these | are made by these | and these | are made by these |
( | ( |
) | ) |
[ | [ |
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\{ |
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\} |
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\lfloor |
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\rfloor |
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\lceil |
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\rceil |
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\langle |
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\rangle |
/ | / |
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\backslash |
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\| |
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\uparrow |
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\Uparrow |
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\downarrow |
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\Downarrow |
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\updownarrow |
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\Updownarrow |
This table shows the standard sizes. To get bigger sizes, use these prefices
(for left delimiters) | (for right delimiters) | magnification |
\bigl |
\bigr |
a bit bigger, but won't overlap lines |
\Bigl |
\Bigr |
150% times big |
\biggl |
\biggr |
200% times big |
\Biggl |
\Biggr |
250% times big |
For example,
$\Biggl\{2\Bigl(x(3+y)\Bigr)\Biggr\}$gives
It's preferable to let LATEX choose
the delimiter size for you by using \left
and \right
.
These will produce delimiters just big enough for the formulae inbetween.
$\left( \frac{(x+iy)}{\{\int x\}} \right)$gives
The left and right delimiters needn't be the same type. It's sometimes useful to make one of them invisible
\[ z = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} 1 & (x>0)\\ 0 & (x<0) \end{array} \right. \]produces
Over- and underbracing works too.
$\overbrace{\alpha \ldots \omega}^{\mbox{greek}} \underbrace{a \ldots z}_{\mbox{english}}$produces
\mbox
stops the text appearing in math italic.