[texhax] large forward slash

Oleg Katsitadze olegkat at gmail.com
Sun Feb 8 05:13:05 CET 2009


On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 03:45:45PM -0800, John Wheeler wrote:
> $$
> y = \left. \left(\frac{a+b}{c+d}\right)  \right/  
> \left(\frac{e+f}{g+h}\right)
> $$
> The \left. matches the \right/ and sets the / to the size of what's 
> between them. 
> One could instead use \left/ ..... \right. if the denominator were 
> bigger and needed a larger /

You'll get incorrect spacing.  Compare:

------------------------------%<------------------------------
$$
y = \left. \left({a+b \over c+d}\right)  \right/
\left({e+f \over g+h}\right)
$$

$$
y = \left({a+b \over c+d}\right)  \bigg/
\left({e+f \over g+h}\right)
$$


\vskip 4pc

$$
y = \left({a+b \over c+d}\right)  \left/
\left({e+f \over g+h}\right) \right.
$$

$$
y = \left({a+b \over c+d}\right)  \bigg/
\left({e+f \over g+h}\right)
$$
------------------------------>%------------------------------

Best,
Oleg


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