Index Set alonside Bigcap and Bigcup - as in Paul Bland's book .... ....

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The discussion revolves around how to properly format mathematical expressions involving index sets in LaTeX, specifically the notation for intersections using \bigcap alongside an index set, as referenced in Paul Bland's book "Rings and Their Modules".

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  • Peter seeks assistance on how to include the index set $$\Delta$$ with the notation $$\bigcap$$ in LaTeX.
  • One participant suggests using single dollar signs as delimiters to achieve the desired formatting.
  • Peter acknowledges the suggestion and expresses gratitude for the help.
  • Another participant points out that Peter's question has been previously addressed in other threads, providing links to those discussions.
  • Peter admits to having difficulty finding the earlier posts and apologizes for the oversight.

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Participants do not appear to disagree on the formatting suggestion, but there is a recognition of prior discussions on the topic, indicating some level of consensus on the existence of previous answers.

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Peter's initial search for previous discussions was noted as ineffective, which may suggest limitations in the forum's search functionality or the specificity of his query.

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When I write

\bigcap_\Delta M_\alpha

I get

$$\bigcap_\Delta M_\alpha$$ ... ...How do I get the index set $$\Delta$$ alongside $$\bigcap$$ as in the following text from Paul Bland's book "Rings and Their Modules" ... ... ?View attachment 5836Hope someone can help ...

Peter
 
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You could use single dollar signs as delimiters: $\bigcap_\Delta M_\alpha$
 
greg1313 said:
You could use single dollar signs as delimiters: $\bigcap_\Delta M_\alpha$
Thanks greg1313 ... appreciate your help ...

Peter
 
Peter, this has already been asked before: https://driven2services.com/staging/mh/index.php?threads/8137/ and https://driven2services.com/staging/mh/index.php?threads/18045/.
 
Evgeny.Makarov said:
Peter, this has already been asked before: https://driven2services.com/staging/mh/index.php?threads/8137/ and https://driven2services.com/staging/mh/index.php?threads/18045/.
Sorry Evgeny ... I did suspect that but my search was ineffective/incompetent and I did not locate the previous posts ...

Apologies again ...

Peter
 

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