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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)

Typesetting an algorithm

An algorithm constitutes a fundamental concept within computer science. It represents a systematic set of step-by-step operations executed to accomplish specific tasks, such as calculations or data processing, e.g., sorting.

Algorithms can be visualized using a flow chart, which we made in Chapter 6, Creating Graphics. In this recipe, we will print an algorithm using pseudocode with syntax highlighting. Our example will show the calculations that display the Mandelbrot set, a visually stunning classic fractal generated by computations involving complex numbers.

How to do it...

We will utilize the algorithmicx package written by Szász János. We will break down the process into several small steps for more transparent comprehension. As usual, the complete code is available for download from https://latex-cookbook.net, eliminating the need for manual typing. At the end, you will see an image with the output. Consider switching between the output...