# base/uproot-drop

Drop the uproot index-position hint in cleanup-oriented normalization.

https://texform.dev/rules/base/uproot-drop

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Key | base/uproot-drop |
| Level | corpus |
| Fidelity | reading |
| Enabled by packages | base |
| Profiles | Corpus, Equiv |

## Rewrite patterns

From:

```latex
\uproot{#1}
```

To:

```latex

```

## Examples

Examples show the rule in isolation, not a complete normalization profile.

### uproot inside sqrt degree

Before:

```latex
\sqrt[\uproot{2}3]{k}
```

After this rule:

```latex
\sqrt[3]{k}
```

Packages: base.

The rendered result has pixel differences from the input.

## Triggers

- [\\uproot](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/uproot)

## Eliminates

- [\\uproot](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/uproot)

## Same family

- [ams/cfrac-to-frac](https://texform.dev/rules/ams/cfrac-to-frac): Drop continued-fraction styling from centered AMS cfrac forms.
- [ams/dbinom-and-tbinom-to-binom](https://texform.dev/rules/ams/dbinom-and-tbinom-to-binom): Rewrite AMS display-style and text-style binomial commands to binom.
- [ams/dfrac-to-frac](https://texform.dev/rules/ams/dfrac-to-frac): Rewrite the AMS display-style fraction command to frac.
- [ams/tfrac-to-frac](https://texform.dev/rules/ams/tfrac-to-frac): Rewrite the AMS text-style fraction command to frac.
- [base/above-to-genfrac](https://texform.dev/rules/base/above-to-genfrac): Rewrite above to a thickness-preserving genfrac form.
- [base/abovewithdelims-to-genfrac](https://texform.dev/rules/base/abovewithdelims-to-genfrac): Rewrite abovewithdelims to an explicit genfrac with delimiters and thickness.
- [base/atop-to-genfrac](https://texform.dev/rules/base/atop-to-genfrac): Rewrite infix atop to an explicit no-rule genfrac form.
- [base/atopwithdelims-to-genfrac](https://texform.dev/rules/base/atopwithdelims-to-genfrac): Rewrite atopwithdelims to an explicit delimited no-rule genfrac form.
- [base/brace-to-genfrac](https://texform.dev/rules/base/brace-to-genfrac): Rewrite infix brace to an explicit genfrac with brace delimiters.
- [base/brack-to-genfrac](https://texform.dev/rules/base/brack-to-genfrac): Rewrite infix brack to an explicit genfrac with bracket delimiters.
- [base/choose-to-binom](https://texform.dev/rules/base/choose-to-binom): Rewrite infix choose to an explicit binom command.
- [base/over-to-frac](https://texform.dev/rules/base/over-to-frac): Rewrite infix over to an explicit frac command.
- [base/overwithdelims-to-genfrac](https://texform.dev/rules/base/overwithdelims-to-genfrac): Rewrite overwithdelims to an explicit genfrac with delimiters.
- [base/root-of-to-sqrt](https://texform.dev/rules/base/root-of-to-sqrt): Rewrite legacy root-of syntax to bracketed sqrt notation.
- [base/leftroot-drop](https://texform.dev/rules/base/leftroot-drop): Drop the leftroot index-position hint in cleanup-oriented normalization.

## Notes

AMS-TeX/amsmath root-index nudge, recorded in base following MathJax MoveRoot. MathJax only accepts it inside a root index (the optional degree of \sqrt or the degree of \root ... \of) and turns the integer into mpadded voffset/height. Corpus drops the command and its integer argument globally, including misplaced uses that MathJax would reject, so the eliminated-form contract can own cmd:uproot. Do not encode the offset back into LaTeX. Pixel mismatch on the in-root example is expected: the index content and reading order stay, only placement changes.

## Disable this rule

```python
TransformEngine(profile="corpus", disable_rules=["base/uproot-drop"])
```

```javascript
new TransformEngine({ profile: 'corpus', disableRules: ['base/uproot-drop'] })
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=%5Csqrt%5B%5Cuproot%7B2%7D3%5D%7Bk%7D)