LaTeX/C2/Equations/English
Initial conditions | # Copy equations.tex into numbers.tex
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Texworks: Lucida | Grande, 22pt, 20px. Preview: 75%, 200dpi | |
Opening slide | Welcome to this tutorial on writing equations using LaTeX
My name is Kannan Moudgalya | |
Learning objectives slide
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In this tutorial, we will learn how to create an equation in LaTeX
How to write multiple equations How to align multiple equations and Why we should avoid the dollar mode and blank lines while writing equations | |
System requirements slide | One may use any of Linux, Windows or the Mac operating system
One needs LaTeX I shall use Texworks, although it is not required | |
Prerequisites slide
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What are the prerequisites?
One needs to be familiar with spoken tutorials that introduce LaTeX Exposure to the recommended method of side-by-side learning This information is available at the Spoken Tutorial webpage | |
Additional material slide
Open in Texworks
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I shall use equations.tex
You need to have it to practise along with me If you don't have it, please download it from the Spoken Tutorial website | |
Slide on Leslie Lamport’s book
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I will next call your attention to this standard textbook by Leslie Lamport
I learnt my LaTeX from this book It is available for about Rs. 500 Let me show on the web browser where one can buy it | |
Let us begin the tutorial | ||
Open equations.tex
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Let us learn how to write equations using LaTeX
I have already opened the file equations.tex in TeXworks. I have saved it as numbers.tex to use in this tutorial I will keep the file equations.tex intact, and not change it Let me open numbers.tex Please pause the tutorial, make this copy and open it Whenever you want to start afresh, you can make a new copy of equations.tex I recommend this method whenever a code file is given with ANY spoken tutorial | |
Press the typeset key | Let us compile this file by pressing the typeset arrow at the top left hand corner
You can see the pdf file on the right Let us look at the tex file, which begins with its usual commands I have chosen the width of the pdf file to be 8cm This is the only way I can show the entire file and also use a large font | |
Change 7 to 15
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You may want to increase it to a more reasonable value, such as 15cm
But I will continue to use 8cm I am using the package amsmath | |
Click the first align
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I write the first equation within the align star environment, as shown here
You can see how it gets typeset in the pdf file On the left hand side of this equation, we have u(t) On the right hand side, I have produced big square brackets How did I do this? With “back slash left square” and “back slash right square” brackets as shown here | |
Scroll the tex file up
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Similarly, I write a second equation using align star
We can see the pdf output here On the right hand side, we have a 3 by 3 matrix See the corresponding output Suppose we delete the first row in this matrix and compile
The first line is gone It is your responsibility to make the equations correct and consistent Let me put the row back
You can also add more rows, if necessary Similarly, you can change the columns too | |
Put $ and compile
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Recall that we used the $ mode to write formulae in another tutorial
Here, align plays the role of the $ mode In fact, one should not put the dollar sign within the align environment Suppose we put the alpha symbol within $ signs and compile
Press the cross symbol on the top left red box And abort the previous compilation Let us remove the $ signs Compile again, it works | |
Below the line with alpha, leave a blank line
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Another common mistake is leaving blank lines in the align environment
Let me leave an empty line and compile It gives an error message If you need this gap, put %, the comment character, in the first column Abort compilation Compile again - we see that it works Let us remove this line and compile | |
Remove \end{align*}
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Next, I want to align the two equations by the equal to sign
For this, we need to put both equations inside one align star environment Remove the end align* command of the first equation Remove the begin align* command of the second equation
We see only one equation appearing The text in between the two equations appears as a large string The second equation does not even show up This is not what we wanted This problem is solved with the help of the intertext command Let us put the text in between braces Let us also put this command back slash intertext as I type now Note that intertext is one word, without a space in between Do not forget the back slash before intertext Also, do not forget the closing brace These are all common mistakes On compiling, we get this pdf file You see the equations right aligned I am not happy with it I want to align by the equal to sign Let us put the ampersand sign in front of the equal to sign of the first equation Let us do it on the second equation also If you have more equations to be aligned, do this for all of them On compiling, we see the two equations aligned by the equal to sign | |
The equations are aligned even though there is text in between.
Remember to use the intertext command whether you want the equations aligned or not | ||
Delete text lines
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What do we do if we don’t have text between equations?
To understand this, let us delete the entire text between the two equations Note that we should not leave an empty line On compiling, we see both equations coming in the same line We didn’t tell LaTeX to start the second equation in the next line We solve this by putting two back slashes Let us compile, to get the correct pdf file Let us now undo and put the text in between two equations Let us compile once more | |
This is where we will stop
Let me go to the slides | ||
Summary slide
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This page summarises what we learnt in this tutorial
Please recall each of these commands This is your first assignment | |
More assignments slide
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I will give some more assignments
Can you pause the video and try to produce these equations? The required code is given here | |
Assignment 3 | Can you produce these equations?
Notice that these equations are now aligned at the equal to sign | |
Assignment 4 | What happens if you forget a required ampersand sign?
Please pause the video and try this input You should get this output Forgetting ampersand signs is a common mistake made by everyone! | |
Assignment 5 | Can you pause this video and try to produce this output?
Use the hint given here | |
Assignment 6 | In this assignment, you have to align three equations
Please pause the video here, and try to produce them by yourself I have given the answer here | |
Assignment 7 | I have the last assignment in this slide
Insert some text between equations | |
About the ST slide
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I will now give some general information
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