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I would like to customize the weak-star limit as a math operator. It should look like w$^*$-lim. I don't want to use w*-lim or w^*-lim because it looks ugly. But when I write
DeclareMathOperator*wslimw$^*$-lim
I get an error because dollars cannot be used in mathrm mode. How can I make this happen?
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I would like to customize the weak-star limit as a math operator. It should look like w$^*$-lim. I don't want to use w*-lim or w^*-lim because it looks ugly. But when I write
DeclareMathOperator*wslimw$^*$-lim
I get an error because dollars cannot be used in mathrm mode. How can I make this happen?
math-operators
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Welcome to tex.sx. Your question about why MathJax doesn't work here is answered by this meta question: tex.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1272
– barbara beeton
Jun 16 at 14:05
You commented on the meta question that you don't like mathjax not being enabled, I suggest that you use the site for a while longer to see why that is a good policy.
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:50
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I would like to customize the weak-star limit as a math operator. It should look like w$^*$-lim. I don't want to use w*-lim or w^*-lim because it looks ugly. But when I write
DeclareMathOperator*wslimw$^*$-lim
I get an error because dollars cannot be used in mathrm mode. How can I make this happen?
math-operators
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I would like to customize the weak-star limit as a math operator. It should look like w$^*$-lim. I don't want to use w*-lim or w^*-lim because it looks ugly. But when I write
DeclareMathOperator*wslimw$^*$-lim
I get an error because dollars cannot be used in mathrm mode. How can I make this happen?
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Welcome to tex.sx. Your question about why MathJax doesn't work here is answered by this meta question: tex.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1272
– barbara beeton
Jun 16 at 14:05
You commented on the meta question that you don't like mathjax not being enabled, I suggest that you use the site for a while longer to see why that is a good policy.
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:50
add a comment |
Welcome to tex.sx. Your question about why MathJax doesn't work here is answered by this meta question: tex.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1272
– barbara beeton
Jun 16 at 14:05
You commented on the meta question that you don't like mathjax not being enabled, I suggest that you use the site for a while longer to see why that is a good policy.
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:50
Welcome to tex.sx. Your question about why MathJax doesn't work here is answered by this meta question: tex.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1272
– barbara beeton
Jun 16 at 14:05
Welcome to tex.sx. Your question about why MathJax doesn't work here is answered by this meta question: tex.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1272
– barbara beeton
Jun 16 at 14:05
You commented on the meta question that you don't like mathjax not being enabled, I suggest that you use the site for a while longer to see why that is a good policy.
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:50
You commented on the meta question that you don't like mathjax not being enabled, I suggest that you use the site for a while longer to see why that is a good policy.
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* obtains a special mathcode inside the AMS math operator setup, but here you want the standard star which is still available as ast :

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimaw^*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimbw^ast-lim
begindocument
[wslima a quad wslimb a]
enddocument
Note the reason for the redefinition is to make it possible to just use w* which is the intended markup here although as you note it does not produce the same symbol (or use the same font) as a normal math ^*.

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimw*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimaw^*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimbw^ast-lim
begindocument
[wslim a quad wslima a quad wslimb a]
enddocument
Finally someone who reads the question carefully. Thanks so much!!!
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:38
1
@amsmath it also helps that I'm the current maintainer of the package and I had an idea what it was doing without needing to read the question that carefully:-)
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:39
1
You're the maintainer of the amsmath package? Then you should like my nick. ;-)
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:43
6
@amsmath actually I was considering asking you to change it, it may be confusing to others.
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:47
add a comment |
Maybe you'd be interested in this variant:
documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimwraisebox-1.5pt$^* $mkern-2mu-lim
begindocument
[ wslim f ]%
enddocument

I wrote in my question: "I don't want to usew*-limbecause it looks ugly"...
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:09
Sorry, I didn't notice it. I mainly focused on not having compilation errors. For me the exponent is too high w.r.t. a lowercase letter. I even tried a simple textsuperscript, but I obtained the same result as with math mode.
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:15
I've modified my code. Is it more like you want?
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:56
@Bernard I vote instead your answer. Nice :-)
– Sebastiano
Jun 17 at 21:19
add a comment |
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* obtains a special mathcode inside the AMS math operator setup, but here you want the standard star which is still available as ast :

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimaw^*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimbw^ast-lim
begindocument
[wslima a quad wslimb a]
enddocument
Note the reason for the redefinition is to make it possible to just use w* which is the intended markup here although as you note it does not produce the same symbol (or use the same font) as a normal math ^*.

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimw*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimaw^*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimbw^ast-lim
begindocument
[wslim a quad wslima a quad wslimb a]
enddocument
Finally someone who reads the question carefully. Thanks so much!!!
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:38
1
@amsmath it also helps that I'm the current maintainer of the package and I had an idea what it was doing without needing to read the question that carefully:-)
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:39
1
You're the maintainer of the amsmath package? Then you should like my nick. ;-)
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:43
6
@amsmath actually I was considering asking you to change it, it may be confusing to others.
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:47
add a comment |
* obtains a special mathcode inside the AMS math operator setup, but here you want the standard star which is still available as ast :

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimaw^*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimbw^ast-lim
begindocument
[wslima a quad wslimb a]
enddocument
Note the reason for the redefinition is to make it possible to just use w* which is the intended markup here although as you note it does not produce the same symbol (or use the same font) as a normal math ^*.

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimw*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimaw^*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimbw^ast-lim
begindocument
[wslim a quad wslima a quad wslimb a]
enddocument
Finally someone who reads the question carefully. Thanks so much!!!
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:38
1
@amsmath it also helps that I'm the current maintainer of the package and I had an idea what it was doing without needing to read the question that carefully:-)
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:39
1
You're the maintainer of the amsmath package? Then you should like my nick. ;-)
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:43
6
@amsmath actually I was considering asking you to change it, it may be confusing to others.
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:47
add a comment |
* obtains a special mathcode inside the AMS math operator setup, but here you want the standard star which is still available as ast :

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimaw^*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimbw^ast-lim
begindocument
[wslima a quad wslimb a]
enddocument
Note the reason for the redefinition is to make it possible to just use w* which is the intended markup here although as you note it does not produce the same symbol (or use the same font) as a normal math ^*.

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimw*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimaw^*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimbw^ast-lim
begindocument
[wslim a quad wslima a quad wslimb a]
enddocument
* obtains a special mathcode inside the AMS math operator setup, but here you want the standard star which is still available as ast :

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimaw^*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimbw^ast-lim
begindocument
[wslima a quad wslimb a]
enddocument
Note the reason for the redefinition is to make it possible to just use w* which is the intended markup here although as you note it does not produce the same symbol (or use the same font) as a normal math ^*.

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimw*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimaw^*-lim
DeclareMathOperator*wslimbw^ast-lim
begindocument
[wslim a quad wslima a quad wslimb a]
enddocument
edited Jun 16 at 15:53
answered Jun 16 at 14:32
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Finally someone who reads the question carefully. Thanks so much!!!
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:38
1
@amsmath it also helps that I'm the current maintainer of the package and I had an idea what it was doing without needing to read the question that carefully:-)
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:39
1
You're the maintainer of the amsmath package? Then you should like my nick. ;-)
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:43
6
@amsmath actually I was considering asking you to change it, it may be confusing to others.
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:47
add a comment |
Finally someone who reads the question carefully. Thanks so much!!!
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:38
1
@amsmath it also helps that I'm the current maintainer of the package and I had an idea what it was doing without needing to read the question that carefully:-)
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:39
1
You're the maintainer of the amsmath package? Then you should like my nick. ;-)
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:43
6
@amsmath actually I was considering asking you to change it, it may be confusing to others.
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:47
Finally someone who reads the question carefully. Thanks so much!!!
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:38
Finally someone who reads the question carefully. Thanks so much!!!
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:38
1
1
@amsmath it also helps that I'm the current maintainer of the package and I had an idea what it was doing without needing to read the question that carefully:-)
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:39
@amsmath it also helps that I'm the current maintainer of the package and I had an idea what it was doing without needing to read the question that carefully:-)
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:39
1
1
You're the maintainer of the amsmath package? Then you should like my nick. ;-)
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:43
You're the maintainer of the amsmath package? Then you should like my nick. ;-)
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:43
6
6
@amsmath actually I was considering asking you to change it, it may be confusing to others.
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:47
@amsmath actually I was considering asking you to change it, it may be confusing to others.
– David Carlisle
Jun 16 at 14:47
add a comment |
Maybe you'd be interested in this variant:
documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimwraisebox-1.5pt$^* $mkern-2mu-lim
begindocument
[ wslim f ]%
enddocument

I wrote in my question: "I don't want to usew*-limbecause it looks ugly"...
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:09
Sorry, I didn't notice it. I mainly focused on not having compilation errors. For me the exponent is too high w.r.t. a lowercase letter. I even tried a simple textsuperscript, but I obtained the same result as with math mode.
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:15
I've modified my code. Is it more like you want?
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:56
@Bernard I vote instead your answer. Nice :-)
– Sebastiano
Jun 17 at 21:19
add a comment |
Maybe you'd be interested in this variant:
documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimwraisebox-1.5pt$^* $mkern-2mu-lim
begindocument
[ wslim f ]%
enddocument

I wrote in my question: "I don't want to usew*-limbecause it looks ugly"...
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:09
Sorry, I didn't notice it. I mainly focused on not having compilation errors. For me the exponent is too high w.r.t. a lowercase letter. I even tried a simple textsuperscript, but I obtained the same result as with math mode.
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:15
I've modified my code. Is it more like you want?
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:56
@Bernard I vote instead your answer. Nice :-)
– Sebastiano
Jun 17 at 21:19
add a comment |
Maybe you'd be interested in this variant:
documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimwraisebox-1.5pt$^* $mkern-2mu-lim
begindocument
[ wslim f ]%
enddocument

Maybe you'd be interested in this variant:
documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
DeclareMathOperator*wslimwraisebox-1.5pt$^* $mkern-2mu-lim
begindocument
[ wslim f ]%
enddocument

edited Jun 16 at 14:51
answered Jun 16 at 14:06
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I wrote in my question: "I don't want to usew*-limbecause it looks ugly"...
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:09
Sorry, I didn't notice it. I mainly focused on not having compilation errors. For me the exponent is too high w.r.t. a lowercase letter. I even tried a simple textsuperscript, but I obtained the same result as with math mode.
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:15
I've modified my code. Is it more like you want?
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:56
@Bernard I vote instead your answer. Nice :-)
– Sebastiano
Jun 17 at 21:19
add a comment |
I wrote in my question: "I don't want to usew*-limbecause it looks ugly"...
– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:09
Sorry, I didn't notice it. I mainly focused on not having compilation errors. For me the exponent is too high w.r.t. a lowercase letter. I even tried a simple textsuperscript, but I obtained the same result as with math mode.
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:15
I've modified my code. Is it more like you want?
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:56
@Bernard I vote instead your answer. Nice :-)
– Sebastiano
Jun 17 at 21:19
I wrote in my question: "I don't want to use
w*-lim because it looks ugly"...– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:09
I wrote in my question: "I don't want to use
w*-lim because it looks ugly"...– amsmath
Jun 16 at 14:09
Sorry, I didn't notice it. I mainly focused on not having compilation errors. For me the exponent is too high w.r.t. a lowercase letter. I even tried a simple textsuperscript, but I obtained the same result as with math mode.
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:15
Sorry, I didn't notice it. I mainly focused on not having compilation errors. For me the exponent is too high w.r.t. a lowercase letter. I even tried a simple textsuperscript, but I obtained the same result as with math mode.
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:15
I've modified my code. Is it more like you want?
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:56
I've modified my code. Is it more like you want?
– Bernard
Jun 16 at 14:56
@Bernard I vote instead your answer. Nice :-)
– Sebastiano
Jun 17 at 21:19
@Bernard I vote instead your answer. Nice :-)
– Sebastiano
Jun 17 at 21:19
add a comment |
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