Questions tagged [mathematics]
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Which symbols should be used as placeholders for letters and numerical digits? [closed]
I need to generally describe the syntax of random alphanumeric sequences, say ACW3920 or 39B0Q8, and discuss certain cases, e. g. the first two digits being letters, or the sequence ending with BA, 87 ...
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Is there a way to extract math from a pdf in LaTeX format using SESHAT?
So I've been tasked with using SESHAT to extract the math problems from a large pdf into latex format, but seshat requires an InkML or SCGink file type as it's input. Is there a way I can convert pdf ...
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How to plot Inverse of W-lambert function with pgfplots?
This is my effort for plotting w-lambert and its inverse, but I get an error:
\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\begin{subfigure}[scale = 1]{0.4\textwidth}
% \...
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Is it a good practice to leave space before mathematical text? [duplicate]
I used to write equations in the following way:
Text
%Empty line
\[
code
\]
%Empty line
Text
I have noticed that with this syntax there is more space above the maths than beneath them. Is that ...
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Animation of Logical and Mathematical Proofs [closed]
I have 2 questions regarding animations of mathematical proofs:
I know that one can create a presentation using the Beamer package. I would also like to use animations. Is there an option to present ...
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Grid Method Multiplication
I am trying to write a document on some elementary algebra but I'm quite new to LaTeX. I'm currently using overleaf and would like to draw a box method multiplication. I could add them in as images ...
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Problems and solutions - in source code problem+solution together, in output first all the problems, and then all solutions. How to do it?
I would like to write a mathbook with problems and solutions (first the problems, and then the solutions in the end). It should look somehow like this: Math book: how to write Exercise and Answers
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Writing my first book [closed]
I am writing my first book ever, an undergraduate mathematics textbook, and even though I'm halfway done with the content, I'm still using a really simple template I found on the internet that uses ...
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One to one function, how to draw in LaTeX? [duplicate]
Here are both set of one to one function. How to make LaTeX coding in figure type:
(x)=0,2,3
(y)=a,b,c
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How can I make the following test template? [closed]
How can I make this template in the most correct way?
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On the strange calculations calling xfp, Tikz, sqrt, and ^2
As we now the square root of (-3)^2+(-4)^2 is the square root of 25 equal to 5.
However we got a strange error calling xfp package and Tikz saying:
\LaTeX3 error: Invalid operation sqrt(-25)
Below is ...
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Why is error shown during compiling my document?
I have written a document with equations in it. The equations are written with $ on both sides. But
there are certain errors displayed while compiling which I'm unable to rectify as I'm unable to ...
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Math formulae alignment in multiple dotted lines with answer on the lines
In the post Multiple dotted lines with answer on the lines, Piroooh provided an excellent solution and with excellent document as well.
Is there any chance to further enhance the MWE provided by ...
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How to represent small numbers in academic writing?
I am seeking some suggestions through this query. In case this is not the right forum, kindly suggest where I may get an answer?
I need to represent small numbers in multiple tables meant for ...
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Markov Chain, Conditional Independence
Is the following symbol standard or is it defined in some package? If not, how would you implement this symbol in LaTeX?
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Why is apalike bibliographystyle (and more generally author-date styles) so rare in mathematics? [closed]
I hope that this question is appropriate for this forum -- I don't really know where else to ask it, and I think it is at least relevant to the expertise of the users of this site.
I often find that ...
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How to use a single equation number with flalign in latex.?
I have the following code to output an equation. I want to use a single equation number for this whole block. How can we do it?
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Indicator function sign [duplicate]
Whenever I need the indicator function I use (for example) the following syntax
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
\Huge The indicator function :
$$ \...
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Write an equation showing a condition indicating correlation between two variables
I am trying to write this conditional equation:
I am not sure what could be the mathematical syntax for saying:
"variables x and y are correlated".
While searching for this, I came to know ...
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Why doesn't my nomenclature get printed out?
I am facing trouble to print the nomenclature of my thesis because it simply doesn't get printed out.
I'm using more symbols but with those two it's already not working, I am following this tutorial:
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Mathematical expression for mean of sum of pairs
Hello everyone I have a matrix such as :
and I do the mean of sum of all pair such as
(H1H2)+(H1H3)+(H1H4)+(H1H5)+(H2H3)+(H2H4)+(H2H5)+(H3H4)+(H3H5)+(H4H5)/nb pairs
and I wondered how can I exprime ...
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How to write the Gaussian Naive Bayes formula in latex?
I am trying to compute the Gaussian Naive Bayes formula in latex, and what I obtained until now is:
$P(x_{\mathrm{i}|$y$}) = \frac{1}{{\sigma \sqrt {2\pi } }}e^{{{ - \left( {x - \mu } \right)^2 } \...
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How to write the SVM formula in latex?
How to write this formula in Latex?
I tried this, but it does not work and I dont know why nor k=how to improve it.
$frac{$$w$^{$T$}\times($x$ - $x$)$\}{$w$}$
Moreover, I dont know how to prite the ...
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Custom Symbol Creation | Union and Intersection
I am a beginner in LaTeX and was wondering if someone could help me with the following problem.
I will be soon embarking on a re-formatting journey of a certain article and believe that I have most of ...
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How to align and make the solving process more pleasing?
I would like to make this presentation more mathematically pleasing - that is, I'd like to align this working process so that there is no big difference between the first
7\left(\frac 1 2 y\right) + ...
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Mimicking the spacing of `\shortintertext`
I am trying to have two align*-environments with some text between them. As the text is very short, I'd usually use \shortintertext. But I don't want the two environments to share the tab stops -- ...
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Where to find good templates for mathematical proofs?
Where can we find very good examples of templates for mathematical proofs using LaTeX?
Specially if we would aim to send something for the Annals of Mathematics?
Let's say, by hypothesis, that we ...
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Mathematics mod with ln
I don't get it how to use here mm mode to get these
$\ln{\dfrac{\sum_{n,m=u_{k}}}{2}}$
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Writing reverse cases in Lyx
The basic cases environment looks like
{
However, I want to make it
}
I learned how to do it using just tex at How to put a brace on the right, not left, to group cases?
But how can I do it ...
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Plot construction for a velocity vs position graph. Interpolation for phase-diagram construction?
I need to plot a few graphs. First is of the function
\begin{equation}
x(t)= -e^{ -(0.1 \ {s}^{-1}) t} \cos \left( ( 0.995 \ {rad} / \mathrm{s})t \right)
\end{equation}
and of $\dot{x}$ (...
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Theorem/Definition/... with individual numbering
I would like to give the theorem/lemma/definition/... environment an individual number. For example:
1 Section
Theorem 20.1. (XXX) ...
Definiton 21.2.1.: ...
Here is the "20.1." and "21.2....
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Can anybody help to write the mathematical equation with latex
also, can anyone suggest me good pdf file for it to learn the coding maths in latex
Thank you
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Cross Multiplication
I am trying to achieve something similar to this:
My first idea was to use nodes inside tikzpicture, so I came up with this:
First Example
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\...
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n-base fractional to decimal calculations in LaTeX
How can I visualise the the conversion of binary floating number or any other base to decimal number in LaTeX?
Example scenario: 11.101 = 2^1 + 2^0 + 2^-1 + 2^-3
However, I would like to visualise ...
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Spacing in "$d=2$-dimensional"
What is the correct spacing if I want to write phrases like "d=3-dimensional".
If I just write $d=1$-dimensional, the spacing around the equal-sign seems to be way too wide for me?
(Maybe also the ...
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programmatically drawing sinusoids with tikz
Here's eight full oscillations of a sine wave:
Here's the code:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[gray!20] (0,-2) grid (32,2); %...
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Drawing an accurate guitar fretboard with TikZ
This is kind of a fun one.
dist( x ) = s / ( 2 ^ ( x / d ) )
Such that:
x = number of the fret being evaluated (let's say {0,...,24} so it's exactly 2 full octaves).
s = scale length (...
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Stylized punctuation marks for mathematical formulas
I'm looking for a a set of stylized punctuation marks for use in mathematical formulas. Package stix has a symbol \typecolon that looks like this This is just the kind of thing I am looking for, but ...
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Transforming a statement into a mathematical expression
Is there a way, where I could automatically transform a string (using a command) like:
(1/SF) * (MDD\_a) * (1/LDD\_b) * (MBS\_b) * (1/SSA\_ab)
into a mathematical expression like:
$(\frac{1}{SF}) * ...
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Placing `\sim` above `\to`, with correct spacing
In an answer to a previous question, it is explained that
\xrightarrow{\sim}
will produce an arrow pointed to the right with the \sim symbol above it (e.g., to indicate that a map is an isomorphism)....
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(easy?) Matrix with wide blocks
I'd like to create a matrix like this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
$$ \begin{bmatrix}
a & b' \\
b & D
\end{bmatrix} $$
\end{document}
but I'd like ...
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Superscripts on a `\widetilde`
Consider the following:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\[
KO^n(X), \widetilde{KO}^n(X).
\]
\end{document}
The superscript appears too high in the second one. Ideally, I'd have the n ...
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Adding spacing in mathtools' `set` command
In the mathtools documentation, page 27, a command \Set* (along with \Set) is defined to stretch according to the large input inside:
\providecommand\given{}
\newcommand\SetSymbol[1][]{
\...
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Why is there a trace line in this tikz graph?
I am trying to generate a shaded area between three curves: two are
y=±√x and third one is y=5.
\documentclass[10pt,multi=False,border=5pt,tikz,class=scrartcl]{standalone}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\...
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math in MS Calibri
I have to typeset a document in Calibri upright letters. There is a problem with mathematics: When I typeset the following minimal-example, letters are right Calibri, but numbers are italic by default....
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Complex Mathematical equation?
How do I write the below mathematical equations? I am Newbie to this Latex world. please help me
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Graphing truncated Fourier transform
I need to graph the following three figures that represent the truncated Fourier series.
I really have no idea how to graph them. Can anyone help me please?
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Entering formula into Latex - urgent issue
Good evening everyone,
would anyone please help me out with transferring this screenshot into LaTex? It would be optimal, to have the equation in the same line. I have to hand it in within the next ...
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mathematics beamer problem
I removed slides that worked, checked that they compiled properly and include here all the slides that didn't work (checked individually as well).
\documentclass[17pt]{beamer}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\...
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Which of the \dots_ variants go with \times?
Assume you write stuff such as
f\colon A_1 \times \dots \times A_n \to A_{n+1}
which declares a function f taking n arguments of types A_1 till A_n, respectively, and returning a single value of ...
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