Writing LaTeX - Revision history

Tom at 18:47, 24 December 2006

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	[http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/course/ Introduction to LaTeX]		[http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/course/ Introduction to LaTeX]

			[http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/LaTeX/ LaTeX: from quick and dirty to style and finesse]

	[http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/basics.html LaTeX Tips]		[http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/basics.html LaTeX Tips]

Tom at 18:30, 24 December 2006

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	[http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/course/ Introduction to LaTeX]		[http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/course/ Introduction to LaTeX]

	[http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/basics.html LaTeX Tips]		[http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/basics.html LaTeX Tips]

Tom at 18:30, 24 December 2006

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			There are many excellent introductions to writing mathematics with LaTeX, for example [http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/course/ Introduction to LaTeX]. Below is a quick and dirty example to start with.

	LaTeX is the language in which most mathematics and physics documents		LaTeX is the language in which most mathematics and physics documents
	are written. Mathematical symbols and equations are written in a		are written. Mathematical symbols and equations are written in a
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	LaTeX commands start with a back slash <code>\</code>. Sometimes they		LaTeX commands start with a back slash <code>\</code>. Sometimes they
	have an argument in curly brackets, e.g <code>\sqrt{b^2-4ac}</code>.		have an argument in curly brackets, e.g <code>\sqrt{b^2-4ac}</code>. Most of the commands in the document above are self-explanatory.

	To convert this into a readable document first save it into a file		To convert this into a readable document first save it into a file
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	Then you need to process it. If you are using GNU/Linux, see		Then you need to process it. If you are using GNU/Linux, see
	[[Processing LaTeX with GNU/Linux systems]].		[[Processing LaTeX with GNU/Linux systems]].

			===links===
			[http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/course/ Introduction to LaTeX]
			[http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/basics.html LaTeX Tips]

Tom at 18:07, 24 December 2006

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LaTeX is the language in which most mathematics and physics documents
are written. Mathematical symbols and equations are written in a
special markup. For example an integral sign is inserted with
<code>\int</code>. The best way to learn LaTeX is by example. Here
is a basic LaTeX file:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsfonts,amsthm,amsmath,amssymb}
\title{Simple example}

\begin{document}
\maketitle

\section{Quadratic equation}

We want to solve $ax^2+bx+c$. The solution is
\begin{equation}
x= \frac{-b\pm \sqrt{b^2 -4ac}}{2a}
\end{equation}

\end{document}

LaTeX commands start with a back slash <code>\</code>. Sometimes they
have an argument in curly brackets, e.g <code>\sqrt{b^2-4ac}</code>.

To convert this into a readable document first save it into a file
with a <code>.tex</code> extension, e.g. <code>sample.tex</code>.
Then you need to process it. If you are using GNU/Linux, see
[[Processing LaTeX with GNU/Linux systems]].