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        "\n# The difference between \\\\dfrac and \\\\frac\n\nIn this example, the differences between the \\\\dfrac and \\\\frac TeX macros are\nillustrated; in particular, the difference between display style and text style\nfractions when using Mathtex.\n\n.. versionadded:: 2.1\n\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\"><h4>Note</h4><p>To use \\\\dfrac with the LaTeX engine (text.usetex : True), you need to\n    import the amsmath package with the text.latex.preamble rc, which is\n    an unsupported feature; therefore, it is probably a better idea to just\n    use the \\\\displaystyle option before the \\\\frac macro to get this behavior\n    with the LaTeX engine.</p></div>\n"
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