In https://hub.fastgit.org/lervag/vimtex/blob/master/autoload/vimtex/syntax/core.vim#L1376
syntax match texMathSymbol "\\sum\>" contained conceal cchar=∑
"\\sum\>" is too strict, it cannot match \sum_{i = 1}^n or \sum^n_{i = 1}
How about change it to "\\sum\ze\(\>\|_\|\^\)"?
Other operators are similar.
Thanks!