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\_ (where _ is blank) - Ordinary whitespace to be used after a dot not denoting the end of a sentence
- After commands without parameters use \~ (tilde) instead in order to avoid browser specific problems
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\, - \, inserts the smallest predefined space in a formula
- Equivalent: \hspace{2}
- Ex.: $$a\,b$$ gives
![a\,b a\,b](https://moodle.trinitydc.edu/filter/tex/pix.php/7bea99aed60ba5e1fe8a134ab43fa85f.gif) - Ex.: $$a~\hspace{2}~b$$ gives also
![a~\hspace{2}~b a~\hspace{2}~b](https://moodle.trinitydc.edu/filter/tex/pix.php/bdaeaea456b852fa786ec28dccce96b2.gif) |
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\; - \; (backslash semicolon) inserts the third smallest predefined space in a formula
- Equivalent: \hspace{6}
- Ex.: $$a\;b$$ gives
- Ex.: $$a~\hspace{6}~b$$ gives also
![a~\hspace{6}~b a~\hspace{6}~b](https://moodle.trinitydc.edu/filter/tex/pix.php/b9914931a144ff6011f7d8e5743acb73.gif) |
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\: - \: inserts the second smallest predefined space in a formula
- Equivalent: \hspace{4}
- Ex.: $$a\:b$$ gives
- Ex.: $$a~\hspace{4}~b$$ gives also
![a~\hspace{4}~b a~\hspace{4}~b](https://moodle.trinitydc.edu/filter/tex/pix.php/d7eaeae0f6a677fd6ce9770277fadb2c.gif) |
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\/ (backslash slash) - \/ (backslash slash) avoids ligatures
- Ex.: $$V\/A$$ gives
in contrast to $$VA$$ which gives ![VA VA](https://moodle.trinitydc.edu/filter/tex/pix.php/3a11129c3467b1bcf46522b8e2ab3328.gif) |
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\~ - In order to prevent some browser specific problems with whitespaces, it is advisable to use ~ (tilde) as the whitespace instead of the normal blank key (in places where whitespaces are mandatory, e.g. after commands).
- Ex.: $$\frac~xy$$ to produce
![\frac~xy \frac~xy](https://moodle.trinitydc.edu/filter/tex/pix.php/ba93c0ddb2b6d72a678a84f3fc75e1a1.gif) - Ex.: $$\sqrt~n$$ to produce
![\sqrt~n \sqrt~n](https://moodle.trinitydc.edu/filter/tex/pix.php/2ad91bd41bf1c1c5398d78c44e50de7b.gif) |
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\hspace{n} - inserts a space of n pixels
- Ex.: $$f(x)\hspace{6}=\hspace{6}0$$ gives
- can be combined with the preceding command \unitlength{m}(default: m=1px) , which defines the applied unit
- Ex.: $$\unitlength{20}a\hspace{2}b$$ gives
, i.e. a space of 20x2=40px |
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\LARGE (all capital letters) - Everthing following the \LARGE command will be output in the largest predefined font size until the system encounters another font size command.
- Note: This command is case sensitive, since large, Large and LARGE are different sizes!
- Ex.: $$\LARGE~3x$$ gives
![\LARGE~3x \LARGE~3x](https://moodle.trinitydc.edu/filter/tex/pix.php/dd25484ea03e9769a852537317271f6b.gif) |
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\Large (L capital letter) - Everthing following the \Large command will be output in the second largest font size until the system encounters another font size command.
- Note: This command is case sensitive, since large, Large and LARGE are different sizes!
- Ex.: $$\Large~3x$$ gives
![\Large~3x \Large~3x](https://moodle.trinitydc.edu/filter/tex/pix.php/be56d46a82c71200257902b302750339.gif) |
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\large (all lower case letters) - Everthing following the \large command will be output in the large font size until the system encounters another font size command.
- Note: This command is case sensitive, since large, Large and LARGE are different sizes!
- Ex.: $$\large~3x$$ gives
![\large~3x \large~3x](https://moodle.trinitydc.edu/filter/tex/pix.php/31a5f42af2cf3fdd77950738db74b589.gif) |
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