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Two coloured arrow

I would like to draw arrows in diagrams that have two colours split along the axis. (This shall represent a mixed case in colour-coded case distinction.) Here's a sketch: Here is a MWE to play with: ...
7
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1answer
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Hiding arrow in xymatrix?

I want to enlarge a xy-diagram. Using the \invisible command, I got some strange spacing. That's why I decided to redraw the complete diagram using the \only and the \phantom command. But there is an ...
6
votes
1answer
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Piecing together a diagram from other files

I'm in \documentaclass[landscape]{article} and I'm trying to figure out how I can put together a bunch of figures I've created (with the generous help of TSE users) on this document. What I'm trying ...
3
votes
1answer
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Shorten or extend xypic arrows

In an xypic or xymatrix diagram, is it possible to specify that an arrow should only cover part of the distance it normally would? In other words, for an arrow \xymatrix{ A \ar[r] & B }, or ...
2
votes
2answers
283 views

Network/Message Sequence Diagram

I am looking to produce something similar (but more complex) to this diagram: This depicts network packets between two sides of communication. I don't know if there is any specific name for it ...
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2answers
752 views

How to draw a coordinate system with LaTeX?

I want to draw a coordinate system like this: I would like to specify the width and height of the coordinate system and where the origin begins (upper left corner). I also want to specify the x and ...
6
votes
1answer
187 views

Typesetting inline Penrose/Cvitanovic tensor diagrams (birdtracks)

In the 50's, Roger Penrose invented a private graphical notation for tensors, which he later published. Wikipedia has a short description. It's basically a directed graph with some labels on it and ...
3
votes
1answer
159 views

parallel arrows in pb-diagram

It is possible to get two parallel maps (one pointing to the left, the other to the right) between two nodes using pb-diagram? I know it can be done with TikZ, and maybe with some other package, but I ...
7
votes
2answers
638 views

inclusion arrow in TikZ

How can I give shape to some arrow in tikz, to draw the inclusion arrow? I read a similar question How to typeset inclusion arrow? with given answer, but the answer didn't really used tikz and I ...
3
votes
1answer
154 views

OpenType, extensible arrows, and diagrams

Does the OpenType font format provide support for extensible arrows (as in \xrightarrow)? If so, is it true that it would be unicode-math's job to make this functionality available in TeX? This ...
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vote
1answer
177 views

How to make self-refering arrow with xydigram in a box

I'm trying to make a nice state diagram with some arrows I cannot find a way to make the arrows pointing to the same state: in my case, I would like a self-refering arrow to altcache I'm not fixed ...
2
votes
1answer
489 views

Commutative diagram with parallel arrows in opposite direction

I have a diagram of the following form, written with the package amscd: \begin{align*} \begin{CD} W @>\phi>> X \\ @V{a}V{b}V @V{c}V{d}V \\ Y @>\phi>> Z \\ \end{CD} ...
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votes
1answer
730 views

How to have one straight arrows surrounded by two curved arrows (TikZ)

What is the best way to draw one arrow surrounded by two circular arrows (see image below). This is very easy to do when you have a small number of nodes, especially so when the arrows go from one ...
3
votes
3answers
341 views

covering map arrow

I am trying to draw an arrow going down similar to these we usually see in topolgy books. For example, when we study covering spaces we usually put the covering space and then an arrow and then the ...
4
votes
1answer
338 views

Reverse arrow in TikZ

How can I reverse some arrows of the diagram given by the code below? \begin{tikzpicture} % Tell it where the nodes are \node (A) {$A$}; \node (B) [below=of A] {$B$}; \node (C) [right=of A] ...
4
votes
2answers
364 views

Redraw a kernel scheme diagram

I'm trying to redraw a kernel scheme diagram for a university lecture note. This is how far I got: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} ...
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4answers
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How to draw arrows between parts of an equation to show the Math Distributive Property (Multiplication)?

there is a part of my paper where I use the distributive property and it's not that clear for the reader to see (I'm using in proposional logic for a proof). The logic equation (part of) is: (l_{1}) ...
3
votes
2answers
635 views

Combine shorten and bend option in TikZ

Is there a way to combine the bend left and shorten option to make an arc shorter while keeping its shape otherwise? i.e., when I do \begin{tikzpicture} \node[] (n1) at (0,0) {1}; \node[] (n2) at ...
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vote
1answer
328 views

math.SE-compatible LaTeX for diagrams with non-horizontal “decorated” arrows?

I'm looking for LaTeX directives that I can use in posts to math.SE to make category-theory-style diagrams that use non-horizontal (vertical, slanted, curved) arrows, both "plain" (i.e. the ...
3
votes
2answers
725 views

Easy way to type more kinds of arrows?

There is \rightrightarrows to produce two parallel arrows, \longrightarrow to produce a longer arrow and \xrightarrow to produce an extendable arrow. But is there an easy way to produce two long ...
4
votes
2answers
554 views

Better arrowheads in commutative diagrams

The Fourier package gives a different look for the arrowheads, which looks nice to me. I also want to use this arrowhead in the commutative diagrams. I have tried Taylor's diagrams package, xy-matrix, ...
2
votes
1answer
420 views

Using the \newarrow command from Taylor's commutative diagrams package

I want to define new arrows to use in a commutative diagram, but I just can't make it work. The documentation is not particularly helpful; it doesn't even tell you where to put the ...
10
votes
1answer
7k views

How to make bend lines/arrows with TikZ?

I've been testing out TikZ lately, but I'm still quite new to it. What I want to do is to create a line to indicate that a parameter belongs to a part of the drawing. For example "This surface that ...
8
votes
2answers
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Drawing arrow heads without the tails in TikZ?

I have an ellipse in a TikZ diagram and I would like to indicate a direction using an arrow head, but do not wish to draw the path leading up to the arrow head. I currently have \draw[->] (0,2) ...