Inspiring young minds
December 2018
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
Calendar
 Latest topics » Dead Space 3 Awakened Pc Rar MegaWed Feb 19, 2014 12:00 am by aleaesb» Baby_Squad_Investigators_2013Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:00 pm by aleaesb» Suikoden 2 Exe FreeSat Feb 15, 2014 7:21 pm by aleaesb» Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 Full Movie In Hindi Downl...Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:26 pm by aleaesb» Download Smadav 9.4Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:46 pm by aleaesb» Jokes cornerTue Dec 06, 2011 11:28 am by Asad» My forum?Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:05 am by Ani» Am BackSun Jan 09, 2011 8:14 am by Ani» Some handy linksSat Sep 04, 2010 9:36 am by Prest^
 Latest topics » Dead Space 3 Awakened Pc Rar MegaWed Feb 19, 2014 12:00 am by aleaesb» Baby_Squad_Investigators_2013Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:00 pm by aleaesb» Suikoden 2 Exe FreeSat Feb 15, 2014 7:21 pm by aleaesb» Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 Full Movie In Hindi Downl...Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:26 pm by aleaesb» Download Smadav 9.4Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:46 pm by aleaesb» Jokes cornerTue Dec 06, 2011 11:28 am by Asad» My forum?Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:05 am by Ani» Am BackSun Jan 09, 2011 8:14 am by Ani» Some handy linksSat Sep 04, 2010 9:36 am by Prest^
 Forum
 Affiliates
 Science Forum :: Natural Sciences :: Mathematics Share |

# TEX tutorial

AuthorMessage
Ani

Posts : 99
Points : 151
Join date : 2010-06-07

 Subject: TEX tutorial   Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:17 am So a new feature has been implemented, called TeX. A new formatting button has also been added for it. So, some of you may ask, what is TeX, and how to use it? Okay, I’ll try and explain. Suggestions, comments and corrections welcome. (i) What is TeX? TeX is a neat way of formatting mathematical equations and other expressions in posts by means of GIF or PNG images (in this forum it’s PNG). These images are compact and can be inserted in lines of text. Although it is mostly used in mathematics, it can also be used in other areas – for example, in chemistry:(ii) How do I use TeX? Simply wrap your TeX expression in $$…$$ tags. Notice that there is a new TeX formatting button available for this. For example, if you wrapy=ax^2+bx+cin TeX tags, you get this:Neat, huh? Notice a couple of things: (1) The TeX formatter ignores spacing and single line breaks. It automatically parses your equation and inserts relevant spaces – so you don’t have to do it yourself. In the example above, there is a space before and after the = and before and after each +. (2) TeX follows typographical convention by formatting all variables in . (iii) What expressions can I type using TeX? In our example above, the caret symbol ^ is used to format superscript. Similarly the underscore _ is used to format subscript:x^2 gives x_0 gives Note that only the character immediately following the ^ or _ is formatted. If you wish to format more than one character in super-/subscript, you must enclose the characters in braces { }. For example, if you typex^12you would getIf you mean x to the power of 12 instead, you must type x^{12}:x^{12} gives The backslash \ generally precedes TeX commands. Here are a few examples of commonly typed expressions in TeX:\frac{1}{2} gives \sqrt{2} gives \sqrt[3]{2} gives (NB: square brackets [ ] around the 3, braces { } around the 2) \alpha, \beta, \gamma, \delta etc give , , , etc \mathbb{Z}, \mathbb{Q}, \mathbb{R}, \mathbb{C} give It is important to note that all TeX commands are case-sensitive.________________

 TEX tutorial
 Page 1 of 1
 Similar topics
» CSS Tutorial Resources
» Nightime TV glow
» Japanese Paper Dolls
» How to set controls for a PulsaCoil
» Quick and Easy Jasc Animation tutorials

Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum
 Jump to: Select a forum||--General|   |--Introduction|   |--Links|   |--General Discussion|--Natural Sciences|   |--Mathematics|   |--Physics|--Biology|--Chemistry|--Environmental Issues|--Events|   |--New ideas|   |--New discoveries|--Site administration    |--Site Feedback    |--Trash    |--Wanna be moderator?    |--Chatbox