[texhax] \sim symbol with text above it
Lars Madsen
daleif at imf.au.dk
Tue Oct 11 18:00:43 CEST 2005
Peter Flom :
> 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)
>
\stackrel{above}{symbol}
should do the trick, you might have a small problem with the width because
iid might be wider than the \sim
in that case something like this might help:
\usepackage{mathtools}
\newcommand\iidsim{\stackrel{\mathclap{iid}}{\sim}}
/daleif
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