[OS X TeX] Limits of integration

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 22 avr. 05, à 18:31, Tom Vawter a écrit :

> I am using
>
> \newcommand{\bigdint}{\displaystyle \int\limits}
>
> to define definite integrals.  The problem is that the limits of 
> integration appear above and below the integral sign rather than to 
> the right (where I want them).

Probably you should use

\newcommand{\bigdint}{\displaystyle \int\nolimits}

or even simply

\newcommand{\bigdint}{\displaystyle \int}

since \int contains \nolimits already. In 
/Library/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/fontmath.ltx you can 
verify this by looking at the definition of \int:

\DeclareMathSymbol{\intop}{\mathop}{largesymbols}{"52}
     \def\int{\intop\nolimits}

You may also want to have a look at the amsmath package (see 
/Library/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/doc/latex/amsmath/amsldoc.pdf), which 
defines shortcuts \dfrac etc. for displaystyle fractions and binomials 
(but not for integrals), and discusses the effect of \limits and 
\nolimits on integrals.

HTH,

Bruno Voisin
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