Making bigger enclosing parenthesis ((())) in LaTeX
Ricardo Marimon
I've been writing with LaTeX for only a few weeks so bare with me please.
I have a few questions about parenthesis in LaTeX. First of all are the
\bigl( and \bigr) operations valid in LaTeX? I really can't see any
difference between a regular ( and a \bigl(, although it is very
noticeable at \Bigl(... Is there something wrong with my configuration?
I really hate to be using those \bigl and \bigr...
In the best of worlds, the sequence ((())) would actually mean
\Bigl( \bigl( ( ) \bigr) \Bigr) I would even settle for
\left( \left( ( ) \right) \right) but this does not do the trick of making
the enclosing parenthesis larger. Is there a way aroung this? I would
really like to write ((())) and get larger enclosing parenthesis...
Thanks for any help...
- Ricardo Marimon
rmar...@leland.stanford.edu
Mike Piff
>Hi LaTeX experts,
>
>I've been writing with LaTeX for only a few weeks so bare with me please.
>I have a few questions about parenthesis in LaTeX. First of all are the
>\bigl( and \bigr) operations valid in LaTeX? I really can't see any
>difference between a regular ( and a \bigl(, although it is very
>noticeable at \Bigl(... Is there something wrong with my configuration?
>I really hate to be using those \bigl and \bigr...
>
I guess most of us are happy to use \left( \right) nested to any
depth?
Mike
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Ricardo Marimon
> rmar...@leland.stanford.edu (Ricardo Marimon) wrote:
> >Hi LaTeX experts,
> >
> >I've been writing with LaTeX for only a few weeks so bare with me please.
> >I have a few questions about parenthesis in LaTeX. First of all are the
> >\bigl( and \bigr) operations valid in LaTeX? I really can't see any
> >difference between a regular ( and a \bigl(, although it is very
> >noticeable at \Bigl(... Is there something wrong with my configuration?
> >I really hate to be using those \bigl and \bigr...
> >
>
> I guess most of us are happy to use \left( \right) nested to any
> depth?
>
The problem is that when I use \left( \left( \right) \right) the outter
parenthesis are the same size as the inner ones. I want them to be bigger
!
- Ricardo Marimon
rmar...@leland.stanford.edu
DDCA - The one and only ....
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:>The problem is that when I use \left( \left( \right) \right) the outter
:>parenthesis are the same size as the inner ones. I want them to be bigger
:>!
Latex is written such that if the terms within the brackets are of
certain height, when you use \left( and \right), the parentheses will
automatically resized to suit the size of the terms.
For example, when you have a fraction within the parentheses, it will be
resized.
But if you really want an enlarged parentheses, you might want to try
creating a dummy space that has a 'large' height. I have yet to test it,
so it may work or it may not work, and you might want to test it:
\left( $\mbox{}\atop\mbox{}$ your_terms_here \right)
Or you might want try \vphantom which someone has suggested.
:>- Ricardo Marimon
:> rmar...@leland.stanford.edu
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Mike Piff
>The problem is that when I use \left( \left( \right) \right) the outter
>parenthesis are the same size as the inner ones. I want them to be bigger
Have you tried putting a strut in your formula to force the outer
brackets to be larger?
\newcommand{\Strut}[1]{\rule{0pt}{#1}}
\left( \Strut{1in} b+\left( a\right)\right)
should then show some size change. :-)
Ilya Zakharevich
>
> That is easy. Just declare:
>
> \delimiterfraction=1000
> \delimitershortfall=-2pt
>
This works great, however it is not _so_ usable as it could be, since
in fact \left and \right increment sizes in quite big steps.
Anyone with something like \fineleft and \fineright that increment
sizes in smaller steps? (Say, 1pt instead of default 3pt?) I
understand that one would need to use different extension fonts for
this, right?
Ilya
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