When I write
\varphi^{-1}\left(\bigcap_{\substack{\mathfrak{p} < B \\ p \text{ prime}}} \mathfrak{p}\right)
I get something like this:
Apparently it's leaving symmetric amounts of room for the sub- and superscripts. How do I get rid of all that excess space at the top?
EDIT: It's not so clear from the closeup I posted, but here's an example of how ridiculous it looks in context:
Best Answer
Use
\Big
or\bigg
; my preference would go to the former. It's not necessary that the parentheses encompass the whole contents, they are just delimiters. Surely having them asymmetric with respect to the formula axis would be worse.Compare with
where the parentheses have been shifted down