# Table with text, equations and diagrams

I'm trying to build a table containing text, equations and diagrams like this one:

I know how to make the diagrams using the figure+tikzpicture environment and also how to make tables with table+tabular environment. But just inserting one into the other didn't work.

Is there a standard solution for this?

• And what you try so far? – Zarko Nov 23 '20 at 19:24
• @Zarko I've made the table the way I usually do and tried to insert the diagram in a cell, but it didn't work. – rmdmc89 Nov 23 '20 at 19:29
• Dynkin diagrams can be conveniently produced with the dynking-diagrams package. – user228539 Nov 23 '20 at 19:29
• Well, thabn show what you try, then we can more easily help you. It may only need to be added baseline option to your picture, – Zarko Nov 23 '20 at 19:33

\documentclass[]{standalone}
%\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{dynkin-diagrams}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline
text &  \dynkin[fold right,label,edge length=.75cm]D8 \\
\hline
&  \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}


I think I've got your solution using Tikz

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline
Hello &  Tikz Diagram \\ \hline
This is text &
%Now here i put the command \tikz, that allows you to draw outside tikzpicture and figure.
\tikz[baseline=-0.5ex]{% <-- Here I open tikz code.
\coordinate (A) at (0,0);
\coordinate (B) at (1,0);
\fill (A) circle (2pt);
\fill (B) circle (4pt);
\draw (A) -- (B);
}% <-- Here I close the tikz code
\\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}


As suggested @abcdefg in his comment, use of dynkin-diagrams package can be very convenient for drawing your images in table. For example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[edge length=8mm]{dynkin-diagrams}

\begin{document}
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|} \hline r=0,1 & I_3^* & \dynkin B3 \\ \hline r=0,1,2 & I_2^* & \dynkin[label, label macro/.code={\alpha_{\drlap{#1}}}]D5\\ \hline \end{array}$
\end{document}


To make yourself more familiar with this package, read package documentation Dynkin Diagrams