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Guide to $\LaTeX$

Written by Keith, inspired by materials by Cynthia Lee and David Varodayan

In CS103, we require you to type your problem sets. While you can use pretty much any system you'd like for this (Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, Google Docs, etc.), we encourage you to use $\LaTeX$.

$\LaTeX$ is a mathematical typesetting system. It's widely used in academia for typesetting papers, posters, and books. Once you learn what something typeset in $\LaTeX$ looks like, you'll start seeing it everywhere.

Although $\LaTeX$ is powerful enough to create intricate and beautiful layouts for books, it's also simple enough that you can learn the basics in a matter of hours. This guide explores the basics of how to typeset your problem sets in $\LaTeX$.

Getting Started with $\LaTeX$

In order to write your problem sets in $\LaTeX$, you'll need a compiler that converts . tex files into beautiful PDFs. We recommend the lovely online tool Overleaf . Sign up using your @ stanford . edu email account - to get you full access to all the site's features.

Once you're there, click the "New Project" button. Pick a title for your project (maybe something like "Test" or "My Very First LaTeX Document"), and you'll be taken to a screen with two panes. On the right you'll see a PDF containing some sample text. On the right you'll see the raw $\LaTeX$ source that generated that document. Here's the source that generated my document:

Let's add some text onto the page. Right below the line \ section { Introduction } , add this text:

After you've done this, click the "recompile" button. You should see see this text appearing below the "1 Introduction" header. (I've put the output in a bordered box to separate it from the rest of this text; you won't see the border in the version on Overleaf.)

Hello, world! Watch me do math: $(x + 1)^2 = x^2 + 2x + 1$.

Isn't that beautiful! Look at those superscripts!

Now, change what you've added beneath the \ section { Introduction } line to look like this:

You'll now see this:

$\quad \LaTeX$ can do other things too. Here's a fraction: $\frac{137}{42}$.

You might be starting to infer some things about how $\LaTeX$ documents are formatted. Plain text just displays as-is. When you surround text with the $ character, it somehow starts thinking that you're doing Mathy Things. Special commands start with the \ character, and curly braces are used for arguments or to group things together. And indeed, all of that is correct! Let's start looking at each of these in detail.

Text Mode and Math Mode

$\LaTeX$ has two modes: text mode , where characters are written out as text, and math mode , which is used for equations. By default, everything is written in text mode. So if you want to write text in a $\LaTeX$ document, just write that text as usual. $\LaTeX$ will then make it absolutely beautiful. (Like, seriously - look closely at the text that's rendered.)

In math mode , $\LaTeX$ will interpret text as if you're writing out formulas. Use the $ character to surround what you want to include in math mode. Many simple expressions work the way you'd expect:

• Powers and exponents can be done using the ^ operator. For example, $ x ^ 2 + 5 $ renders as $x^2 + 5$.
• Subscripts can be done using the _ operator. For example, $ F_2 = F_0 + F_1 $ renders as $F_2 = F_0 + F_1$.

When using subscripts and superscrips, be aware that, by default, only a single character is picked up by the ^ or _ operators. For example, if we write $ x ^ 42 = a_137 $ , we get $x^42 = a_137$, which doesn't match the intuitive mathematical meaning. To fix this, we can use curly braces to group things together. The expression

will render as $x^{42} = a_{137}$, more closely matching our meaning.

Although you probably won't need to do this all that much, you can actually chain ^ and _ together! For example, the expression

renders as $x^{y^{z_2}}$.

There are a few other things to be aware of about math mode. First, you can surround text with two dollar signs ( $$ ) to have that text intepreted as math, but then displayed on its own line and centered. For example, consider this $\LaTeX$ example:

This renders as follows:

The quadratic formula says that the solutions to $ax^2 + bx + c = 0$ are given by

a formula that is commonly memorized in early algebra courses.

On that note, let's piece apart how we did the quadratic formula. The command \ pm is the "plus or minus" symbol. To display a fraction, we use the syntax \ frac { numerator }{ denominator } . And to do a square root, we write \ sqrt { expression } . Can you see how everything fits together here?

There are a couple of other ways to enter math mode, but we'll save them for later.

Math Symbols

In what we covered above, you saw \ pm for $\pm$, the \ frac command to $\frac{\text{display}}{\text{fractions}}$, and the \ sqrt command to $\sqrt{\text{say something radical}}$. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, and there are a bunch of other mathematical tools available in $\LaTeX$.

Let's begin with some operations on sets:

• A \ cup B displays as $A \cup B$.
• A \ cap B displays as $A \cap B$
• A \ backslash B displays as $A \backslash B$.
• A \ triangle B displays as $A \triangle B$.
• x \ in S displays as $x \in S$.
• x \ not \ in S displays as $x \not\in S$.
• S \ subseteq T displays as $S \subseteq T$.
• S \ not \ subseteq T displays as $S \not\subseteq T$.
• | S | displays as $\vert S \vert$.
• \ wp ( S ) displays as $\wp(S)$.

Here's some ways of describing names of single sets:

• \ emptyset displays as $\emptyset$.
• \ mathbb { N } displays as $\mathbb{N}$.
• \ mathbb { Z } displays as $\mathbb{Z}$.
• \ mathbb { R } displays as $\mathbb{R}$.

In case you're wondering what \ mathbb means, it's "math blackboard bold," the fancy name for those sorts of symbols.

And, should you need it:

• \ aleph_0 displays as $\aleph_0$.

Writing out actual sets is a bit trickier. Remember that $\LaTeX$ treats curly braces as something that groups mathematical expressions together. As a result, if you write { 1 , 2 , 3 } , it'll display as ${1, 2, 3}$. To explicitly write out those braces, write it out like this:

That will display as ${1, 2, 3}$, which is what's intended. Keep an eye out for this when typesetting your solutions - it's really easy to forget to do this, and leaving off braces can change the mathematical meaning of what you write!

Other Symbols

There are plenty of other symbols that we'll use over the course of the quarter. What should you do if you want to write one of them, but aren't sure how?

One option would be to check our $\LaTeX$ templates - we'll include some examples up on the front page to make things easier for you to copy and paste.

Another option would be to use the remarkable website Detexify . Draw whatever symbol you're looking for, and it will suggest possible options for what you want. It's supremely handy!

And of course, you can post over on EdStem or just do some Google searching to see what you find.

Hope this helps, and happy $\LaTeX$ing!

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A simple guide to latex – step by step, learn about latex in short lessons with full code examples. a comprehensive guide to basic and advanced features..

These tutorials, provide a hands-on introduction to LaTeX. You will see, the usage is very simple. Even if you have only used word processors (e.g. Word) before, you can learn LaTeX in no time.

In the following lessons you will be introduced to all the basic features of LaTeX, one feature at a time. As a beginner, you should either start with the first lesson or, if you just want a very brief introduction, try the interactive  quick start guide . While the beginners course will enable you to typeset your research papers or thesis, the advanced lessons will introduce you to very powerful features, which are a bit harder to grasp, but can boost your productivity.

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• 01 Your first document
• 02 Document structure (sections and paragraphs)
• 03 Packages
• 05 Adding pictures
• 06 Table of contents
• 07 Bibliography
• 08 Footnotes
• 10 Automatic table generation (from .csv)
• 11 Automatic plot generation (from .csv)
• 12 Drawing graphs (vector graphics with tikz)
• 13 Source code highlighting
• 14 Circuit diagrams
• 15 Advanced circuit diagrams
• 16 Hyperlinks

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Doing your homework in latex.

It is a common occurrence for other students to comment on my homework whenever I turn it in for one of my classes.

The complete LaTeX file (and the pdf output) can be found in my repository, latex-homework-template .

Below are a few screenshots of problems that I’ve done in the past:

If I didn’t know how easy it was and the benefits that I get from typesetting my homework, I’d probably ask as well. However, I’d argue that using LaTeX to type up homework has made me a far better student than when I used to handwrite my homeworks.

And that is something that I care a lot about.

The Benefits

I can summarize the benefits like so:

It can be kept in Source Control. Handwriting can’t be stored in a version control system; once you erase something, it’s gone.

You can see your homework materialize in front of you. Seeing the results and the equations in their complete LaTeX-glory is a very powerful way to conceptualize things. There’s just something different about the way things look so perfect that makes the subject easier to understand.

You’ll do better in your classes. This one goes with the previous point, but having the ability to see your homework helps you understand it. By understanding it well, you’ll do better on tests. You will maximize how much you can learn as well as maximize your grade (if that matters to you).

It’s very neat & tidy. Although my handwriting has improved quite a bit, I still find myself slipping back into a rushed, messy script from the past. LaTeX gives zero doubt that the professor/TA will be able to read my solutions.

About LaTeX

A very short history.

Donald Knuth , a legendary Computer Scientist as well as one of my favorites, is well known for the system that he created called just TeX .

It is a piece of typesetting software that aids in writing documents and formulas. The power comes from the fact that the document that you write is plain source code.

The code that you write is then “typeset” into the final document in whatever form you wish.

Here’s an example of some basic LaTeX code:

With the output looking like below:

Using the Template

I’ve created a GitHub repository, latex-homework-template , just for my homework template that I’ve been using ever since I started. I found it online and used it as a base to start my template.

To use it, just download the homework.tex file and start editing. Once you need to typeset it, you’ll need LaTeX here .

After that, you just need to compile it and you’ll get your output. There are tons of different resources that I’ve found useful in learning LaTeX:

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Effect on Performance

I have a solid set of anecdotal evidence in favor of using LaTeX for writing up my homework.

In all the classes that I’ve used LaTeX, I’ve come out of the class with a very strong understanding of the material as well as a good grade. Although I’m not a big fan of grades (like at all), I know it matters to some people.

This might have to do with the fact that doing the homework in LaTeX takes longer. It might have to do with the fact that I perfect the appearance and spend a lot more time looking at the subject.

The most likely reason is a combination of all that I previously mentioned plus other factors. I’m usually one to always want to quantify something, but in this case, I know it helps; that’s all I need.

Learning Curve

There definitely is a learning curve when it comes to trying to use LaTeX for homework. I felt that it was definitely worth the effort unlike how it might seem to some students.

I reasoned that when I go to graduate school, I will want to use it there. I also know how pervasive it is in textbooks. Since I love to read textbooks so much, I wanted to see what it took to write them so elegantly. I may even want to write one in the future; we’ll have to see =]

To me it seemed like a small tradeoff for the great benefits that it provided.

I cannot recommend using LaTeX for your homework enough.

The benefits go a long way. It helps you learn the material and in a way that isn’t as easily achieved when just using pencil and paper.

LaTeX is also widely used in academia and learning about the tool is almost essential if you wish to go to graduate school.

Once I graduate from university, I plan on releasing all my code for the last three semesters as open source. It includes all my LaTeX code which has really accumulated over the last year. It should provide a nice resource for others.

In the meantime, hopefully if you start using LaTeX for your homework, you won’t be able to resist doing it early because of how fun it is. Well, at least it was fun for me =]

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A LaTeX3 meta-class for typesetting lecture notes, problem sets, and other academic documents.

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This repository contains the latest versions of two LaTeX 3 classes: pset and notes . These are designed to be used by college students or instructors to typeset materials relating to primarily Science and Mathematics courses, although they can be easily used in the Humanities and Social Sciences as well, if you are so inclined. They share common functionality and a unified design.

The goals of the two projects have not really changed; these classes are designed to be

Easy to Use: Ideally, you shouldn't need to do any extra work to use these classes. Just load the class, provide the requisite data, and start writing. The class should take care of loading most commonly used packages and defining macros so that you can maintain consistent functionality and formatting for all of your documents;

Unicode Compatible: These documents should be able to handle whatever text you throw at them, in any langauge you need. In addition to being fully xelatex and lualatex compatible, the classes define custom font families, macros, and document environments for Arabic and Persian text;

LaTeX 3 Compatible: These classes are created using expl3 and use the LaTeX 3 engine. This is partially because the LaTeX project will ultimately move to LaTeX 3 which makes it prudent to adopt this technology as soon as possible, partially because I find expl3 much easier to program in that LaTeX 2ε (or plain TeX), and partially as an excercise for myself to learn a new language;

Adaptable: Early versions of the homework class (now called pset ) required the use of xelatex , the classes are now fully compatible with pdflatex as well. While I still like to use xelatex in a lot of circumstances, pdflatex is much faster and has better support for microtype adjustments, which makes it a really useful choice. The coursework classes also are fully compatible with lualatex , which is needed to create Feynman diagrams.

Shared Features

The two class repositories were merged because I found that in while the they were separate, I was writing and maintaining almost identical code to provide the 'back end' of the class --- things like common macros, loading the same packages, and so on. In unifying the repositories, I hope to maintain less code while making both classes more functional. I also want to strive to maintain full backwards compatability with the previous classes, up to a point.

Both classes have a similar document layout. The page is slightly asymmetric, with more space on the right side of the page than on the left. This allows for notes (both footnotes and margin notes) to be placed in the margin, directly adjacent to the citing text. This means that the eye has to travel less distance and the pace of reading is not so jarringly interrupted when you want to see the note. Footnotes are automatically placed in the margin, and the \note{} command will place any other text in the margin as well.

Mathematics

These classes define the following theorem-like environments for consistent formatting.

• Also useful here is the parts environment and the \part command which lets you define multiple steps for a given problem. \part allows for an optional argument which becomes the internal reference label of that step, allowing you to reference the part later in the document. E.g., \part[4a] and \ref{4a} .
• example : This is identical to the problem environment, except the background is a light gold instead of grey.
• proof : The regular proof environment provided by amstex . Ends with a QED symbol, which is by default a black square.
• solution : Identical to the proof environment, execept it has the word Solution in place of the word Proof . Provided just to save time and keystrokes.
• lemma , theorem , corollary , conjecture : These environments have a bold header with italic body text.
• definition , notation , abuse : The Definition, Notaiton, and Abuse of Notation environments have unformatted body text with a bold header, and are indented by a centimeter on either side.

The \final{} command draws a box around whatever expression it encloses, providing a visually distinctive way to identify the final step or result in a proof or solution.

By default, we load the siunitx package to provide formatting for units. The classes also define the following non-SI (but still useful) units:

• \atmosphere
• \fahrenheit

There is also the \unit{} command, which is meant to typeset a unit vector. The expression inside will be bolded, and have a circumflex accent attached, so \unit{a} becomes â .

The coursework classes also provide the option to load the tikz-feynman and circuitikz packages for creating Feynman diagrams and circuit schematics. These packages require the [diagram] option be passed to the document class.

The coursework classes load the mhchem package by default. They also provide the option to load the chemfig package to create chemical structure diagrams. This requires the [diagram] option be passed to the document class.

Linguistics

These classes provide the following commands to aid in typesetting Linguistics documents:

• \phon{} : Specifies a particular phoneme. The relevant symbol is placed between slashes, so \phon{j} becomes /j/ .
• \allo{} : Specifies an allophone of a particular sound. The relevant symbol is placed between braces, so \allo{j} becomes [j] .
• \orth{} : Specifies an orthographic character. The relevant symbol is placed between angle brackets, so \orth{j} becomes 〈j〉 .

In addition, there is also the \ipafont command, which typesets the particular group in a font which is fully capable of redering IPA symbols. Be default, this is just the main body font of the document, but you can redefine it if you want to choose a distinct font for IPA text. This will affect all instances of the above three commands.

We also provide the \where command, which renders as a large slash. This is meant to be used when defining sound change rules, so \phon{j} \to \phon{y} \where \text{C\_} becomes /j/ → /y/ ／ C_ .

Class Options

There are two options for fonts; Libertine and Computer Modern (Unicode). By default, the document will be typeset in Libertine. To load the Computer Modern font family, pass the cmu option to the document class. This will load either the lmodern package if you compile with pdflatex or attempt to load the Computer Modern Unicode font, which must be separately installed on your computer.

If you don't like either of these font choices, you can of course load your own font with xelatex or find a suitable package for pdflatex , and simply set these in the document preamble, after you have loaded the relevant class.

Source Code

If you want to include source code or algorithms in you document, pass the code option to the document class. This will load the following packages:

• algpseudocode

You must have the Python package pygments installed separately to use this feature. Note that since minted requires executing code outside the latex kernel, you'll need to pass the -shell-escape flag when you compile. Additionally, if you are compiling with xelatex you may also need to pass the -8bit flag after the -shell-escape flag to correct a formatting issue wherein tab literals are improperly displayed.

If you want to draw any kinds of diagrams, including circuits, chemical figures, and Feynman diagrams, pass the [diagram] option to the class. This will load the following packages:

• circuitikz with the [american] and [siunitx] options
• tikz-feynman
• [cmu] : tells the class to use the Computer Modern fonts instead of the Libertine fonts
• [diagram] : loads the tikz , pgfplots , circuitikz , and tikz-feynman packages
• [code] : loads the minted , algorithm , and algpseudocode packages.

Installation

To install the coursework classes, download the latest release from GitHub. Create a new directory named coursework/ in the texmf/tex/generic/ directory, and symlink notes.cls , pset.cls , and coursework.tex into this new directory.

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Free online introduction to LaTeX (part 3)

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Part 3: Not Just Papers: Presentations & More

Welcome to the third part of our free online course to help you learn LaTeX. This part includes a quick recap of the LaTeX fundamentals presented in part one and part two of the course, but if you are new to LaTeX, you may want to work through those parts in full.

In this part of the course, we introduce some more advanced LaTeX packages, namely:

• LaTeX Presentations with Beamer
• Drawing in LaTeX with TikZ
• Tracked changes and comments with todonotes

Let's get started!

These slides have also been translated into French (thanks to Yannis Haralambous) and several other languages .

You can download a PDF or browse the slides below:

We hope you have enjoyed learning LaTeX with our course. Ready to start writing? Sign up for Overleaf —it's the easiest way to write and collaborate on your new LaTeX projects! Looking for inspiration? Check out the many examples available on Overleaf to get some ideas for what is possible with \(\mathrm \LaTeX\)!

Looking for slides for your LaTeX course? These slides are open source and permissively licensed (MIT), so you're free to remix them for use in your own courses. Enjoy! :)

• Documentation Home
• Learn LaTeX in 30 minutes

Overleaf guides

• Creating a document in Overleaf
• Uploading a project
• Copying a project
• Creating a project from a template
• Using the Overleaf project menu
• Including images in Overleaf
• Exporting your work from Overleaf
• Working offline in Overleaf
• Using Track Changes in Overleaf
• Using bibliographies in Overleaf
• Sharing your work with others
• Using the History feature
• Debugging Compilation timeout errors
• How-to guides
• Guide to Overleaf’s premium features

LaTeX Basics

• Creating your first LaTeX document
• Choosing a LaTeX Compiler
• Paragraphs and new lines
• Bold, italics and underlining

Mathematics

• Mathematical expressions
• Subscripts and superscripts
• Brackets and Parentheses
• Fractions and Binomials
• Aligning equations
• Spacing in math mode
• Integrals, sums and limits
• Display style in math mode
• List of Greek letters and math symbols
• Mathematical fonts
• Using the Symbol Palette in Overleaf

Figures and tables

• Inserting Images
• Positioning Images and Tables
• Lists of Tables and Figures
• Drawing Diagrams Directly in LaTeX
• TikZ package

References and Citations

• Bibliography management with bibtex
• Bibliography management with natbib
• Bibliography management with biblatex
• Bibtex bibliography styles
• Natbib bibliography styles
• Natbib citation styles
• Biblatex bibliography styles
• Biblatex citation styles
• Multilingual typesetting on Overleaf using polyglossia and fontspec
• Multilingual typesetting on Overleaf using babel and fontspec
• International language support
• Quotations and quotation marks

Document structure

• Sections and chapters
• Table of contents
• Cross referencing sections, equations and floats
• Nomenclatures
• Management in a large project
• Multi-file LaTeX projects
• Lengths in L a T e X
• Headers and footers
• Page numbering
• Paragraph formatting
• Line breaks and blank spaces
• Text alignment
• Page size and margins
• Single sided and double sided documents
• Multiple columns
• Code listing
• Code Highlighting with minted
• Using colours in LaTeX
• Margin notes
• Font sizes, families, and styles
• Font typefaces
• Supporting modern fonts with X Ǝ L a T e X

Presentations

• Environments

Field specific

• Theorems and proofs
• Chemistry formulae
• Feynman diagrams
• Molecular orbital diagrams
• Chess notation
• Knitting patterns
• CircuiTikz package
• Pgfplots package
• Typesetting exams in LaTeX
• Attribute Value Matrices

Class files

• Understanding packages and class files
• List of packages and class files
• Writing your own package
• Writing your own class

Advanced TeX/LaTeX

• In-depth technical articles on TeX/LaTeX

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