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Introduction To Latex: A Mathematical Typesetting System

This document provides an introduction to LaTeX, a mathematical typesetting system. It discusses the required elements of all LaTeX documents, including the preamble and document environment. It describes how LaTeX code is set up using environments that use beginning and ending commands. It also covers various formatting environments for things like centered text, numbered and bulleted lists, and displaying mathematics either in-line or displayed. Finally, it provides some examples of LaTeX code for mathematical expressions and subsets.

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Introduction To Latex: A Mathematical Typesetting System

This document provides an introduction to LaTeX, a mathematical typesetting system. It discusses the required elements of all LaTeX documents, including the preamble and document environment. It describes how LaTeX code is set up using environments that use beginning and ending commands. It also covers various formatting environments for things like centered text, numbered and bulleted lists, and displaying mathematics either in-line or displayed. Finally, it provides some examples of LaTeX code for mathematical expressions and subsets.

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Introduction to LaTeX

A Mathematical typesetting system

The Required Elements


All LaTeX documents must include the following parts:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
The PREAMBLE goes here

The very first line!

\begin{document}
The BODY of the document goes here

\end{document}

The very last line!

Environments
LaTeX code is set up with environments. Everything is enclosed in the document environment. \begin{document}

The document environment


\end{document}

Environments
You enter and leave most environments with beginning and ending commands of the form \begin{environmentname}
The code/text goes here

\end{environmentname}

Some Formatting environments


\begin{center} . . . \end{center} Numbered lists \begin{enumerate} \item
The first item in the numbered list goes here

\item
\end{enumerate}

The second item in the numbered list goes here

More on enumeration
If you want sub-headings, nest the lists \begin{enumerate} \item \begin{enumerate} The first item in the sub-list goes here \item The second item in the sub-list goes here \item \end{enumerate} \item \end{enumerate}

More on lists
If you want bulleted lists, you use the same format as for numbered lists with \begin{itemize} \item \begin{itemize} \item \item \end{itemize} \item \end{itemize}

More on lists
If you want to designate the headings for the lists, you use the description environment \begin{description} \item[Case i.]
The text for Case i. goes here

\item[Case ii.]
The text for Case ii. goes here

\end{description}

Typesetting Mathematics
There are two main math environments In-line math mode. This is for equations that occur in the same line as narrative. You enter and leave in-line math mode with dollar signs. Ex: $f(x)=x^{3-x}$ Displayed math. Several entry/exit choices
\begin{displaymath} . . . \end{displaymath} $$ . . . $$ \[ . . . \]

Some Miscellaneous Expressions


Normal text
How many subsets does have?

LaTeX code

How many subsets does $\emptyset$ have?

Notice the use of the backslash ( \ ). This is your message to LaTeX that you are about to give it a command.

Some Miscellaneous Expressions


Normal text
How many subsets does have?

LaTeX code

How many subsets does $\emptyset$ have?

A 1, 2,3, 4

$A= \{ 1,2,3,4 \} $
$A \subseteq B$ and $B \subseteq A$.

A B and B A.
x3 f ( x) 1 x2

$$ f(x)=\frac{x^3}{1+x^2}.$$

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