11.36.1 Top new questions this week

11.36.1.1 Should \mathop f (x) be used instead of f(x)?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=745341

This question probably pertains to taste just as much as to LaTeX best practices. 
When typesetting a simple function application, should mathop be used to reduce the space between the function and the ... 
[math-mode] [spacing] [typography] [math-operators]
 

asked by JMC https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=254371 Score of 11

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 12

11.36.1.2 How can I draw "rounded stars" in TikZ?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=745565

I'm trying to draw rounded stars in TikZ that look similar to what so many AI applications nowadays are using. They look like the following: 
I modified some LaTeX code from another question to draw a ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by user319109 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=319109 Score of 10

answered by samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=36296 Score of 16

11.36.1.3 TikZ package coding

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=745302

I'm trying to use the TikZ package to construct the picture above. I have the following code, but I keep receiving error messages. 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{float} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Chesso https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=399258 Score of 7

answered by CarLaTeX https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=101651 Score of 6

11.36.1.4 Improve booktabs table by fixing minor issues

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=745499

I am using the LaTeX package booktabs to present some results obtained in the paper. 
The style looks great, except for two minor issues that I don't know how to fix. 
The main one is the horizontal ... 
[tables] [booktabs]
 

asked by XavierO https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=399994 Score of 6

answered by samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=36296 Score of 4

11.36.1.5 Curved or circular wires with circuitikz

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=745466

In a physics textbook for the fourth year of an Italian high school with a focus on science and mathematics, pag. 407 "Le risposte della fisica - Edizione nuovo Esame di Stato by Antonio Caforio ... 
[tikz-pgf] [circuitikz]
 

asked by Sebastiano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117876 Score of 6

answered by John Kormylo https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=34505 Score of 7

11.36.1.6 How to get a half or demi star symbol in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=745467

Is there a way to get a "half star" (half of \ast) symbol like the one shown in the below image? 
I tried using Detexify, but it did not find anything. 
Also, I could not find this symbol in ... 
[symbols] [star]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Name https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=39306 Score of 6

answered by DrM https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=283669 Score of 11

11.36.1.7 Adjusting spacing on subscript of binomial coefficient

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=745386

I am writing a bunch of equations involving $q$-binomial coefficients, denoted $\binom{n}{k}_q$. 
On my machine (in display mode), this renders as 
I'd like to reduce the amount of spacing between the ... 
[math-mode] [spacing]
 

asked by diracdeltafunk https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=15197 Score of 6

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 4