I am used to define some complicated and frequent mathematical expressions to be able to use them easily in my papers. For example I have defined
\def\c{{\mathbb{C}}}
for $\mathbb{C}$
(the field of complex numbers).
However sometimes there are more complicated formulas and mathematical expressions which involve one, two, or more variables (or parameters). For example, consider $Hom_{\mathbb{Z}} (M,N)$
which involves two variables $M$
and $N$
.
My question is "how can I define such expressions generally with the ability to change the variable inside them.
Best Answer
These are not variables in "typesetting sense". You could define
and then use
for getting
but this is no way more expressive or readable than
after having defined
Actually, I contend that the latter form is much more readable than the first one.
Note. Be careful in saying
because
\c
is an "accent command" in LaTeX (\c{c}
is used in French, Albanian, Turkish, Portuguese, Catalan and other languages). Always use\newcommand
or, if you really know what you're doing,\renewcommand
; but don't redefine general use commands: if one of your bibliography items contains a "รง" you'll regret having redefined\c
.