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Italic Greek characters in Times New Roman
I'm very new to LaTeX! I'm trying to create a template for creating scientific reports as PDFs. I'd like the whole of the document to be in Times New Roman. I've used the package pslatex, which ...
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Should lambdas in lambda-calculus be set in italics?
This question is not specific to TeX and derivatives, but I feel that this community is the best to answer it.
Should the letter lambda (λ) be typeset upright or in italics in the following ...
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Define particle names to use upright greek letters in math mode
Currently I have my electron neutrino & beta particle marco defined as
\newcommand{\eneutrino}{\ensuremath{\nu_e}}
\newcommand{\belectron}{\ensuremath{\beta^{-}}}
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Should Greek letters inserted in text (using math mode, mostly) always be italic?
The least painful way I know of inserting a Greek letter in a text is to use the math mode and the corresponding command. This will produce an alpha letter :
$\alpha$
But this always produces an ...
