[texhax] inline form of an equation

Lars Madsen daleif at imf.au.dk
Fri Dec 12 18:09:35 CET 2008


William Adams wrote:
> Okay, I have:
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{amsmath}
> \usepackage{mathptmx}
> \begin{document}
> $\sqrt{\frac{\sum d^2}{2n}}$
> \end{document}
> 
> Would it be okay to do:
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{amsmath}
> \usepackage{mathptmx}
> \begin{document}
> $\sqrt{{\sum d^2}/{2n}}$
> \end{document}
> 
> William
> 

the first should be avoided, looks awful.

I don't see any problems with the second one, though some might prefer

$\sqrt{\sum d^2/(2n)}$

But I routinely write /2n

(not a big times fan)

-- 

/daleif


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