[OS X TeX] Change font size in mathmode

[Claus Gerhardt]

amsmath provides the command
\smaller[1] and \smaller[-1]

where 1 can be replaced by 2,3 that works in mathmode.
Claus

On Apr 12, 2005, at 17:01, Ralph Martin wrote:

>
> On 12 Apr 2005, at 3:41 pm, Josep M.Font wrote:
>
>> El 12 abr 2005, a las 14:17, Ralph Martin escribió:
>>
>>>>> I have a horrid large matrix which I really want to go on one line 
>>>>> in a displayed equation. I put \small at the start of the 
>>>>> equation, and this did what I wanted but I got a warning that 
>>>>> \small is invalid in mathmode.
>>>
>>> Suggestions so far
>>>
>>>> {\small \[ your_matrix \] }
>>>
>>> Sorry, that does not work.
>>
>> It works for me, both for displayed formulas and on-line formulas. If 
>> it is not small enough, \footnotesize makes (almost) everything 
>> smaller, \scriptsize smaller, and \tiny even smaller...
>>
>
> I'll rephrase my reply.
>
> It DOES work, BUT it gives me a warning that \small is invalid in math 
> mode, which is what I started off by saying.
>
> So, how do I prevent that warning - how else do I do it so that it is 
> valid, and not invalid?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ralph
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