First Steps in LaTeX / Edition 1

by George Grätzer

Overview

Are you in a hurry? A friend received a letter from the American Mathematical Society (AMS) inform­ ing him that his paper had been accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the AMS. If he submitted it as a lt-TEX document, it would be published in 20 weeks­ any other format would take almost a year before the appearance in print of the article. The friend had It-T EX installed on his computer on Friday, borrowed the manu­ script of this book, and mailed a It-T EX version of his article to the AMS on Monday. First Steps in YI'EX is for the mathematician, physicist, engineer, scientist, or technical typist who needs to quickly learn how to write and typeset articles con­ taining mathematical formulas. A quick introduction to E\TE)C and the AMS enhancements is provided so that you will be ready to prepare your first article (such as the sample articles on pages 53-54 and 67-69) in only a few hours. Specific topics can be found in the table of contents, the Quick Finder, or the index. While the index is Jt.TEX -oriented, the Quick Finder lists the main topics using terminology common to wordprocessing applications. For example, to find out how to italicize text, look under italics in the Quick Finder. Setting the stage Watch someone type a mathematical article in I!lfE)C. You will see how to • Type the document using a text editor to create a Jt.TE)C source file.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817641320
Publisher:	Birkhäuser Boston
Publication date:	10/01/1999
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	131
Product dimensions:	7.52(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

IntroductionTypographical conventions 1. Typing text 1.1 The files 1.2 The keyboard 1.3 Your first note 1.4 Lines too wide 1.5 More text features 1.6 List environments 2. Typing math 2.1 A note with math 2.2 Errors in math 2.3 Building blocks of a formula 2.4 Typing equations 2.5 AMS aligned formulas 2.5.1 The align environment 2.5.2 The alignat environment 2.5.3 The cases environment 3. Formulas and shorthand 3.1 Formula gallery 3.2 User-defined commands 3.2.1 Commands as shorthand 3.2.2 Arguments 3.2.3 Redefining commands 3.3 Building a formula step-by-step 4. The anatomy of an article 4.1 A LaTeX article 4.2 The typeset LaTeX article 4.3 LaTeX article templates 4.4 Your first article 4.4.1 Editing the top matter 4.4.2 Sectioning 4.4.3 Invoking proclamations 4.4.4 Inserting references 4.4.5 Adding pictures 5. An AMS article 5.1 The structure of an AMS article 5.1.1 AMS proclamations 5.1.2 AMS top matter 5.1.3 Article info 5.1.4 Author info 5.1.5 AMS info 5.2 The AMS sample article 6. Working with LaTeX 6.1 LaTeX error messages 6.2 Logical and visual design 6.3 A brief overview 6.4 Using LaTeX 6.4.1 The AMS packages revisited 6.4.2 Interactive LaTeX 6.4.3 Versions A. Math symbol tables A.1 Hebrew letters A.2 Greek characters A.3 LaTeX binary relations A.4 AMS binary relations A.5 AMS negated binary relations A.6 Binary operations A.7 Arrows A.8 Miscellaneous symbols A.9 Math spacing commands A.10 Delimiters A.11 Operators A.12 Math accents A.13 Math font commands B. Text symbol tables B.1 Text accents B.2 Some European characters B.3 Extra text symbols B.4 Text spacing commands B.5 Text font commands B.6 Text font size changes B.7 AMS text font size changes C. LaTeX and the Internet C.1 Commercial TeX implementations C.2 Getting files from the Internet C.3 Sample files C.4 AMS and the user groups C.5 Useful LaTeX information C.6 Putting it on the Internet Index

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"The author lays a clear structure to guide the newcomer through the process of preparing a text with LaTeX…. Besides the comprehensive index at the end of the book, there is a useful Quick Finder at the beginning of the book; the reader can hardly get lost. The book fulfills the claim of the title…. With its clear structure and the well-organized index and quick finder [it] may also serve the more experienced TeXie as a reference." —Zentralblatt Math

"Fortunately, there are some excellent books for learning LaTeX. Grätzer’s book is one of these superb books. Readers who work through this book are likely to reuse it frequently as a reference while writing papers with mathematical content." —Journal of Mathematical Psychology

“The book is very well organized, contains many practical examples and, undoubtedly, will become an indispensable tool for a novice who is in a hurry to write his first LaTeX paper.”—(REVUE D’ANALYSE NUMÉRIQUE ET DE THÉORIE DE L’APPROXIMATION)

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