[R] Quiz: Who finds the nicest form of X_1^\prime?

Marius Hofert m_hofert at web.de
Wed Apr 6 23:58:45 CEST 2011


Dear Peter, Dear David,

this is also what I tried: plot(0,0,main=expression(italic(X)[1]^minute)) [as suggested by Peter]. The problem is that the prime seems so small/short when used with "^". Is there a way to get a thicker/larger prime?

Cheers,

Marius

On 2011-04-06, at 23:22 , Peter Ehlers wrote:

> On 2011-04-06 14:14, Marius Hofert wrote:
>> Dear expeRts,
>> 
>> I would like to create a plotmath-label of the form X_1^\prime. Here is how to *not* do it [not nicely aligned symbols]:
>> 
>> plot(0,0,main=expression(italic(X*minute[1])))
>> plot(0,0,main=expression(italic(X[1]*minute)))
>> plot(0,0,main=expression(italic(X)[1]*minute))
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
> 
> Hmm ....; your subject line is a clue:
> 
> expression(italic(X)[1]^minute)
> 
> Note the '^'.
> 
> Peter Ehlers
> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Marius
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