Accents\widetilde

\widetildeCommand

Used to place a wider tilde accent over grouped math content.

\widetilde{abc}
Topic
Accents
Available in
base
Kind
prefix
Allowed mode
math
Frequency
2.13% of corpus formulasrank 27 of 263
Commonality
medium
Tags
decoration
Renderer support
PackageMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
baseMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
About the test scope

Syntax#

\widetildem{a}math content

Argspec m — one mandatory argument. Reading argspecs

Common tasks#

How to write a wide tilde over two letters#

\widetilde{AB}

How to write a lifted or dual map#

\widetilde{f}

How to tilde a longer operator name#

\widetilde{\mathrm{SL}}_2

In TeXForm#

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

Drop stretchiness from \widetilde by rewriting it to \tilde.

\widetilde{#1} \tilde{#1}

Equivalent forms#

  • \tilde{#1}approximate

    For short bases this is often similar, but \widetilde is intended for wider grouped content.

See also#

Test cases#

base
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\widetilde{a}Positive · baselinePassPassPass
\widetilde aPositive · bare[0]PassPassPass
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