math-modesymbols
I was creating some graphs related to sets in latex (cartesian graphs, arrow graphs and directed graphs). Now I noticed that \Huge\vdots will produce larger than normal vertical dots (although I still think they are a bit small, but that's not the issue here), but \Huge\cdots does not.
My primary question is, how could I get larger horizontal dots?
Thanks in advance.
Use \cdots. (See also: \vdots and \ddots.)
Actually, I just read in the «Short Math Guide for LaTeX» by the AMS that:
\dotsc is for dots with commas,\dotsb is for dots with binary operators,\dotsm is for multiplication dots,\dotsi is for dots with integrals,\dotso is for other dots.So, \cdots and \ldots are commonly used but the AMS convention is to use the more semantic commands.
You could use the accents package and its command \accentset to create faked accents. Here`s an example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{accents}
\newcommand*{\dt}[1]{%
\accentset{\mbox{\large\bfseries .}}{#1}}
\newcommand*{\ddt}[1]{%
\accentset{\mbox{\large\bfseries .\hspace{-0.25ex}.}}{#1}}
\begin{document}
$\dot{x} \neq \dt{x}$
$\ddot{x} \neq \ddt{x}$
\end{document}
Output:
Instead of a large bold period you could also choose for instance a tiny \bullet.
Best Answer
does
do what you want?