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From: dynamics@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Dynamics Group)
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Subject: Re: A tricky sum
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Date: 5 Jul 90 01:49:38 GMT
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In article <DUCHIER.90Jul4211410@albania.cs.yale.edu> duchier-denys@cs.yale.edu writes:
    In article <37404@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> I wrote

         How do I do this sum?

             N
           ____
           \    E             That is, I want to annotate the summation with
            \                 an E.
           /___
           i = 2
      
         I tried
      
      	   \mathop{{\sum}^E}_{i=2}^N

         which centers the N too far to the right.
 
>How about: \sum_{i=2}^N{}^E
>is this close enough?
>
>--Denys

No, unfortunately it leaves the E hanging out in the middle of nowhere.

Chris Goedde
dynamics@janus.berkeley.edu