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Extra reading: www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb18-1/tb54becc.pdf

Useful Failed to parse (unknown function "\LaTeX"): {\displaystyle \LaTeX} knowledge

  • Spaces do not do anything. Use plenty of them to make the commands easy to read
    • This here has 17 spaces in it (visible only in editor): <math> a = b + c </math> a=b+c
  • \text{} makes spaces visible and text into roman.
    • <math> \text{This is like normal text} = This is math text </math> This is like normal text=Thisismathtext
    • \mathrm is similar but does not remove spaces. <math> \mathrm{arc sinh} </math> arcsinh
  • \rm will make the whole thing to be in roman instead of italic. Spaces will still be removed.
    • <math> \rm Velocity = S p e e d </math> Velocity=Speed
    • {} can be used to limit its scope. <math> { \rm Roman } = Italic</math> Roman=Italic
  • "\ " adds single space.
    • <math> abb \ b </math> abbb
  • \displaystyle makes tall equations bigger and more beautiful. Will apply on things like sums and fractions.
    • <math> a= \frac{b}{c} + \sum_{k=1}^n a_k b_k </math> a=bc+k=1nakbk
    • <math> \displaystyle a= \frac{b}{c} + \sum_{k=1}^n a_k b_k </math> a=bc+k=1nakbk
  • Long equations can be split to multiple separate <math> lines. It will look the same as if it was written in one go.
    • <math> a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a++a+a+a+a+b+b+b+b+b+b++b+b+b+b+b++b+b+b+b+b </math> a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a++a+a+a+a+b+b+b+b+b+b++b+b+b+b+b++b+b+b+b+b
    • <math> a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a++a+a+a+a </math>
      <math> +b+b+b+b+b+b++b+b+b+b+b++b+b+b+b+b </math> a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a+a++a+a+a+a+b+b+b+b+b+b++b+b+b+b+b++b+b+b+b+b

Style

  • Variables and letters that represent values should be in italic.
  • Text should be in roman. Text variables are not exactly proper thing to do but they are fine in our wiki.
  • Constant should be in roman. But this is often broken.
  • Multiletter variables are bad idea and should be avoided. If they are more like words (for example acronyms) use roman, otherwise use italic.
  • Sub and superscripts that represent quantities should be italic. Otherwise they should be roman. For example Vmax (max is roman) but Vn+1 (n is italic)
  • Mathematical operators are in roman. Usually this happens automatically. For example sinα (<math> \sin\alpha </math>). But some operators will require manually setting. For example dxdt (<math> \frac{ \mathrm{d} x }{ \mathrm{d} t} </math>) and arcsinhα (<math> \mathrm{arcsinh}\,\alpha </math>).
  • Units are in roman and separated from numbers by a space. h=Em×9.81m/s2 (<math> h = \frac{ E }{ m \times 9.81 \ {\rm m/s^2} } </math>)