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Article #2615Re: Problem with Maths mode and Captions
From: C.E. Thompson
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:11
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:11
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In article <1992Sep11.101904.1@matai.vuw.ac.nz>, andrew@matai.vuw.ac.nz
(Andrew Greer) writes:
|>
|> The included latex input produces an error that there is an extra }
|> in the argument of caption. The problem is associated with having the
|> sqrt function in there - it goes away if I remove the sqrt{}.
|>
|> **************************************************************
|>
|> \documentstyle[12pt,ncs]{article}
|>
|> \begin{document}
|> \[ \sqrt{xyz}\]
|>
|> \begin{figure}
|> \vspace{5cm}
|> \caption{Leaky bucket solutions, $\sqrt{xyz} $ }
|> \end{figure}
|>
|> \end{document}
\sqrt is fragile (LaTeX book, C.6.2, page 170). Use
\caption{Leaky bucket solutions, $\protect\sqrt{xyz} $ }
This is an easy one to forget, as so many of the math mode control
sequences are robust.
Chris Thompson
Cambridge University Computing Service
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