Derivatives specifying dependency of a function on its arguments
I want to write the partial derivative of a function, while making the parameters of that function explicit, like so:
dfrac{partial f(x, y)}{partial x}
But this leads to an elongated horizontal line, which I don't think looks very nice (although it's possible that this is just the right way of doing it, and I should live with it). I have seen some books where the line ends before the parentheses start, so that df and dx are aligned.
Another way is:
dfrac{partial f}{partial x}(x, y)
but then the parentheses are not level with the function, and in fact, this kind of changes the meaning of the line.
- Is the first approach the standard / usual way of doing it? I've seen both approaches in textbooks and papers.
- Is there a third, more correct way of placing the parentheses, that I am not aware of?
Thanks!
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I want to write the partial derivative of a function, while making the parameters of that function explicit, like so:
dfrac{partial f(x, y)}{partial x}
But this leads to an elongated horizontal line, which I don't think looks very nice (although it's possible that this is just the right way of doing it, and I should live with it). I have seen some books where the line ends before the parentheses start, so that df and dx are aligned.
Another way is:
dfrac{partial f}{partial x}(x, y)
but then the parentheses are not level with the function, and in fact, this kind of changes the meaning of the line.
- Is the first approach the standard / usual way of doing it? I've seen both approaches in textbooks and papers.
- Is there a third, more correct way of placing the parentheses, that I am not aware of?
Thanks!
math-mode formatting best-practices
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I want to write the partial derivative of a function, while making the parameters of that function explicit, like so:
dfrac{partial f(x, y)}{partial x}
But this leads to an elongated horizontal line, which I don't think looks very nice (although it's possible that this is just the right way of doing it, and I should live with it). I have seen some books where the line ends before the parentheses start, so that df and dx are aligned.
Another way is:
dfrac{partial f}{partial x}(x, y)
but then the parentheses are not level with the function, and in fact, this kind of changes the meaning of the line.
- Is the first approach the standard / usual way of doing it? I've seen both approaches in textbooks and papers.
- Is there a third, more correct way of placing the parentheses, that I am not aware of?
Thanks!
math-mode formatting best-practices
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I want to write the partial derivative of a function, while making the parameters of that function explicit, like so:
dfrac{partial f(x, y)}{partial x}
But this leads to an elongated horizontal line, which I don't think looks very nice (although it's possible that this is just the right way of doing it, and I should live with it). I have seen some books where the line ends before the parentheses start, so that df and dx are aligned.
Another way is:
dfrac{partial f}{partial x}(x, y)
but then the parentheses are not level with the function, and in fact, this kind of changes the meaning of the line.
- Is the first approach the standard / usual way of doing it? I've seen both approaches in textbooks and papers.
- Is there a third, more correct way of placing the parentheses, that I am not aware of?
Thanks!
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