when I type this
$3 - 2$
I get a pretty long line for the minus operator.
That is ok, if I want to show a difference of two numbers.
But when I type this;
$-3 + 2$
I don't want such a huge sign in front of the number.
Is there an easy way to change this?
TeX typesets this in the way used as a standard in mathematics
publishing. So I recommend *not* changing it. If you want a hyphen,
use a hyphen:
-$3+2$
There is a situation with some old math papers ... $p$-dimensional
Hausdorff measure typeset $p - \Lambda$ comes out mistakenly looking
like a subtraction. Instead $p$-$\Lambda$ or something similar is
better-looking.
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G. A. Edgar http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~edgar/