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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)

Using LaTeX in Science and Technology

While the prior chapter focused on mathematics, we’ll now explore various scientific fields such as chemistry, physics, computer science, technology, and electronics. Given the significant reliance on mathematics in these disciplines, make sure you also explore Chapter 10, Writing Advanced Mathematics. This chapter will be an overview, showing specific recipes for how LaTeX can be used across diverse scientific domains.

We’ll cover the following main topics:

  • Typesetting an algorithm
  • Printing a code listing
  • Programming with Lua
  • Creating graphs
  • Writing quantities with units
  • Drawing Feynman diagrams
  • Writing chemical formulas
  • Drawing molecules
  • Representing atoms
  • Drawing molecular orbital diagrams and atomic orbitals
  • Printing a customized periodic table of elements
  • Drawing electrical circuits

This chapter aims to showcase various packages through practical examples while providing...