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==I want to use a binary operator (like <font color="brown">'''union'''</font> or<font color="brown"> '''otimes'''</font>) as a large operator (like <font color="brown">'''int'''</font> or <font color="brown">'''sum'''</font>). How can I do that?== | ==I want to use a binary operator (like <font color="brown">'''union'''</font> or<font color="brown"> '''otimes'''</font>) as a large operator (like <font color="brown">'''int'''</font> or <font color="brown">'''sum'''</font>). How can I do that?== | ||
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A useful first resource is the OpenOffice Math Syntax Reference. |
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This list is ordered by popularity. The most popular FAQs are at the top. But also have a look at the bottom to find any new entries.
Below the list you can find some more FAQs that have special characters in the title.
- Is Math compatible with the equation editor of Microsoft Word?
- Where can I get a summary of all the math formula syntax?
- How do I change the fonts used in my formula?
- How do I number my equations?
- How do I align my equations at the equality sign?
- I need a symbol that Math does not provide. What can I do?
- How can I get a left bracket without a right bracket?
- How do I change the font of a subformula?
- How do I change the spacing around my formula?
- How do I change the color of a subformula?
- How do I change the size of a subformula?
- The fractions are too large for inline formulas. How can I make them smaller?
- How do I typeset functions, such as max, det, that Math does not know about?
- Can I find all the constructions of Math in the selection window?
- How can I start the equation editor as an individual application rather than within Writer?
- I have written a document containing a formula. I gave it to a friend and when she opened it the user-defined symbols didn't work. What's the matter?
- I have inserted a formula in a HTML document and now I cannot edit it. Why not?
- Why are my formulas jumping up and down on the textline?
- When I enter 3xy the number 3 comes out in italics
- I want to use a binary operator (like union or otimes as a large operator (like int or sum). How can I do that?
- When I enter one of the symbols
- I enter special signs, but get an error message. Why?
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I enter x^* to typeset x*, but get an error message. Why?
The problem is that * is a binary operator, that is there has to be an expression on both sides of the symbol.
You either have to enter the expression x^{{}*{}} to avoid the error message, or you could type x^"*" as well, where the quotes will interpret the asterisk not as a binary operator but as a "standalone" symbol.
If you use this construction a lot you might want to define the symbol as an user defined symbol. See I need a symbol that Math does not provide. What can I do?. If you have defined the * as an user defined symbol, say %ast, you can enter x^%ast.
This answer applies to a lot of other symbols as well. Some operators, such as +, are unary, that is there only has to be an expression to the right of the symbol. To typeset x+ you can enter x^{+{}}< or, of course, x^"+".
When I enter one of the symbols #, & ,|,^ or _ I get an unexpected result or an error message. How can I use these symbols?
These symbols all have a special meaning in Math:
- The symbol # is used in stacks and matrices.
- The symbols & and | are used for logical and logical or.
- The symbols ^ and _ are used for subscripts and superscripts.
To use them in your formula you can put them in quotation marks, which means that you insert them as text.
If you want to use the symbol "|" you should consider whether the construction you need is one of the the following:
- a divides b is used to typeset a| b.
- abs a is used to typeset |a|.
I want to use a binary operator (like union or otimes) as a large operator (like int or sum). How can I do that?
You have to define the symbol you want to use as a user-defined symbol first. See <A HREF="012.html">FAQ #012</A> for instructions; most of the symbols used by Math are part of the StarMath font.
Let's say you have defined the union symbol as the user-defined symbol %union. You can then enter for example
oper%union from i in I A_i
in order to typeset the formula
Note: In build 633 this doesn't work if there is a space before %union (this is a bug in the parser).
Any user-defined symbol can be used as a large operator if it is preceded with oper as in the example.
