On 18 Oct 2007, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> Anthony Campbell wrote:
>> On 18 Oct 2007, Anthony Campbell wrote:
>>> How do you get a minus sign to appear in a superscript, as in 10 to the
>>> minus 24? I'm sure this  must be easy but $10^24$  doesn't produce the
>>> muinus.
>>>
>> Sorry, I meant $10^{-24} gives the same as $10^{24$}
>
> In LaTeX: $10^{-24}$.
>
> In LyX (in a math inset), the ^ key opens an exponent widget, into which 
> you type -24.
>
> What versions of LyX/LaTeX are you using that don't produce this??
>
> /Paul


Thanks for this suggestion - it seems to have worked. I had tried that
method previously but probably didn't do it quite right.

Anthony

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