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\limitsCommand

Used after large operators such as \sum or \lim to force limits-style placement of following subscripts and superscripts above/below the operator.

\sum\limits_1^2
Available in
base
Kind
prefix
Allowed mode
math
Frequency
1.93% of corpus formulasrank 30 of 263
Commonality
medium
Tags
presentation
Renderer support
MathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
base
About the test scope

Syntax#

\limits

Takes no arguments. Reading argspecs

Common tasks#

How to force limits above and below an operator#

Useful in inline math when you still want under/over limits.

\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty a_n

How to put limits under an integral#

\int\limits_a^b f(x)\,dx

How to apply limits to a custom operator#

\mathop{\mathrm{arg\,max}}\limits_x f(x)

In TeXForm#

TeXForm parses this entry as prefix syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

base/limits-dropfrom Equivreading

Drop explicit limits from an audited operator while preserving attached scripts.

#1\limits #1

See also#

Test cases#

base
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\sum\limits_{i=0}^nPositive · ctx:after-sumPassPassPass
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