[OS X TeX] Inline subscripts on some math symbols

[Robert Bruner]

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> Is there a way to get subscripts to come directly under symbols like 
> \sum, \lim etc. in inline math mode (i.e. when putting them between $$ 
> signs) like they do in displaymath etc.?
> 
> If I typeset
> \[
> \lim_{x\to c}
> \]
> 
> the {x\to c} part comes directly under the "lim" symbol. However, when I use
> 
> $\lim_{x\to c}$
> 
> The {x\to c} part comes out at the bottom right of "lim" symbol.

Just say $\displaystyle{\lim_{x\to c}}$, or better 
        \(\displaystyle{\lim_{x\to c}}\).