I have this equation:
g^{\mathsmaller{\left(1\right)}} \left( \tau \right) = \frac{\langle E_{\mathsmaller{s}}^{\mathsmaller{*}}\left( 0 \right) E_{\mathsmaller{s}} \left( \tau \right) \rangle}{\langle \lvert E_{\mathsmaller{s}} \rvert^{\mathsmaller{2}} \rangle}
which looks like this.
Latex always brings out the OCD in me so I have some questions:
- Why is the first subscript
s
lower down than the 2nd one? How can I (should I?) force them to be at the same level or does latex know what its doing? - Shouldn't the complex conjugate symbol
*
and the squared2
be higher up?
Best Answer
This may not be fully in-line with what you're after, since the main suggestion is to drop a bunch of your manual formatting:
I've removed the
\mathsmaller
font adjustment, as well as the over-use of\left
...\right
constructions. Their use typically introduces additional/unwanted space.Specific to your points:
To correct for the placement of the mis-aligned
s
, insert a non-existent*
usingE_s^{\vphantom{*}}
\mathsmaller
only reduces the font size (from\scriptstyle
to\scriptscriptstyle
in your case), but doesn't change the baseline. As such, it seems like the superscripts can be a little higher. If you use the regular (\scriptstyle
) superscripts, they are appropriately aligned with the top of the superscripted base.Ps. Final OCD-ance: Perhaps you could add a small space
\,
between the operands in the fraction numerator to distinguish them properly, leaving to this output: