Quick LaTeX Tutorial

[MetaFrizzics 11]

[math]\left(\sqrt[5]{x + y}\right)[/math]

 

just testing...

[eon_rider 10]

[math] E = mc^2 [/math]

 

Ah...nice...thanks

 

[math] E/c=\sqrt{(m_0c)^2+p^2} [/math]

 

Wow...even cooler...

 

thanks A.E. & (edit) Dave.

[Psion 10]

I had a thread a while ago and I was wondering if there are latex symbols for the long division and perhaps extension code for working out the problem..

 

I would dislike using the square root symbol for this, but it seems like the next closest thing. I don't like using the

 

$12/24$ type of stuff that gives a number over a line and a bottom number under that line.

 

Arg, too many different BBSs have different latex systems.

[Dave 246]

I'll have a look at implementing the polynom package, since that seems to do this sort of thing.

[ElijahJones 10]

[MATH]sigma_0^{n}a^i[/MATH]

[BigMoosie 13]

When I need to write mathematical expressions on my computer for personal use I come to these forums and write it in latex then hit preview and save the image to my computer. This is quite annoying and unconventional, is there a program I can download that either generates latex images or has a complete UI for writing such expressions?

 

Thankyou.

[Dave 246]

Not really. If you're writing documents then you might want to consider writing the entire thing using LaTeX, but other than that... I don't know

[Ducky Havok 10]

There's a program called MathType that's pretty useful.

Free Trial

[BigMoosie 13]

Cheers! I remember seeing that advertised in NewScientist, I'm gonna check it out.

[stevem 10]

I agree with Dave that the most sensible thing to do is install LaTeX on your system. But if you really don't want to do that you'll need a LaTeX emulator like mimeTeX.

 

Assuming that you are using Windows, then download mimetex.exe from there. You can then call mimetex from the DOS command line, but the simplest thing to do is write a batch file:

@echo off
mimetex -f mimetemp.tex -e mimetemp.gif

Save your latex code in mimetemp.tex, run the batch file and the image will appear as mimetemp.gif.

[stevem 10]

And if you want a free equation editor to generate the LaTeX code for you, have a look at TeXAide

[Cap'n Refsmmat 1351]

You can also use OpenOffice, as it is a word processor and offers a math module.

[muhali3 10]

[math]noobzor[/math]

[Silencer 10]

whoops

[CanadaAotS 12]

just testing this out...

 

[math]\frac{x^2 + 4x}{2y^2 + y} = 6[/math]

 

Derivative:

 

[math]\frac{(2x + 4)\cdot(2y^2 + y) - (x^2 + 4x)\cdot(2\frac{dy}{dx} + 1)}{(2y^2 + y)^2} = 0[/math]

 

[math]\frac{(4xy^2 + 2xy + 4xy^2 + 4xy) - (2x^2\frac{dy}{dx} + x^2 + 4x\frac{dy}{dx} + 4x)}{(2y^2 + y)^2} = 0[/math]

 

[math]\frac{8xy^2 + 6xy - x^2 - 4x}{(2y^2 + y)^2} + \frac{-2x^2\frac{dy}{dx} - 4x\frac{dy}{dx}}{(2y^2 + y)^2} = 0[/math]

 

[math]\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{8xy^2 + 6xy - x^2 - 4x}{-2x^2 - 4x}[/math]

 

now hopefully that will work out fine...

Also if any math is wrong please tell me lol

 

the language to use is easy just going through it all is hard lol

[stevem 10]

It would be easier to say

[math]\frac{x^2 + 4x}{2y^2 + y} = 6 \implies x^2+4x=6\left(2y^2+y \right)[/math]

 

Hence

[math]2x+4=6\left(4y\frac{dy}{dx}+\frac{dy}{dx}\right)=6\frac{dy}{dx}(4y+1)[/math]

 

So [math]\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{2x+4}{6(4y+1)}[/math]

[Hiya 10]

[math]Gradient = \frac{kV^2}{m} = \frac{0.00779*15^2}{0.1128} = 15.539[/math]

[Kedas 21]

What's wrong why can't I see a formula here?

This is generated with matlab 6.5, command Latex(S).

[math]-\sin(\left({\it Patm}\,t-\arctan({\frac {{\it Pstart}}{\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}}})\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}\right){\frac {1}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}}}{{\it Volume}}^{-1}){\it Pin}\,\cos(\left({\it Patm}\,t-\arctan({\frac {{\it Pstart}}{\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}}})\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}\right){\frac {1}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}}}{{\it Volume}}^{-1})\sqrt {{{\it Pin}}^{2}{\it Kv}\,\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}\left (-2\,\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}{{\it Pstart}}^{2}\left (\cos({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}})\right )^{2}+\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}{{\it Pin}}^{2}\left (\cos({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}})\right )^{2}-2\,{{\it Pstart}}^{3}\sin({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}})\cos({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}})+2\,{\it Pstart}\,\sin({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}}){{\it Pin}}^{2}\cos({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}})+\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}{{\it Pstart}}^{2}\right )^{-1}}{\frac {1}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}}}[/math]

 

-\sin(\left({\it Patm}\,t-\arctan({\frac {{\it Pstart}}{\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}}})\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}\right){\frac {1}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}}}{{\it Volume}}^{-1}){\it Pin}\,\cos(\left({\it Patm}\,t-\arctan({\frac {{\it Pstart}}{\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}}})\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}\right){\frac {1}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}}}{{\it Volume}}^{-1})\sqrt {{{\it Pin}}^{2}{\it Kv}\,\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}\left (-2\,\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}{{\it Pstart}}^{2}\left (\cos({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}})\right )^{2}+\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}{{\it Pin}}^{2}\left (\cos({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}})\right )^{2}-2\,{{\it Pstart}}^{3}\sin({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}})\cos({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}})+2\,{\it Pstart}\,\sin({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}}){{\it Pin}}^{2}\cos({\frac {{\it Patm}\,t}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}{\it Volume}}})+\sqrt {-{{\it Pstart}}^{2}+{{\it Pin}}^{2}}{{\it Pstart}}^{2}\right )^{-1}}{\frac {1}{\sqrt {{\it Kv}}}}

 

 

 

Edit:

OK, found the error. In which program can I make a pretty formula based on this latex?

There is a pretty command in matlab but it's not graphical.

[matt grime 10]

surely the warning that the string is too long explains why it won't work on this forum.

 

If you want to see it just latex it at home using your installation of latex. This is freely available for all *nix platforms, windows, mac OSX, and probably many more besides. just download the relevant version and enjoy. use google to find it.

[JustStuit 14]

How would you put a space in Latex?

 

Say I wanted to put something in scientific notation, what's the best way to do that.

[matt grime 10]

it's a slash followed by a space. eg "\ " without the quotation marks. You can insert larger spaces. Use google to get the information; there is a lot of latex on line (no puns please).

[JustStuit 14]

Thanks

[timo 563]

Use google to get the information; there is a lot of latex on line (no puns please).

Actually, I always google for "tex" for that reason.

[matt grime 10]

That might well work, but for the newbies remember a lot of tex stuff is deprecated in latex2e (documentclass for instance doesn't work in tex).

[RyanJ 34]

Hey Dave, can you tell me if this is a bug?

 

Sometimes I get a restricted command error even when its text and not a command, name for example triggers error even if its not preceded by a slash... any ideas?

 

Cheers,

 

Ryan Jones