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From: schalit@crcge1.cge.fr (Emmanuel Schalit)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Help with LaTeX, please.
Message-ID: <1990Jul25.112911.1059@crcge1.cge.fr>
Date: 25 Jul 90 11:29:11 GMT
References: <1392daiyingshi@yvax.byu.edu>
Reply-To: schalit@mikonos.UUCP (Emmanuel Schalit)
Organization: Centre de Recherches de la CGE (Marcoussis)
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In article <1392daiyingshi@yvax.byu.edu> daiyingshi@yvax.byu.edu writes:
>Dear Netters:
>
>I have to ask for help with LaTeX. It made me crazy.
>
>I am trying to typeset a formula like this:
>
>n
>-----
>/	    A
>-----
>i=1
>W  =  ----------------------
>n
>------
>/
>------
>j=1
>
>
>However, I can always get following fomulas:
>--- n
>w =     /
>--- i=1
>-------------------
>---- n
>/
>---- j=1
>
>



You should consider the following syntax:

	\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n}{...}

This TeX command works also for products and integral. Its reverse, \nolimits,
force the other mode.

It is detailed in "The TeXbook" pp 144
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		Emmanuel Schalit	Robotics Research Engineer
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					Marcoussis France.