Learning LaTeX - Softcover

Griffiths, David F.; Higham, Desmond J.

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ISBN 10: 0898713838 ISBN 13: 9780898713831

Publisher: SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1997

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This short, well-written book covers the material essential for learning LATEX without any unnecessary detail. It discusses incisive examples that teach LATEX in a powerful yet abbreviated fashion, including the following crucial features: numerous examples of widely used mathematical expressions; complete documents illustrating the creation of articles, reports, and overhead projector slides; troubleshooting tips to help you pinpoint an error; details of how to set up a bibliography and an index; information about LATEX resources available on the Internet. LATEX has become an extremely popular typesetting system and is widely used throughout the sciences. Students may use it to typeset reports and theses (particularly graduate students in any mathematics or computer science discipline).The authors cover LATEX 2e, the latest standard version at the time of publication. An appendix discusses the differences between 2e and the older version, 2.09.

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Book Description:

This concise book discusses examples that teach LATEX in a powerful yet abbreviated fashion, including such features as: examples of widely used mathematical expressions; documents illustrating the creation of articles, reports, and overhead projector slides; troubleshooting tips to help pinpoint errors and how to set up a bibliography and index.

About the Author:

David F. Griffiths is a Reader in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Dundee. Desmond J. Higham is a Reader in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Strathclyde.

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