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by justeleblanc 1186 days ago
Except that \left\right is almost always the wrong solution. It's one of my pet peeves when collaborating on papers. Your parentheses shouldn't scale all the way up and down your equation, unless you want them to be disgustingly tall (just try \left( \int_0^1 \frac{dx}{x} \right) to see what I mean). You should choose \big[lr], \bigg[lr], \Big[lr] or \Bigg[lr] based on what looks good, and the computer is not good at guessing which one will be visually pleasant.
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Their size order seems to be \big, \Big, \bigg, \Bigg