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From: Loren Shure <loren@mathworks.com>
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Subject: Re: special symbols in figures
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 07:17:57 -0400
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In article <f96s3n$qgm$1@fred.mathworks.com>, thomas.clerc@unifr.ch 
says...
> 
> I have a problem to write correctly the ylabel of a figure.
> In LateX it is written: 
> 
>  ln((L(\alpha,\hat{\tau}_{\alpha})))
> 
> but MatLab does not interprete it and put this expression
> with all the slashes and stuff. 
> 
> How could I do?
> 
> Thnak you
> 
> Thomas
> 

You need to work on your TeX code.  Start by building it up.  For 
example, 

ylabel('\alpha')
% and then try
ylabel('\alpha,{\tau}_{\alpha}')

Look here for more information on allowed TeX in MATLAB: 
http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/text_props.htm
l

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Loren
http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/