Prevent LaTeX from stretching math

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Is there any package or local environment that prevent LaTeX from stretching math? I would basically like the result to be just as if every $...$ was replaced by ${...}$ .

I find spacing around binary operators too large, especially around \leq that I use a lot. The answer of Henri Menke made me found that I am not the only one, and a more reasonable answer than no stretching can be found here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/58487/205684 — Tex Exchanger, Jan 28 '20 at 06:37
You could redefine $ and $, but that won't save you any keystrokes. — John Kormylo, Jan 28 '20 at 15:37

Henri Menke · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-28T06:48:59.593

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Just remove stretch and shrink from all the muskips.

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

\hbox to 100pt{$a + b$}

\setlength{\thinmuskip}{1\thinmuskip}
\setlength{\medmuskip}{1\medmuskip}
\setlength{\thickmuskip}{1\thickmuskip}

\hbox to 100pt{$a + b$}

\end{document}

edited Jan 28 '20 at 06:48

answered Jan 28 '20 at 05:01

Henri Menke

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Prevent LaTeX from stretching math

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