The number of symbols that can be produced with TeX/LaTeX and the packages providing them is quite impressive. Often, I know the command by heart or a quick check on Google is sufficient to produce a specific symbol. However, it might happen that I don’t know the name of the symbol nor how to describe … [Read more…]
The big O, big theta, and other notations form the family of Bachmann-Landau or asymptotic notations. These notations describe the limiting behavior of a function in mathematics or classify algorithms in computer science according to their complexity / processing time. In this post, I’m not so much interested in the definition of these notations, but rather in … [Read more…]
This post summarizes symbols used in complex number theory. The set of complex numbers See here for a complete list of set symbols. Complex number notation Nothing unexpected here, the standard i or sometimes j is used. Real part Imaginary part
The font type LaTeX uses in math mode is somewhat special since it is optimized for writing mathematical formulas. Letters are printed in italics, with more space left in-between, spaces are ignored. In certain cases it may be desirable to include “normal text” within an equation. There is a simple way to add “normal text” … [Read more…]
I recently wrote about cropping figures using the graphics bundle. Here is another fancy way to get more out of your figures. The fancybox package implements commands for various boxes such as a box with round corners. The command shadowbox creates a black box with a shadow. It works with normal text, in math mode … [Read more…]