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From: "William Henney" <whenney@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: '|' in a table
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:24:26 -0500
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To: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
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Hi Leo

On 4/11/07, Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> wrote:
> I need to input a LaTeX formula in a cell of a org table. The formula
> looks like this:
>
>     $mad(x) =3D 1.4826\cdot median(|x_i-median(x)|)$
>
> However org will think '|' as delimiter of the table. Any solutions?
>

$mad(x) =3D 1.4826\cdot median(\vert x_i-median(x)\vert)$

Or, better still

\newcommand{\median}{\mathop{\mathrm{median}}}
\newcommand{\mad}{\mathop{\mathrm{mad}}}
$\mad(x) =3D 1.4826\cdot \median(\vert x_i-\median(x) \vert)$

Cheers

Will



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  Dr William Henney, Centro de Radioastronom=EDa y Astrof=EDsica,
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