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Asked: 2026-06-06T14:22:04+00:00

I’d like to get something like that: $E^{\alpha}_{\beta}$, where there are simutaneous subscript \beta

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I’d like to get something like that: $E^{\alpha}_{\beta}$, where there are simutaneous subscript \beta and superscript \alpha for the symbol E.
I type in matplotlib (1.2.x with python 2.7.1) the following code:

ax.text(0.,0.,r'E$^{\alpha}_{\beta}$')

and I get an error message:

Subscript/superscript sequence is too long. Use braces { } to remove ambiguity.

When I added extra braces to separate the superscript and subscript like

ax.text(0.,0.,r'E${^{\alpha}}_{\beta}$')

matplotlib can handle it this time, but the result is not a SIMULTANEOUS superscript and subscript, it seems the symbol E$^{\alpha}$ with a subscript \beta, where \alpha and \beta are not vertically aligned.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Move your E into the TeX so that the processor knows what alpha and beta are hanging off of:

    text(0.25, 0.5, r'$E^{\alpha}_{\beta}$', size=200)

    produces

    enter image description here

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