According to texdoc symbols: \mvert and \mid are identical and produce a relation. \vert is a synonym for | and both produce the same symbol, but should be used in the context of an ordinal, and should be …

Oct 2, 2019 · In short, \bigl\vert <some math atom> \bigr\vert is definitely better than \big\vert <some math atom> \big\vert, typographically speaking, as it produces the correct spacing in all cases. A final …

Jun 18, 2024 · I am considering the notation \newcommand{\f}[3]{f\left(#1; #2 \lvert #3\right)} As you can see, the top formula has \vert size as default. I want the latter formula, How do I change my …

Feb 6, 2025 · At the 3rd line of the following code, the curly brackets appear too big. But if \\left is removed, the curly brackets appear too small. I wonder if there is a way to get a right size of the curly

Also, you have $\vert$ and $\Vert$. Since you mention using a vertical bar as a binary relation, you may want $\mid$ which is kerned to sit midway between its neighbours. But that has no double-bar …

For the MWE below, I've actually set the spacing between the vertical bars to be slightly less than what's generated by \[l,r]Vert -- you can adjust the spacing to suit your taste by changing the value of the …

After some fighting with Asana Math, I thought that I could give a Palatino-like math font a chance. So the questions are: (1) what exactly is the difference between pxfonts and mathpazo and (2) h...

In fact, I'd say that using \mid everywhere is as bad as (or maybe even worse than) typing | or \vert to denote each and every vertical bar. The macro \mid has a specific use to denote conditioning …

Sep 24, 2022 · Is there a way to produce this? \\substack does not suit the need, because in that case x=a will take the place of y=b, and y=b will move lower to produce an ugly output like this

The LaTeX commands \\mid and \\vert may be used to make a vertical bar. I can appreciate that \\vert is short for vertical, but why \\mid? Is it short for middle? and if so, middle of what?