On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Peter Suetterlin wrote:

> a strange Problem, maybe I did something wrong.  I wanted to typeset the
> second time derivative of a vector.  So I went to math mode and typed:
>  \ddot{
> (second brace is inserted automatically, the two dots apear)
>  \vec{
> (again, 2nd brace inserted automatically)
>  A

Don't type the braces, just type:

        \ddot \vec A

including spaces. 

> At least, where are the closing braces, and why does it work inline, but
> not in display style? 

It should not work either. And yes, it's a bug since mathed supposedly
should not let you introduce unbalanced braces. Anyway you should insert
this kind of expression without using braces. 

Alejandro

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