Questions tagged [display]
Questions about solutions and support for mathematical typesetting and layout, and the appearance of elements in input and output as displayed by the front-end.
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Why is the \[ThickSpace] character defined as 5/18 em instead of 1/4 em as in Unicode?
I recently discovered that the \[ThickSpace] character in Mathematica is represented as $5/18\, \mathrm{em}$ from the documentation, in which I also find that its ...
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LogPlot and % preventing PlotStyle from being correctly applied
I'm running into a problem that does not seem to be documented anywhere (or at least, Google does not find it). I will give a MWE highlighting it, which I hope clearly shows the issue.
The situation
I ...
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How to define a function that returns a variable storing plots instead of plotting them to the output
I define a simple function that returns variables storing plots:
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How to prevent factorization of polynomials in output
The output of my program is a matrix with polynomial entries. Most often Mathematica rearranges the polynomials with some partial or full factorization, as in $p^2q+q^2(p+q)$ or $p(p+q)$. I would like ...
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Weirdly big spacing around ε character
For some reason my ϵ (\[Epsilon]) character has a lot of empty space above and below it. It's best described by a screenshot ...
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How to increase height of square brackets in legend label?
I'd like the square brackets to be taller in the following legend label, so that they extend as high as the 6 in $10^6$. The most success I've had is by using MaTeX, but I'd prefer a built-in solution,...
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AutoMultiplicationSymbol not displaying
Since $14.0$ I've had a minor but bizarre issue with the automatic multiplication symbol not appearing correctly. Previously, a space between numbers, for example, would instantly display a light gray ...
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How to indicate table continuation in the middle with torn edge paper effect or something similar
I have a long table that I want to include on a PowerPoint page. I intend to truncate some data in the middle to ensure it fits on one page. How can I achieve this while indicating that the table ...
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How to display a formula written in proper LaTeX (e.g. no double backslashes) in Mathematica? [duplicate]
I would like to display some formulae in a Mathematica notebook. For this I would like to have a function like
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How to maintain the form of the formula when using PasteButton?
I want to make a pallet button that keeps the form of the formula intact.
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How to make a graphic fully display in Row (and possibly related constructs)?
My problem is likely fairly simple and possibly relates to some preset behaviour of how items are displayed. Or maybe I just do not understand something basic, I am no Mathematica expert, just casual ...
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How to display equations results nicely?
I'm very new to Mathematica but i can't seem to find on the internet.
I'm trying to solve a system of equations, the one from the image above:
Is there any way to display the results in a more ...
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Confused how ShrinkToFit works with text
In Mathematica 13, I would like to have text displayed in a rectangular area (that will later be included in graphics), where the size of the rectangle needs to be set in advance. If there's too much ...
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Apply ReplaceAll to a whole notebook
I'm an avid tauist (tauday.com) and I don't like the fact that Mathematica displays equations with $\pi$ instead of $\tau=2\pi$. I know that I can "force" it to display $\tau$ by e.g.
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How to avoid spaces before parenthesis in DisplayFormula cells?
When I write a formula in a DisplayFormula or DisplayFormulaNumbered cell, I like to use "traditional notation", i.e. function-parenthesis-argument instead of function-squarebracket-argument....
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"Preference" window is abnormally displayed without buttons and boxes
The preference interface is displayed abnormally. Although buttons and check boxes are not displayed, they can be operated. Anyone know why? thank you!
(Mathmatica 12.3, Windows 10)
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Bug or why? Null being displayed as a space in a string. (FromCharacterCode ASCII)
I expect Print[FromCharacterCode[{97, 0, 97}, "ASCII"]]
output to look the same as ...
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limits of DisplayForm integral get swapped when copying, but only visually
I tried doing the following today (Dec 28, 2022) in my cloud notebook (running on Firefox 102.5.0esr on Debian 11):
Integrate[Sin[x]/x,{x,0,Infinity}]//Hold
and the ...
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How to display results this way: « 0.0000000000000000e+00f »?
I'm using SpherePoints and it would be helpful if the resulting points be expressed like 1.0000000000000000e-00f. AFAIK, that's ...
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Display time series data in a table without weekday and time of the dates
I have downloaded some data:
mydata = FinancialData["SP500", {{2014, 10, 23}, {2016, 10, 22}}]
I would like to see them in a table where the date is ...
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Unable to manually resize TableView with CollapseRowHeaders/CollapsedColumnHeaders
I would like to display a table using TableView. My table already has headers, so I remove them using ...
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How to display PNG image in notebook with best quality
Consider the following image:
It looks quite good here on the site. (So probably this site and also my browser know how to display it with best quality).
Now the image can be uploaded into ...
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How to get the eigenvalues/eigenvectors of a 2x2 transformation in the same way it is expressed in text books? [duplicate]
I am totally new to Mathematica and trying to use it as a companion of some courses in linear algebra and ML.
When studying eigenvalues and eigenvectors you have the following equation:
$$ A {v} = \...
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GraphicsColumn - Multiline text isn't adapting based on overall column size
I'm trying to use Graphics Column to add a label under my plots. Eventually these individual columns will be combined in a grid, and I want the height of each plot to be the same so I can compare data ...
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How to stop opening of cell groups after evaluation of the whole Notebook?
Bug introduced in 12.3 or earlier and persisting through 13.1.0
I have a long notebook with Section, Subsection, ...
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Imported macOS screenshots display differently
When I take a screenshot in macOS (cmd-shift-4) and then import into a notebook, the colors tend to look washed out. Can anyone reproduce this behavior, and is there a workaround?
For example let's ...
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HoldForm is not working as I would expect
Why HoldForm do this?
HoldForm[a/b \[Integral]f[x] \[DifferentialD]x]
Output is this ugly looking formula:
$$\frac{a \int f(x) ...
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Is it possible to show a double integral from the product of two?
I have two identical integrals here.
If I multiply them by each other is it possible that a double integral will result ?
1)
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How can I prevent my self-introduced integral sign being multiplied into the numerator of the integrand when converting the expression into TeXForm?
Recently I have been doing a lot of double and triple integrals. To my disappointment, MMA does not have built-in integral signs for those advanced or special integrals. Fortunately, I have found out ...
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Find a way to have all progressively human reading or logical steps in a symbolic calculus and improve rendering
I have the following Mathematica notebook on this link notebook link
1.First, I would like to generate in an automatically way this notebook to a Wolfram script that I can make run directly from ...
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How to put image in mathematica header?
I wanted to know if you can help me how to put this image in the header of the notebook
Thanks in advance :)
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Make InvisibleComma's in output
Entering something that outputs like $a_{bc}$ is as simple as actrl-_besc,escbesc,escc, using \[InvisibleComma]s.
The form of the expression is actually ...
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Manipulate slider in awkward spot
I'm using Mathematica 12.3 and in this version sliders are placed really awkwardly:
They are placed to the side instead of on top which makes them take up huge amounts of space. I believe in old ...
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Get sign of unassigned variables
I want to find the signs of the following expression of unassigned variables:
a = x1 x2 - x3 x4;
The signs or prefactors are +1 ...
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Adapt size of brackets in text mode
In text mode, i.e. characters enclosed by " ", brackets do not adapt to the content. How can I achieve this? Actually I want to write a text that includes formulas. Without " " the ...
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How to use StandardForm/DisplayForm with custom symbols
I want to be able to make custom notation similar to how Complex[1,2] is displayed as 1 + 2 i. I tried the following
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How to change Global Preprint preferences for how matrixes are displayed?
I asked a question about how to make all array outputs be displayed as matrices a few weeks ago. I have run into a problem ensuring that the setting change is permanent, however. I thought the global ...
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How can I change the derivative symbol ' in output
The derivative symbol in "output" is always like this f'(x) but I want something like D[f[x],x] or ...
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Why InputForm of iconized output are hard to read in recent versions of Mathematica? How to correct it?
I never liked WRI tendency to now iconize some results from computation in the notebook. I do not know if this is the correct term for it.
I like to see result always in plain normal code. Here is an ...
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How to split many controls in Manipulate into multiple columns (saw some potential bugs)
I need to use Manipulate[] with many controls, because I have around 40 parameters which I want to be able to alter. Since the number is too large, I want to split these controls into multiple columns,...
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How can I convert the inverse hyperbolic function I defined and built-in inverse trig functions to TeXForm the way I prefer?
In Mathematica,the inverse hyperbolic functions are displayed with the prefix "Arc" like "ArcSinh[]", which I thought incorrect and misleading. Since the hyperbolic angle is ...
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What does Edit>Preferences>Appearance>Multiplication>Use symbol
I am using Mathematica Version 12.3.0 for Linux x86 (64-bit) (May 10, 2021).
I would like to see multiplication asterisk for all products on output. I know that this can be requested per expression by ...
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Manipulate: Display Slider Value in Custom Format
I am plotting two functions using 'Manipulate' and I am trying to change the way the values of certain adjustable parameters are being displayed.
Here is a photo of the plot so I can refer to the ...
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Drawing on screen outside notebooks
Is there a way to display (animated) graphics outside of Mathematica notebooks, i.e., in a specified rectangle on the screen? I can imagine that one way to achieve that is by creating a notebook ...
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Replacing the print display in a for loop
I am running a For loop as follows:
table = {};
For[n = 0, n < 10, n++, {table = Append[table, n], Print[table]}]
I was wondering if there was a convenient way ...
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Format data consistently with Around
I don't like that Around uses two different styles to display data. Depending on the magnitude it seems to either use 0.123456(78) or it uses 0.12345 $\pm$ 0.00067. ...
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Mathematica symbols not showing
Mathematica displays squares like □ in place of symbols such as slash
/
and right arrow
->
so for example if I write a/b it displays a □ b. Rebooting doesn't seem to help here.
Operating system: ...
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How can I display all fonts on one screen size?
I want to test the font like this. On my machine, there are 270 fonts but I can't not display them all one one screen size so I can only print each time 50 fonts. How can I display it as in the image ...
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Highlight part of the expression like this
I want to highlight the coefficient of the polynomial is not ±1, I have tried
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