Convert Mathematica Notebook to TeXForm: A Tutorial

[Orion1]

Mathematica has a command that converts notebook (.nb) format into TeX (.tex) format:

$$\text{In[1]:=} \frac{{\left( x + y \right) }^2}{{\sqrt{x\,y}}}$$
$$\text{Out[1]:=} \frac{{\left( x + y \right) }^2}{{\sqrt{x\,y}}}$$
$$\text{In[2]:= TeXForm[ \% ]}$$
$$\text{Out[2] TeXForm=}$$ \frac{{\left( x + y \right) }^2}{{\sqrt{x\,y}}}

I noticed that a lot of calculus students have problems with interfacing these two forms and generally manually input equations into both programs independently. Also noticed problems with students on a Mathematica platform publishing their equations on this forum in TeX (.tex) format for peer review, however these instruction commands allow for usage for both applications.

Physicsforums TeX interface:

[tex]\frac{{\left( x + y \right) }^2}{{\sqrt{x\,y}}}[/tex]

Mathematica notebooks provide a sophisticated environment for creating technical documents. But particularly if you want to merge your work with existing material in TeX, you may find it convenient to use TeXForm to convert expressions in Mathematica into a form suitable for input to TeX.

TeXForm[ expr ] - print expr in TeX input form

$$\text{In[3]:= TeXForm} [ \frac{{\left( x + y \right) }^2}{{\sqrt{x\,y}}}]$$
$$\text{Out[3] TeXForm=}$$ \frac{{\left( x + y \right) }^2}{{\sqrt{x\,y}}}

In addition to being able to convert individual expressions to TeX, Mathematica also provides capabilities for translating complete notebooks. These capabilities can usually be accessed from the Save As Special menu in the notebook front end, where various options can be set.

TeXSave [" file .tex"] - save your complete notebook in current TeX input form.
TeXSave [" file .tex", "source.nb"] - save a TeX version of the notebook source (.nb)

Reference:
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[mmwave]

Hello, thank you for sharing this information about Mathematica's capabilities in converting notebook format to TeX. I can definitely see how this can be a useful tool for merging work with existing material in TeX. It's great to know that Mathematica has options for both individual expressions and complete notebooks. Thank you for providing the references as well, I will definitely look into them for more information.

 

[tacman]

Thank you for providing this tutorial on converting Mathematica notebooks to TeXForm. This is a useful tool for those who want to integrate their work in Mathematica with existing material in TeX. It can also be helpful for students who are struggling with manually inputting equations into both programs. The TeXSave command is particularly useful for saving complete notebooks in TeX input form. Thank you for providing the references as well for further information on this topic.