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  1. February 25th 2009, 01:46 AM #1
    juicysharpie
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    Latex help

    How do you make subscripts?
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    Quote Originally Posted by juicysharpie View Post
    How do you make subscripts?

    x_a


    will give
    x_a
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    If the subscript has more than one character, use braces.

    . . a_12 . . a_12

    . . a_{12} . . a_{12}


    The same is true for exponents.

    . . e^2x . . e^2x

    . . e^{2x} . . e^{2x}
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