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lime
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Tilde over the letter

Post by lime »

In the math mode, is there a way to get large tilde over the letter? The problem is that the command
\tilde w
produces a small one.

For example for the line above, instead of small one
\bar w
I always use
\overline w
which produces much wider line.

Would be happy to know if there is such an alternative for tilde as well.

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frabjous
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Tilde over the letter

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Note, that for all of these, it's advisable to put the argument inside braces, e.g., \bar{w}, \overline{w}, \tilde{w}. It's kind of an accident if it works the way you were doing it.

You probably want:

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\widetilde{w}
?
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