[Tex/LaTex] How to type an inline chi in Latex

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\( \chi \) produces a letter that is slightly below the row, but I've seen in many papers a chi that is in the same line as the rest of the row)

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I'm not sure why you'd want this. However, it's easy to provide it:

\documentclass{article}

\DeclareRobustCommand{\rchi}{{\mathpalette\irchi\relax}}
\newcommand{\irchi}[2]{\raisebox{\depth}{$#1\chi$}} % inner command, used by \rchi

\begin{document}

dg $\chi$ dg $\rchi$ dg

$\chi_\chi$ $\rchi_\rchi$

\end{document}

Left the normal chi, right the raised one. I added the baseline in the image just for clarity.

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With \DeclareRobustCommand, \rchi can be used also in section titles (but always in math mode, so \section{... $\rchi$ ...}).

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