Height and size of \sqrt exponent

Question

I want to place the n from the \sqrt[n]{\rho} command in a more visible position and make it bigger too.

MWE:

\sqrt[n]{\rho}

can you ask that original to be more descriptive on his question title? That sloppy title could mean a bunch of things, hence why it was not recommended when I was typing the title for this duplicate. — Suppboi, Aug 29 '19 at 17:37

Bernard · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-28T16:10:12.713

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Package amsmath defines the \leftroot and \uproot commands to adjust the position of n. By default the size is \scriptscriptstyle. Compare different codes for this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}

\begin{document}


\[ \sqrt[n]{\rho}\quad \sqrt[\leftroot{-1}\uproot{1}n]{\rho}\quad \sqrt[\leftroot{-1}\uproot{1}\scriptstyle n]{\rho} \]%

\end{document}

edited Aug 28 '19 at 16:10

answered Aug 28 '19 at 09:41

Bernard

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i thank you. i had to use -2 and 2 for this font – Suppboi Aug 28 '19 at 15:22

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 28 '19 at 09:39

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The amsmath package provides the commands \uproot and \leftroot to modify the placemet of the root index.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
$\sqrt[\rho]{n}\ \sqrt[\uproot{2}\leftroot{2}\rho]{n}\ \sqrt[\uproot{2}\leftroot{-1}\rho]{n}$
\end{document}

answered Aug 28 '19 at 09:39

Mico

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Do you really prefer ρ-th roots? ;o) – Bernard Aug 28 '19 at 09:42
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@Bernard - Moving \rho around seemed a lot more exciting... – Mico Aug 28 '19 at 09:48
An erhoctile ρ, so to say? – Bernard Aug 28 '19 at 09:51
@Bernard - No comment... :-) – Mico Aug 28 '19 at 11:00

Height and size of \sqrt exponent

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