<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 2, 2021, at 7:55 AM, David Derbes <<a href="mailto:derbes.physics@gmail.com" class="">derbes.physics@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">If one wants to indicate a pth root of, say, $k$, $\sqrt[p]{k}$, the $p$ often appears too low in the square root sign, or too close to the solidus. The fix is easy; one uses \uproot or \leftroot and adjusts accordingly. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is a slightly different annoyance. While reading a math text (Harold M. Edwards, <i class="">Galois Theory, </i>Springer, which I recommend highly), I was struck by the relative sizes of the $p$ and the quantity inside the root sign.</div><div class="">In short, standard $\LaTeX$ prints the $p$ quite a bit smaller than Springer does, and it’s a lot easier to read Springer’s version. I won’t paste the PDF of a scan here to reduce bandwidth, but as near as I can measure,</div><div class="">if the radicand is the height of $k$ as a full 10 points, say, then for $\LaTeX$ the $p$ gets 4.5 points, while for Springer it’s 6 points. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve looked for an answer and tried various hacks, to no avail. Anyone know a solution? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for your time and thought.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David Derbes</div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>In the cases I've looked at, the p in the pth root of a radical uses \scriptscriptstyle, and that is usually set in the math sty file unless using the LaTeX default. So, that opens some options to change the size. Look in your math sty file for the definitions of</div><div>\defaultscriptratio</div><div><div>\defaultscriptscriptratio</div><div class="">and change them in your preamble after loading the math sty file so that the second one is increased. Try something like</div><div class=""><div class="">\def\defaultscriptratio{0.8}</div><div class="">\def\defaultscriptscriptratio{0.65} % \scriptscriptstyle will be 65% of size of \displaystyle.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You could also change \DeclareMathSizes{}{}{}{}, but that takes a little more work to set up.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Another option, since you must be using amsmath, is to use its \text macro and use a matching text italic font, sized as you wish, to generate the p---something like \sqrt[\text{\textit{p}}]{k}.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Michael</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""></body></html>