes when I type math equations, I find them not as beautiful as I ...
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Curly bracket for subequation enviroment using the mtpro2 v. lite

Remembering the very nice answer given by the user @Mico, Curly braces using mtpro2[lite]: fix correct alignment, it has been used into an equation the enviroment \ccases{\begin{aligned}.....\end{...
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Issue with brackets ( using myblockquote)

I have an issue with the code. When I try to put multiples ( in my case 2 ou 3 ) \myblockquote. There are 2 more brackets that appear and the quote doesn't always start a new paragraph. The code I use ...
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How to get the brackets in the multirow spanning all three rows?

I'm constructing a table, where I have a multirow spanning 3rows in the center of this table. For examples, from row 6 to 8 in center of the table. This is hard because the brackets have to be located ...
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unicode-math with XeLaTeX \left( and \right) not rendered correctly

I'm using XeLaTeX (XeTeX 3.14159265-2.6-0.99992 (TeX Live 2015)) on OS X Sierra, compiling to a PDF through rubber \documentclass[letterpaper, 11pt]{article} \usepackage{geometry} \usepackage{amsmath}...
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How to get apacite with square brackets and numbers

I've been trying for a while and I am wondering how can I get an APA 5th styled bibliography but in the text I want citations like: " ... blablabla [1]." And in the bibliography it should look ...
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AUCTeX folding and square brackets in math mode

I want to use the folding functionality of AUCTeX, mainly to replace math macros with the corresponding symbols. But at the same time I want to continue to use square or curly brackets additionally to ...
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Why does the margin difference occur when \arrow is placed in curly brackets?

X \leftarrow Y {\leftarrow} Z: X \mapsto Y {\mapsto} Z: Why is there such a difference? Which one is more recommended?
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Strange result in \left \middle \right

the code \left(1_Q\middle|\right) gives the result shown below. Shouldn't the construction \left, \middle, \right produce the parentheses and the vertical bar of the same height?
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Vector arrow over b is bad when closing parenthesis

I've noticed that a vector arrow over the letter b is always very bad looking when b is followed by a closing parenthesis. It looks that this is a unavoidable uglyness... someone got some clue about ...
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How do I cite both name and year in parentheses in sn-jnl?

I want to cite the name and year of publication in parentheses in sn-jnl. However, the various options that I have tried return an index number in brackets only: \documentclass[pdflatex,sn-mathphys]{...
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