Latex Definition and 999 Threads

Hello All! :smile: I need to install LaTeX on a university computer (Windows XP) and so I have to run the install process by our administrator. Before I do so, want to make sure I have all the details. I planned on using MikTex and TeXnicCenter. I believe that I need: 1) To download and...

Hi, I am trying to do a time table as in the following code: \documentclass[a4paper]{report} \usepackage{lscape} \usepackage{multirow} \usepackage{bigstrut} \usepackage{array} \begin{document} \thispagestyle{empty} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{landscape} \begin{tabular}{*{11}{| m{1.5cm} |}}...

Hi, Does anybody know where I could download a latex template for the magazine Nature Physics? or Nature ? Thank you all.

So... All that stuff with {}{}{} around it, is supposed to look nice? And here I've been trying to learn to read it like a new syntax. (Which I guess it is.) But I hear it's supposed to look like nice stuff, and I needn't be translating it via my head. I'm using google chrome, and have java...

I'm writing a large set, and the brackets seem to prevent the automatic line break. How do I work around this? I would like to have the line break be even with my margin of 1.5cm. Thanks!

Hello, I didn't know where else to post this so I thought I would post this here. I don't know a huge amount of LaTeX but I find it generally quite easy to use. However, if I were to write a CV, do you think it would be worth putting down that I am able to program in LaTeX? Would it be...

I can no longer click on a Latex image in a post and grab the code for it. Is there a way to do this? It used to be click on the image, the code would come up, and then copy and paste. Now I don't know what to do.

Hello, I'm using the article class with a table of contents. Everything works fine, except one point: The List of Figures, List of Tables and the Bibliography appars in the Contens with no points between the Name and the Page where they are. For example: Contents 1 Section 1...

Does anyone have the Latex Model for Physical Riview Letters or Physical Riview B? If anyone have, can you send me the model to me? I really need it. Thank you very much!

Title says it all. I was reading my textbook today and it dawned on me that not a single textbook on mathematics that I've read has been printed in LaTeX. Instead, I believe it's printed in Times New Roman. At any rate, I think the font style looks much worse than the standard LaTeX font. Does...

Is LATEX broken? I put an equation in this thread and it doen't appear to be generating for me... https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=3361568#post3361568

What good sources are there to learn latex code? Because I'm finding it frustrating trying to post up homework problems and trying to use paint with my laptop is equally frustrating.

I'm pretty sure this is in the wrong forum (move to correct please:smile:). Aside from that, where do you download LaTeX?

Are there supposed to be significant differences in how LaTex is displayed in the Lyx editor and how LaTex is displayed by the processor used by this forum? On this forum, the LaTex expression \int_a^b f(x) dx shows an integral with lower limit a and upper limit b. When I ( as a novice...

WAAAAAAH How do I fix latex? When I want to write out tex code in-line with my normal writing, it does stuff like this blah blah blah {3\epsilon^3}\over{\pi} more blah blah blah whereas before it use to be continuous, now it creates a separate row for the tex code. Why come? FIX IT FIX IT...

hello. I'm trying to get better acquainted with\LaTeX\ but I'm having some issues with document hierarchy. I've set LaTeX to automatically indent subsections by 1 inch, subsubsections by 2 in, etc. This way progressive sections "funnel" down the right side of the page. I've already done the...

I understand that I should be able to see the source for formulas/equations/math symbols people put in their posts, by right-clicking a symbol or equation. I seem to recall that I could do this but I am unable to do it now in Firefox (Ubuntu Linux Lucid). Is there something I need to install...

I recently found out that every LaTeX expression I type is displayed in a new line. I had to search https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=499624" tread or any of its links. May I suggest that how to type inline expressions be included in the LaTeX learning material? It would be...

I have enabled MathJax on the site. There are no Latex images being displayed. Please post any problems. I'll leave it enabled for the next hour or so and switch back to images until we are 100% ready.

Latex ...! Should I accept the project?? Hi there, I need to do a project with my supervisor and he asks me to use Latex in my project...! Now the question is that is Latex normal program I mean like Microsoft Words ? I mean just requiers typing skills?? Or does it require knowing some...

I am having trouble typing the Hamiltonian symbol into latex. I found the symbol in the http://mirrors.med.harvard.edu/ctan/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf" , however, I had some difficulties in installing the font and stuff. I am using tex-live. I got the following error...

I keep typing things and getting not the things I typed in LaTeX. Am I the only one? Look at what I'm typing here AD = x^{2}+(4-2x)^{2} AD = x^{2}+(4-2x)+(4-2x) AD = 2x+(-2)+(-2) AD = 2x-4 I'm getting AD = 2x-4x and I'm typing in LaTeX all of that (with the tex /tex function-- I...

Does LaTex have the ability to define typographic functions, in a manner similar to the way Postscript can? I've only studied LaTex by following examples and I haven't seen any with that degree of sophistication. I'm not talking about whether one can write things like \sin{x} . As an...

After playing around with MathType's translate to LaTeX tool, I noticed it encloses its translated TeX expressions with either $<expression>$ or $$<expression>$$ depending on whether "Inline Equation" is toggled or not. Being new to TeX, I looked this up, and the wiki page...

Hey guys, I need to write up some physics homework, and I'd like to do it on Latex. The only thing is, my eyes start glossing over when I see like the regular latex editors where you have to format things and type a lot of commands just to get the formatting or the text to come out or w/e (I...

Not sure where to post this. I'm trying to write my dissertation, and both the examiners and I would prefer it if I used latex for the required notation. The frustrating thing is that even though I do know how to produce latex code, I don't know how to save it into a format that the computer...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to put graphics into a lab report in LaTeX, and the images simply won't show up. I've tried doing it several ways, including this: \begin{figure}[h] \begin{center} \includegraphics{SeminalEmulsion.jpg} \caption{default} \label{default} \end{center} \end{figure}...

I am not sure whether I have posted in the right section. As the title says, I want to know which software/technology I need to be familiar with for making a research paper. I am planning to take an undergraduate research program in my university. It is required for us to make a report in...

Hi, Why latex of this forum is horrible? Sometime it does not write what you are writing. Sometime it does not display latex. Sometime, it does not refresh, it will show the same thing even you delete it. etc...

Is there a way to keep variables in LaTex expressions from being displayed slightly raised above the line of text that surrounds them? Or am I doing something inadvertently that causes some of them to pop-up from the line? For example, the second "n", in the following: a. Prove or disprove...

Update: Well, apparently the problem is just that the preview doesn't work on this site. The actual post is fine. Homework Statement I can't use this forum well, because any latex tags I type in are removed. For example, see the tex code below. In the preview (and probably in the real post...

Homework Statement Hello, I just have a question about LaTeX. I am writing a math paper. Is there a way to number/label my examples like I do for theorems and definitions? Thank you. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution

See https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=486869 Both pictures identical, but when you click on them code is different.

Hey, I want to add annotations on figure but can't figure out. I use the beamer class, my figure in in a block. Can anyone tell me how to do this? I tried textblock but did not work. I hear about overpic or psfrag but they don't seem to be what I need. Thanks, Eric.

I'm working on a report that describes the input and output from Mathematica. Is there any standard way for me to represent them? I done this openoffice already but I want to put my paper into latex. What I currently have in Openoffice format was like this: Input: [1] ________ [2] ________...

How do I export Maple *.mw to latex properly?? Homework Statement Hi I use Maple 12 and I have a *.mw worksheet file which I am attempting to export to Latex using Maples buildin Maple to latex exporter. I have copied the files from the ETC folder which came with Maple into the latex...

I'm doing a homework assignment using latex, so I have to show all the steps in my equations. This creates a lot of situations where I'll have [given] = [something] = [something] ... = [final answer]. If I put it all in line, it tends to run out of room, and if I put it vertically (using...

LaTeX don't work with Spoiler. Why ?

Hi everyone, I was wondering if someone could clarify how to put both .ps and .jpg files in the same latex file. At the minute I'm having to convert all my .jpgs to .ps using photoshop then compiling my latex file by going Latex->PS->PDF. However all my converted jpgs look all pixelated...

Sometimes when I write an integral or sum the limits are not written out under and above the integral/sum sign, but on the right making the total symbol rather big. I have not cared about this earlier, but this time it makes the equation so big that it doesn't fit the paper. Is there some way to...

Does anyone here use the package feynmf to generate feynman diagrams? I can use it to build diagrams, but I don't know how to build sums of diagrams i.e. diagramA + diagram B + diagram C Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks

Starting yesterday, when I attempt to include latex in my PF posts, instead of rendering what's between the latex tags, it prints out latex entries from my previous posts! For example, if I were to enter 15 separate latex equations, instead of printing these, it would render my last 15 (those...

Hi all, When I typeset equations with automatic labeling, the labels (numbers) appear on the left side of the page. I want them on the right side -- where they seem to go by default for everyone else. I'm using TexShop v2.37 for mac. Is there a problem with my template? I'm using...

OK. Could somebody please tell me how to get a graph/plot from Mathematica into WinEdit. I've seached on the internet and it all talks about source codes and a lot of other stuff I don't understand. Copy and paste does not seem to be an option! Could some one exlpain to how to do it...

I'm trying to use R and Sweave to make a document. This gives the Latex; \documentclass[a4paper,norsk]{article} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{babel,textcomp} \title{test} \author{me} \usepackage{Sweave}...

I need to type http://www.artnet.com/artists/lotdetailpage.aspx?lot_id=538B3EDF20890B14 into latex but it keeps telling me I need to insert a $ symbol (to make it an equation), but I need the text written like this Is there a way to get round this problem? Thanks.

Homework Statement I tried MS's "insert equations", but i find that some LaTeX codes don't work and I have to manually click. Is there a faster way?

I know all the numbers of a real part of an equation is given as \Re How do you express your complex part in the same form?

Homework Statement Hi! I am trying to figure out how to create a small square after a proof of some theorem or definition (normally all mathematical proofs are finished by adding a small sguare at the end of it) how do I fix it? It is normally placed on the right side.. Oh I found it...

Homework Statement Hello! Does anyone know how can I write gothic letters in latex? for example a big gothic ''X'' or ''g'' as a Lie algebra of some group Thanks! Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution