Re: n-th root in math mode

1999-01-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
"Raymond" == Raymond E Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Raymond Look up \sqrt in the Latex manual. I believe the instruction Raymond is \sqrt{n}{x} (in TeX mode). Unfortunately, the right syntax is \sqrt[n]{x}. The fact that it does not work is an old mathed bug that has still not been

n-th root in math mode

1999-01-25 Thread Martin Hossbach
Hello. When trying to write a math homework usin LyX, I found it impossible to get LyX printing the 'n-th' root. In LaTeX this would be done by \sgrt[n]{...}. Even using the TeX mode only made LyX converting my input into a square-root-sign, ignoring the [n]. Martin -- - Martin