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#1 Re: This is Cool » How to make nested expressions look better in LaTeX » 2009-07-14 08:01:56

I am working on a LaTeX project in which I need a weird new symbol called a 'mark' or 'cross'. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_Form to see how it looks and how it is used (hit the link for section 5.5.2 Sentential logic).

I'm looking for something that would act much like the square root sign that can easily be done in LaTeX. That is, the \sqrt{} figures out how high the 'checkmark' part should be and how wide the 'overbar' part should be when it is nested, e.g.

\sqrt{\sqrt{A\sqrt{B}}\sqrt{\sqrt{A}B}}

The 'checkmark' on the left of the \sqrt sign should be a simple vertical bar on the right side, with the 'overbar' part the same. Do I need the CODE that makes the \sqrt{} work like it does so I can modify it to this purpose?

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