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LaTeX Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Stefan Kottwitz
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LaTeX Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Stefan Kottwitz

Overview of this book

The second edition of LaTeX Cookbook offers improved and additional examples especially for users in science and academia, with a focus on new packages for creating graphics with LaTeX. This edition also features an additional chapter on ChatGPT use to improve content, streamline code, and automate tasks, thereby saving time. This book is a practical guide to utilizing the capabilities of modern document classes and exploring the functionalities of the newest LaTeX packages. Starting with familiar document types like articles, books, letters, posters, leaflets, and presentations, it contains detailed tutorials for refining text design, adjusting fonts, managing images, creating tables, and optimizing PDFs. It also covers elements such as the bibliography, glossary, and index. You’ll learn to create graphics directly within LaTeX, including diagrams and plots, and explore LaTeX’s application across various fields like mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science. The book’s website offers online compilable code, an example gallery, and supplementary information related to the book, including the author’s LaTeX forum, where you can get personal support. By the end of this book, you’ll have the skills to optimize productivity through practical demonstrations of effective LaTeX usage in diverse scenarios.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Fine-tuning math formulas

While LaTeX excels in typesetting formulas, there are instances where the layout may need enhancement. This recipe provides quick solutions to address such issues.

Getting ready

Let’s have a look at misalignment and spacing, issues with subscripts and superscripts that can easily occur:

  1. Open the following sample document with your LaTeX editor. You can take it from the code archive provided with the book or directly copy and paste it from the e-book:
    \documentclass{article}
    \usepackage{dsfont}
    \begin{document}
    \[
      \lim_{n\to\infty} \sup_{x\in\mathds{R}} f_n(x^2)
        < n \Big(\sum_{x\in\mathds{R}, n\in\mathds{N}}
        \big| f_n(x^2) \big| \Big)
    \]
    \end{document}
  2. Compile and take a look at the formula:
Figure 10.6 – Regular formulas with deficiencies

Figure 10.6 – Regular formulas with deficiencies

Although the LaTeX code is OK, you can see that several places could benefit from refinement...