SqrtBox

SqrtBox[x]

is a low-level box construct that represents the displayed object in notebook expressions.

Details and Options

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Display a letter under a square root sign:

A SqrtBox form is typically interpreted as a square root:

The Wolfram Language represents a square root as a 1/2 power:

The standard formatting for a 1/2-power expression uses SqrtBox:

The formatted result looks like this:

Scope  (1)

Setting SurdFormTrue changes the display and interpretation of a SqrtBox:

The box SurdFormTrue is interpreted as a Surd expression:

Note that Surd[x,2] typically typesets using RadicalBox:

Neat Examples  (1)

Nested square root boxes:

Wolfram Research (1996), SqrtBox, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SqrtBox.html (updated 2012).

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), SqrtBox, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SqrtBox.html (updated 2012).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "SqrtBox." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2012. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SqrtBox.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). SqrtBox. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SqrtBox.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_sqrtbox, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SqrtBox}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SqrtBox.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_sqrtbox, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SqrtBox}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SqrtBox.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}