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I'm trying to get a leftrightarrow under a chunk of text with text centered under each arrow so it would look something like this

v = (0 1 ... 1 0 ... 0) <-----> <-----> n p 

I've tried

\begin{array}{lccr} v = (0 & \underleftrightarrow{1 \cdots 1} & \underleftrightarrow{0 \cdots 0} &) \\ & p & n & \end{array} 

But I find there is not enough vertical space between 1 ... 1 and the arrow, but there is too much space between the arrow and p. Also, the horizontal spacing is uneven.


The spacing here is rather better

\begin{align*} v = (0\ & 1 \cdots 1\ 0 \cdots 0) \\ & \overleftrightarrow{\phantom{1 \cdots 1}}\ \overleftrightarrow{\phantom{0 \cdots 0}} \end{align*} 

but then I don't know how to attach text under the arrows.


Writing text over a \leftrightarrow doesn't cut it for me, since I want the v = etc to be aligned to the rest of the line with the arrow underneath.

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Here I create \myarrow in the syntax of \xleftrightarrow, execpt using stacks to accomplish it. (currently only works in \displaystyle, if that is OK)

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{stackengine,mathtools} \newcommand\myarrow[2][]{% \setstackEOL{\\}% \setstackgap{L}{.7\baselineskip}% \setbox0=\hbox{$\displaystyle #1$}% \setbox2=\hbox{$\displaystyle #2$}% \ensurestackMath{% \Longunderstack{#2 \\ \xleftrightarrow[\rule{\wd2}{0pt}]{\rule{\wd0}{0pt}} \\ #1}% }% } \begin{document} \[ v = \{ 0 \myarrow[n]{1 \dots 1} \myarrow[p]{0 \dots 0}\} \] \end{document} 

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If one wants less overhang of the arrows...

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{stackengine,mathtools} \newcommand\myarrow[2][]{% \setstackEOL{\\}% \setstackgap{L}{.7\baselineskip}% \setbox0=\hbox{$\displaystyle #1$}% \setbox2=\hbox{$\displaystyle #2$}% \ensurestackMath{% \Longunderstack{#2 \\ \xleftrightarrow[\rule{\dimexpr\wd2-4pt}{0pt}]{% \rule{\dimexpr\wd0-4pt}{0pt}} \\ #1}% }% } \begin{document} \[ v = \{ 0 \myarrow[n]{1 \dots 1} \myarrow[p]{0 \dots 0}\} \] \end{document} 

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Easy to do with pstricks. For pdflatex, don't forget to --enable-write 18\ (MiKTeX) or to -shell-escape (TeX Live, MacTeX).

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{pst-node, auto-pst-pdf} \begin{document} \begin{postscript} \[ v = (0\ &\pnode(0, -1ex){a}{1} \cdots 1 \pnode(0, -1ex){b}\ \pnode (0, -1ex){c}0\cdots 0\pnode(0, -1ex){d}) \everypsbox{\scriptstyle} \psset{linewidth=0.4pt, arrows=<->, arrowinset=0.2, shortput=nab, labelsep = 0.5ex} \ncline{a}{b}_{n} \ncline{c}{d}_{p} \] \end{postscript} \end{document} 

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