Can we cheat?
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This is my boat \myboat
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Best Answer
Rather than raise the height of
\max_{r_t}
, I would lower the\mathbb{E}
particle, making it look more like a purely symbolic entity (rather than an uppercase letter). One way to do this is to encase it in a\vcenter{\hbox{...}}
set of directives.Note that this method (as well as the one you initially proposed) "works", typographically speaking, only if there's a large symbol (such as
\sum
and\int
) nearby. If the surrounding material is mostly text aligned on a common baseline, lowering the particle\mathbb{E}
would probably look bizarre.Incidentally, I would not use
\left
and\right
to size the fence symbols in this formula, as doing so results in fences that are too large and thus dominate the material they enclose. Instead of\left
and\right
, I would use\biggl
and\biggr
, striking a balance between the material enclosed by the fences and the fences themselves.