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Andrew Stacey comments on "Brackets" (9335)

Andrew Stacey — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:23:18 -0700

Or double the backslashes: \\{.

Andres Caicedo comments on "Brackets" (9333)

Andres Caicedo — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:47:59 -0700

Hehe. Thanks Gerry. I always forget that option.

Gerry Myerson comments on "Brackets" (9332)

Gerry Myerson — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:37:39 -0700

Alternatively, use \lbrace and \rbrace.

Andres Caicedo comments on "Brackets" (9324)

Andres Caicedo — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:32:04 -0700

Thanks!

François G. Dorais comments on "Brackets" (9323)

François G. Dorais — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:25:56 -0700

The command \{ works when the math expression is surrounded by backticks. For example, `$V = \{x : x = x\}$` works as expected.

Andres Caicedo comments on "Brackets" (9321)

Andres Caicedo — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:50:01 -0700

Hi, I'm sure this has been answered a few times, but I couldn't find where. How do I get the curly brackets {} to show up in a formula? (The LateX \{ command does not seem to work)