[texhax] Question about Small \sum

[Leung Ngai-Hang Zachary]

Thanks guys, I've gotten what I wanted! =)   \medop   is nice.

Zac

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Oleg Katsitadze wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 10:32:44PM +0800, Leung Ngai-Hang Zachary wrote:
> >> I'm wondering if there's a better way to make the \sum symbol small---after
> >> all \textstyle affects the entire \[ ... \] section, and I may just want
> >> to change that symbol.
> >
> > You might like this approach:
> >
> > \def\textsum{\mathop{\textstyle\sum}\limits}
> >
> > $\textsum_{i=0}^n a_i$\quad $\sum_{i=0}^n a_i$.
> > $$\textsum_{i=0}^n a_i \qquad \sum_{i=0}^n a_i.$$
>
> You  can also try \medop from nccmath.sty.
>
> \usepackage{nccmath}
>
> \[
>   \medop\sum_{i=0}^n a_i
> \]
>
> The size is in between textstyle and displaystyle and looks better IMO.
>
>
> Aditya
>
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