[Linux-disciples] LaTeX/AMS-LaTeX question

[Chung-chieh Shan]

On 2005-09-28T16:42:10-0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> Quick LaTeX question: is there any way to specify that you
> mean unary minus ("the number that's 5 less than 0 is -5")
> rather than binary minus ("a - b = 2")? I've typed
> 
> f(a \given -b)
> 
> with \given defined as
> 
> \newcommand{\given}{\,|\,}
> 
> and the minus sign is garishly overlarge.

You can say \mathord-

You may want to say \mid instead of \given
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