When one has a
$$problem$$
in order to get to the
$$\sqrt{problem}$$
it's sometimes a good idea to get some confidence by embracing those parts of it one already knows
$$probl\underset{\overbrace{\text{I know this}}}{e}m$$
But it doesn't work for me and things get even worse:
$$\sqrt{probl\underset{\overbrace{\text{I know this}}}{e}m}$$
How can I format a brace to denote what some part of a formula expands to (for example)? Using \underset adds the brace to the set character, which results in strange spacing around it and unnecessarily large roots and other bracket like wrappers.
I'd like to create a brace that freely expands to the right without pushing any characters away. I can accomplish that with a dirty workaround: by including additional characters into the set and balancing them with ~
to get the middle where I want it.
$$p\underset{\overbrace{\text{I know this}}}{roblem~~~}$$
But sometimes not even that helps with the
$$\sqrt{p\underset{\overbrace{\text{I know this}}}{roblem~~~}}$$
The workaround still creates one big character for the set, which the \sqrt
entirely encloses. How can I only surround a certain portion with the \sqrt
or make the brace independent?
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: tex.stackexchange.com/q/63250/1208 $\endgroup$ – user856 Aug 20 '15 at 21:07