1.5e-10 Style Scientific Notation Looks Ugly In LaTeX Math Mode. How Can I Format It (kerning, Etc) More Nicely?


Answer :

It's not ugly, but exactly what's expected. If you type

$2x-10$

then you expect that there is some space around the minus sign, because it denotes an operation. When you type $1e-10$, TeX interprets it in exactly the same way, because it can't read your mind: the two expressions are formally the same, only two symbols are different.

If you want that an expression that's normally interpreted as a polynomial should be treated in a different way, then you have to properly mark it.

One solution might be

$1\mathrm{e}{-10}$

because in this case the braces around -10 tell TeX to enter a subformula and so the minus sign is initial, so not interpreted as a binary operation, but as a unary operator.

You could make a definition, such as

\newcommand{\expnumber}[2]{{#1}\mathrm{e}{#2}}

and input the number as

$\expnumber{1}{-10}$

but there's a much better alternative, the package siunitx.

\documentclass{article}  \usepackage{siunitx} \sisetup{output-exponent-marker=\ensuremath{\mathrm{e}}}  \begin{document}  \num{1e-10}  \end{document}

This package offers many more features than just printing numbers in the desired format; consult its documentation to find them.

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Note that siunitx is not understood by MathJax, so with it you must stick to the “hand made” solution. You can still say, in it,

$\def\num#1{\numx#1}\def\numx#1e#2{{#1}\mathrm{e}{#2}}$

and a formula such as $\num{1e-10}$ will be printed in the way you want.


Take a look at the siunitx package. This is helpful for typesetting units and unitless numbers (among many other things). This works in text mode as well as math mode.

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{siunitx} \begin{document} Number only: \num{1e-10}  Number with units: \SI{1e-10}{\meter\per\second} \end{document}

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Here's a really simple solution, not using any extra packages and looks just fine, in my opinion:

$9.54\text{e-}7$

That is, you're writing the "e-" part in normal text.


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