7.10.1 Top new questions this week

7.10.1.1 TeX double script error even though all brackets are perfectly placed

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Whenever I write, 
${{\dot y}^a}^\top$ 
I will receive a double superscript error. 
But {{\dot y}^a}^\top  is perfectly parsed. I don't understand why there would be an error at all. Please help! 
[errors] [tex-core] [superscripts] [bugs]
 

asked by Cauchy's Carrot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=173092 14 votes

answered by campa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=82917 18 votes

7.10.1.2 In TikZ, is it possible to isolate every character of an expression in a node as its own node?

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I often find myself typing equations into a node of a tikz picture. I then often find that I want to isolate certain characters in the equation and define them as a node. 
For instance, consider the ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-node]
 

asked by Brian Fitzpatrick https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=31016 11 votes

answered by Andrew Stacey https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=86 14 votes

7.10.1.3 Programmatically define macro within the body of \foreach

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I am trying to write a macro \RR, allowing me to type \mathbb{R} in text, with an optional parameter for an exponent. The desired functionality is shown below: 
I can now write \RR\ in text. % --> ... 
[macros] [expansion] [foreach] [xparse]
 

asked by Ezra Erives https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=234820 7 votes

answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134574 7 votes

7.10.1.4 Looking for math font

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I was trying to reproduce the followings symbols in maths formulas from an old book: 
2) 
At first glance, I thought that \mathfrak could do the job, but the result wasn't as expected: 
Searching ... 
[fonts] [symbols]
 

asked by camd92 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=181644 7 votes

answered by Davislor https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=61644 8 votes

7.10.1.5 How to create curved lines in Tikz that go through specific points?

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This is my code right now: 
\documentclass{minimal} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{calc,arrows} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture}[ 
scale=1.5, 
axis/.style={very thick, ->, >=stealth'... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by MetaPhilosopher https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=174512 7 votes

answered by gernot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=110998 9 votes

7.10.1.6 Unexplainable numbers in table

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I am very new to working with latex. I have copied the presented code with xtable from Rstudio. Since the table was too wide I inserted a p column, unfortunately, the numbers 1574 and 2064 appear in ... 
[tables]
 

asked by ToFrieV https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=234671 6 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 9 votes

7.10.1.7 Why are there so many packages dealing with tables, and how to pick the right ones?

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I'm using LaTeX to write technical reports and datasheets. Due to their nature, the documents often contain all kinds of tables, either big or small, text or numbers, sideways or not, values spanning ... 
[tables] [packages]
 

asked by Rob H. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=234426 6 votes

answered by F. Pantigny https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=163000 5 votes