Latex Definition and 999 Threads

How to write log3 (base 10) in Latex?

This time I have a problem with monotype font and quotes. When I switch to typewriter font using ``quotes'' stops to work*. Character sequences (`` and '') that in other parts of the text are understood as opening and closing quotes are not translated. Standard "quotes" are rendered mostly OK...

There are a lot of books out there for learning this language. I have seen and used many good recommendations from this site so I would like to get some advice on which book to choose. Which book would you recommend or what have you used to become proficient with latex? Thanks

Hi, I have some figures in a pdf form, and I'd like to pass them into latex as figures ->meaning I want to be able to use a caption. I used the: \usepackage{pdfpages} but this inserts the pdf page as it is, and I can't "edit" it (by adding a caption). Is there any possible way to do it?

Good morning, I am going back to school to get a degree in Physics in September. I am concerned about how to make clean summary/notes of what I'll learn. For information, I have a really really really bad handwriting and it is just painful to read what I write. That's why I thought about...

I just started learning html and css today. I am trying to build a webpage where I can place in all my homework questions and solutions. How can I use latex to write the equations in my html?

Quickest way to do ' '? Thanks a lot !

I am trying to insert the tif file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/81787406/image.tif into a Latex file with: \usepackage{graphicx}\begin{figure}[ht!] \centering \includegraphics[width=50mm]{image.tif} \end{figure} but when I latex it I get the error: "Cannot determine size of graphic...

Hello! (Wave) I am writing a text in LATEX. Since the equalities I wrote are longer than the paper's size, I tried to break the line as follows, but it failed. \begin{multline} y'=y+4 \pi \cos(4 \pi t)y \Rightarrow y'=(1+ 4 \pi \cos(4 \pi t))y \cap \Rightarrow \frac{dy}{dt}=(1+ 4 \pi \cos(4...

The functional one used for variations in calculus of variations. Had a google, can't seem to find. Thanks alot.

I get most of the solutions of plain text on Google, showing various links or books. But questions having mathematical equation in them are not shown on Google. Is there a way to write latex on Google?

I am looking for a converter that takes a Mathcad 2001 file, with various formulas and mathematical expressions, and transform it into Latex code that can be posted on forums. Do you know such a translator?

I want to install Vim Latex on a Windows machine. On looking at the SourceForge site VIM-LaTeX Download I found that the file available for download is a tar file (vim-latex-1.8.23-20141116.812-gitd0f31c9.tar). This appeared like the file for Unix. I am looking for the file for Windows. Can...

Does there exist a non-online software package of Latex. I would like to write a paper all in Latex. Is there such a thing as a Latex program?

So the only way I know is \ begin{align} f &= ma\\ E &= mc^2\\ \ pi &\ text{ is exactly three!} \ end{align}, But this labels them, and I don't want them labelled...Any assistance really appreciated, thank you !

I believe I know the answer to this question; I need an expert to verify it for me. I work for a company that makes latex balloons. The people that have been here for a long time insist that if one is putting a small (5" balloon) filled with helium inside a larger (30") balloon then one must...

There is a portable form of MiKTeX, but I have not yet found description of any portable editor program which could go along with it. Anyone knows of such a portable editor for use with portable MikTeX, please tell.

hi pf! So I'm drawing a picture in tikz and when I use the \shade command my lines are changing from black into the color. anyone know how to prevent this? Thanks so much!

I noticed that the LaTeX in one of my old posts is messed up. The problems start with this piece: ##[/color]C:(a,b)\to \mathbb R^4##[/color] The result should look like this: ##C:(a,b)\to \mathbb R^4## But instead it looks like this: ##C:(a,b)\to \mathbb R^4##. Actually it's even worse...

How do you write on latex like this ##A = (1+2) * (4+7) * (2+9)## ##= 3 * 11 * 11## ##= 363## Instead of this? ##A = (1+2) * (4+7) * (2+9) = 3 * 11 * 11 = 363## How do you align at = in Latex? I would like to use Latex which is used in physicsforums in my PC. Please send me the download...

Since LaTeX is very powerful, I'm curious whether its possible to do things like the below samples in it. Is it? Thanks

This is not a major gripe, but when quotes are automatically pasted into the post editor, anything that was LaTeX in the post being quoted gets pasted twice, once as either an image or roughly equivalent special characters, and once as the LaTeX source from the original post. Is there a way to...

Some pages are so slow for me now that they're essentially unusable. For example this one: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/tangent-space-in-manifolds-how-do-we-exactly-define.685722/#post-4349806 I've been having a lot of problems with the computer that I'm on now, so at first I thought...

Hi, people, so I saw this: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/who-here-blogs-not-pf-blog-and-uses-latex.571791/ using the search function, but still didn't quite get it. :( I've just created a personal blog under the blogger.com website (or htpt:/notadvertisingit.blogspot.com) and of...

There's a tutorial posted on how to make a circled number in LaTeX: tikz pgf - Good way to make \textcircled numbers? - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange however, it doesn't seem to work here. Why not?

Homework Statement This is a problem I had as a margin note in an old notebook that I will recycle. I want write it using LaTeX. Problem is that I also want to write it using "proper" math notation instead of English words. Firstly, I got this: \textrm{Proof that }\nexists x, y \in...

Can someone please help me with the correct Latex code for the functor Hom_R( _ , X) When I try to get the correct symbol for the functor I get $$Hom_R( _ , X)$$ , that is I get a symbol without the _ displayed. Can someone please help me with the correct code? Peter

Homework Statement Hi, I need to create a histogram in Latex. I know how to do this, however, I only know how to do it if I have a limited number of points so I want it so that I can get a computer program to generate a list of numbers and save them to a file and then I can import this to Latex...

i am a newbie to Latex. i have downloaded TeXWorks from the Internet. i copied and paste some text directly from the Internet to test it. Unfortunealy i can't see the 'results' when i saved it as a file. Which type of file should I save in order to see the 'results' . Can someone help please?

What's a good place to start learning about LaTeX and how to use it to write my lab reports?

I just uploaded a post on the class SE of short exact sequences in Mod_R ... and tried to use Latex Code to achieve the same fancy script for S and E as Paul E Bland used in his text "Rings and Their Modules" ... but seemingly did not achieve the right script for S (E seems OK, or at least...

Has anyone of you tried to work with creating Feynman Graphs in LaTeX? I tried using the feynmf package, as explained here: https://www.sharelatex.com/learn/Feynman_diagrams and used the same introductory script: \begin{fmffile*}{diagram} \begin{fmfgraph}(40,25) \fmfleft{i1,i2} \fmfright{o1,o2}...

Does the forum have built in LaTeX for multiple closed integrals? I know that ##\oint## is for a single contour integral. I would've expected things like \oiint and \oiiint to work for surface and volume integrals.

Hi PF! I am very new with Latex and was building a resume using a downloaded template. What I would like to do is create a vertical line down the page. Can anyone help? The line of code that seems to create a horizontal line is...

Latex seems to have stopped working. (?)

I want to have a picture of a box that depicts a function F that takes 2 inputs and 2 outputs with arrows, like-->| F | <-- <--|__| --> Can I do it with latex code, or do I need to draw a picture?

Hello! (Wave) I have to write a text in latex.. (Nerd) Do you have any suggestions, which program I should download ? (Thinking)

\begin{align*} AB &= \sqrt{(2-(-1))^2+(3-4)^2}\\ &= \sqrt{3^2+(-1)^2}\\ &= \sqrt{10}. \end{align*} is what i am entering. This is the error i am getting; misplaced alignment character &.I am baffled.

I am in need of preparing a book for publication (collection of short stories). Simple text, no images, no formulas, the fanciest thing needed is some paragraph formatting with left/right margins, plus some titles/subtitles. Almost doable with any word processing software. But I don't trust...

In many posts with large LaTeX symbols, such as summation sigmas or the parentheses of a matrix, the upper part of those large symbols aren't displayed until you highlight them. If you then scroll them off the visible part of the page and then scroll back, they're messed up again. You should be...

As a byproduct of the last slides on Koide, I have done a semilogx plot of the standard model in latex with the tikz and pfgplots packages, and it can be generically useful to everyone. So here is the gist: https://gist.github.com/arivero/e74ad3848290845de5ca I call this picture the "small...

Hi, I have newly encountered with a subject called LaTeX. I try to learn it. I know it is a document preparation program. Can I install on my PC and start to use it like Matlab? For example where can I use this code? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMS-LaTeX Thank you.

Hi! What is your recommended LaTex Editor? Thanks everyone! :)

I have PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. Is there an easy way to add equations, etc. into my slides?

Hello all, I have created a PDF presentation using LateX. I want to add my commentary on the slides by recording my explanation using a mic and mark some parts of the slides while I am commenting, at least to be able to point where I want using the cursor. How can I do that? Thanks

Hello all, I was wondering how to make that nice looking Complex 'C' when writing a set in Latex. For example, $$\{k\in C\mid k>0\}$$ looks okay but can be better.

Is there a widely used free drawing program that is used in conjunction with LaTeX for math books and physics text? Thanks, Chris

Hi, I'm trying to learn LaTeX and one of the things I'm trying to figure out is what is the difference between \frac and \dfrac? I mean, look: \frac{a}{b} is: $$\frac{a}{b}$$ \dfrac{a}{b} is: $$\dfrac{a}{b}$$ Other then the thickened line, is there really any difference? Thank you...

How would one construct a graph, like the Petersen graph, in LaTeX? Is there a good package to use for it? Edit: I should mention that I'm having trouble using instructions (which are not always consistent) that I'm finding on Google.

hey pf! i was wondering if any of you knew how to generate a .cls file in latex? in other words, what typeset do i select. for example, some i have now are LaTex, Plain Tex, XeLaTex... i'm using TexShop thanks! josh