[texhax] \sim symbol with text above it

[Steven Lau]

Hi,

You could try \stackrel

\stackrel{iid}{\sim}

that is what I am using at the moment. If anyone finds a better/
more elegant way then I will be interested too!

Steven Lau


On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 11:21:39AM -0400, Peter Flom wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I am trying to typeset the \sim symbol (a tilde) with text ('iid')
> directly above it.  I tried
> \sim^{iid} but this makes a 'usual' superscript (that is, to the right
> of the tilde)
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Peter
> 
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