[Tex/LaTex] How to put a symbol inside another in math mode

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In math mode, I would like to put a symbol inside another.
Let say I want to put an x inside a V.
I would like x to be in the empty space inside the letter V.
I guess I need to put V in a box, then x in a box too,
and strecth/quench/overlap each box.

I look at this thread, How to put a symbol inside a circle arrow?.
I tried the following, but it is not nice looking

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
\setbox1=\hbox{$V$}
\setbox2=\hbox{$x$}
\makebox[0pt][c]{\usebox1}
\makebox[0pt][r]{\raisebox{2.5pt}{$x$}}
\hspace{0.5\wd1} Here is some more text.
\end{document}

latex result

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This could be a starter using \kern and \raisebox. You may experiment with the dimensions:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\newcommand*{\xV}{{\large V}\kern-0.55em\raisebox{1.4ex}{\tiny x}}
\begin{document}
\xV
\end{document}

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The amsmath package provides the \overset and \underset macros that can be used to place one symbol above or below another. If you want text above and below, you could use \DeclareMathOperator* (also from amsmath).

\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\DeclareMathOperator*{\eq}{=}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation*}
\underset{b}{=} \quad  \eq^a_b
\end{equation*}
\end{document}

There shouldn't be any problems using this in amsmath environments such as align.

\begin{align*}
A  &\eq^b_a B \\
   &\eq^b_a C
\end{align*}

However, if you use it in the middle column of an eqnarray or eqnarray* (which are generally considered to be obsolete), then you will need \displaystyle before \eq.

All of the above applies to egreg's suggestion of defining \eq via

\newcommand{\eq}[2]{\mathrel{\operatorname*{=}_#1^#2}}

which seems to improve the spacing (and may be better in other ways as well).

[Tex/LaTex] How to put a symbol inside a circle arrow

Here is slightly automated solution using tikz. I measure the height and width of the text and place an arc whose size is based on the maximum of that. Am sure this can be improved, but this should get you started:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{calc}

\makeatletter
\newlength\@SizeOfCirc%
\newcommand{\CricArrowRight}[1]{%
    \setlength{\@SizeOfCirc}{\maxof{\widthof{#1}}{\heightof{#1}}}%
    \tikz [x=1.0ex,y=1.0ex,line width=.15ex, draw=blue]%
        \draw [->,anchor=center]%
            node (0,0) {#1}%
            (0,1.2\@SizeOfCirc) arc (85:-240:1.2\@SizeOfCirc);%
}%
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\CricArrowRight{$i$}
\CricArrowRight{$i_3$}
\CricArrowRight{$\frac{a}{b}$}
\CricArrowRight{$\dfrac{a}{b}$}
\end{document}

I created a temporary length \@SizeOfCirc so as to minimize potential name conflicts, and need to use \maktatother. See What do \makeatletter and \makeatother do? for more info if you are not familiar with that.

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