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I have the following formula and I want the nominator and the denominator to appear in display style. I use \everymath{\displaystyle} so I don't understand why they are not in display mode. How can I make this happen? Also why doesn't \everymath{\displaystyle} do the trick? Thanks!

C=\frac{\iint \vec{E}\epsilon\cdot \vec{dS}}{-\int_{A}^{B}\vec{E}\cdot\vec{dl}}

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Adam
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When you are calling \displaystyle, the numerator and denominator are one level lower, i.e. in \textstyle. It seems that you are expecting a definition of the form

\def\ddfrac#1#2{\displaystyle\frac{\displaystyle #1}{\displaystyle #2}}

used in place of your \frac.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\def\ddfrac#1#2{\displaystyle\frac{\displaystyle #1}{\displaystyle #2}}

\begin{document}

\[
C=\ddfrac{\iint \vec{E}\epsilon\cdot \vec{dS}}{-\int_{A}^{B}\vec{E}\cdot\vec{dl}}
\]

But rather (cdots removed and replaced by thinspace):

\[
C=\ddfrac{\iint \vec{E}\epsilon\, \vec{dS}}{-\int_{A}^{B}\vec{E}\,\vec{dl}}
\]
\end{document}
Przemysław Scherwentke
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  • For an earlier posting that defines a macro called \ddfrac in much the same way as you do (though using LaTeX's \newcommand instead of TeX's \def), see http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/173980/5001. – Mico Aug 03 '14 at 21:12
  • @Mico Really similar, however I'd prefer a slighty wider spacing invoked by the first \displaystyle. – Przemysław Scherwentke Aug 03 '14 at 21:38
  • @Mico I thougt about more general usage, e.g. in array-like context. But when the math mode is just outer, there are no differences, indeed. – Przemysław Scherwentke Aug 03 '14 at 22:05