LaTex Tutorial - Page 7

tukeywilliams · #91 $Old$ August 2nd, 2007, 03:09 PM

Do you know of any free LaTeX source code that you can modify (i.e. LaTeX source code of math lecture notes)?

Plato · #92 $Old$ August 2nd, 2007, 03:20 PM

This may not be what you have asked about at all.
But if you Windows, this is a free TeX editor: MathType: Download TeXaide.

tukeywilliams · #93 $Old$ August 2nd, 2007, 03:25 PM

Thanks. I have Texnic Center. But now I can write Word documents using LaTeX!

ThePerfectHacker · #94 $Old$ August 2nd, 2007, 04:14 PM

Is it possible to create a "Field Tower" in LaTeX (however it is called).

See below for what I mean.

JakeD · #95 $Old$ August 2nd, 2007, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThePerfectHacker $View Post$

Is it possible to create a "Field Tower" in LaTeX (however it is called).

See below for what I mean.

There is a picture environment in LaTeX that can be used. Here's some code I already had in a document, but it contains all the picture commands you would need to draw your diagram.

$\setlength{\unitlength}{2.5cm} \begin{picture}(1,1.35)(0,-.50) \put(-.15,0.0){p} \put(1.10,.75){q} \put(1.10,0.0){r} \put( .85,-.50){s} \qbezier(0,0)(0,0)(1.00,0.750) \qbezier(0,0)(0,0)(1.00,0.00) \qbezier(0,0)(0,0)( .75,-.50) \end{picture}$

Code:

\setlength{\unitlength}{2.5cm}
\begin{picture}(1,1.35)(0,-.50)
\put(-.15,0.0){p}
\put(1.10,.75){q}
\put(1.10,0.0){r}
\put( .85,-.50){s}
\qbezier(0,0)(0,0)(1.00,0.750)
\qbezier(0,0)(0,0)(1.00,0.00)
\qbezier(0,0)(0,0)( .75,-.50)

\end{picture}

PS: The use of qbezier to draw lines is a trick I learned from a web site. It is much easier and more flexible to draw lines like that then using the standard method from the picture environment.

PS 2: Don't try making making very complicated pictures because there is a limit on the length of the code the LaTeX engine will allow. That limit is set by the administrators (and I think I asked MathGuru to increase it once.)

GAdams · #96 $Old$ August 15th, 2007, 03:50 PM

I have just downloaded Texaide but when I copy it to the clipboard on Word and then paste it, it just shows up as code. It doesn't seem to translate into symbols. Any ideas?

Plato · #97 $Old$ August 15th, 2007, 05:27 PM

TeXAide will not put equations into WORD. You need a full version of MathType to do that. However, will generate LaTeX code that can be used in forums like this.

If you copy code and paste it into a post you will get some thing like this:
\[\frac{w}{z} = \frac{{w\overline z }}{{\left| z \right|^2 }}\].
Change \[ to [math] and change \] to [/math] you will get $\frac{w}{z} = \frac{{w\overline z }}{{\left| z \right|^2 }}$

Itachi888Uchiha · #98 $Old$ December 2nd, 2007, 10:52 PM

So that's how you guys get that stuff on there. Ok. This site is awesome man.

jblorien · #99 $Old$ March 15th, 2008, 02:23 PM

11rdc11 · #**100** $Old$ August 25th, 2008, 09:02 PM

$2^2$

$\frac{3 }{x^3}$