[comp.text.tex] Common fractions in equations

vanwyk@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Kenric D VanWyk) (04/12/91)

Hi all!

I would like to put some common fractions into equations.  By
common fractions, I mean things like one-half, one-fourth, etc.
I am looking for something that is half-way between:

                            1 
    1/2        and         ---
                            2

That is, it should look more like:

              1/     
              /2

Is there an easy solution, or do I need to hack something up?  Just
so there is no misunderstanding, $1/2$, $\frac{1}{2}$, and
$\stackrel{1}{\bar{2}}$ are not the correct responses.  This would
be used as either an in-text formula or a superscript to a
displayed equation.  Its advantage is that it is not as wide as the
first alternative above and not as tall as the second choice.
Please e-mail responses to vanwyk@ecn.purdue.edu.

Thanks,
kenric


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xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) (04/13/91)

/* vanwyk@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Kenric D VanWyk) wrote */:
* Hi all!
* 
* I would like to put some common fractions into equations.  By
* common fractions, I mean things like one-half, one-fourth, etc.
* I am looking for something that is half-way between:
* 
*                             1 
*     1/2        and         ---
*                             2
* 
* That is, it should look more like:
* 
*               1/     
*               /2
* 

Eplain provides a solution for this. eplain can be ftp'ed from
ftp.cs.umb.edu under ./pub/tex/eplain*.

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