[texhax] parenthesis problem in LaTeX

Tom Schneider toms at ncifcrf.gov
Sat Jan 17 00:24:32 CET 2009

Aditya:

> I think Reinhard meant
>
> \left( ... part A ring ... \middle)
> \middle( ... part B silent ... \right)
>
> This will make all the brackets of the same height. However, from what I
> remember (and I may be wrong here), \middle does not change the spacing at
> all, so you may need to add spaces before \middle) and after
> \middle(.

$$H = P_{\mbox{ring}} \times \left( -\log_2 ( P_{\mbox{ring}}) \middle) + P_{\mbox{rinc}} \times \middle( -\log_2 ( P_{\mbox{rinc}}) \right)$$

Yup, that worked!!

An explicit example is always useful to have, it's one of the serious
problems with LaTeX that such working examples aren't always there so
one is left guessing.

Thanks!

Tom

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