Entering a caret within a Latexed expression: Ends up mangled...

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The discussion focuses on formatting LaTeX expressions, specifically how to correctly display an estimator with a caret symbol alongside an indexed variable. The user is attempting to represent the expression for an estimator, denoted as y^, in conjunction with an index, y_i. The correct LaTeX syntax for this expression is confirmed to be \hat{y_i}, ensuring both the caret and the index are displayed properly without distortion.

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How to write Latex for ##y_i## with a caret , i.e., y^_i?
Hi,
Trying to Latex in an estimator y^ together with an index, y_i . The latter is obvious as ##y_i##, but I can't get the estimator ^ without mangling it all.
Any ideas?
 
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##\hat y_i##?
 
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Orodruin said:
##\hat y_i##?
Thank you.
 

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