[geeks] quick latex question

[Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:

> I'm using an inline formula in a latex document (just a $\frac{1}{2}$),
> and latex appends the next word in the paragraph immediately after the
> formula so that it comes out like "blah blah 1/2blah".
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this, or barring a proper fix, a command to
> force latex to insert a small space in an arbitrary place?


do: $\frac{1}{2}$~rest of the text (the ~ is important)
                 ^
		 |
                 --- to force latex to add a space.