Donald E. Knuth, creator of TeX, Metafont and the Computer Modern fonts
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Bibliography with page numbers
In GKP's Concrete Mathematics, there is a useful and interesting feature I would like to see in more books. The bibliography entries include:
a - the page numbers where the book or article is cited ...
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Are there any (La)TeX Easter Eggs?
Given Donald Knuth's legendary sense of humor, one cannot help but suppose he would have succumbed to the temptation to add in a "special" command or two that did something unsuspected or unusual just ...
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What on earth is iTeX?
Is that an hoax?
Or is it a real wish from D. Knuth?
(http://river-valley.tv/media/conferences/tug-2010/Don-Knuth)
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Interwoven alignment preambles are not allowed - what exactly does this mean?
I admit that this post is purely idle curiosity. But I recently stumbled upon a little factoid saying that the TeX error "Interwoven alignment preambles are not allowed" has the following explanation ...
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Knuth's line breaking algorithm
I'm trying to understand the basics of Knuth's line breaking algorithm. At the beginning of Chapter 12: Glue of his TeXbook, there is a figure like the one below.
My question is: where did those ...
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Has the typesetting of Knuth and gang's Concrete Mathematics been modified over subsequent editions?
I understand its a late 80's book and the authors were justifiably proud of their new AMS Euler typeface when they wrote it. However, by today's display standards, I find it a bit lacking (atleast in ...
