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Synopsis
This work is aimed at the mathmetician, physicist, engineer or scientist who needs to quickly learn how to typeset articles containing mathematical formulae. It includes a "formula gallery" to practice math formulae, and samples to demonstrate basic structure of LaTex and AMS articles.
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Review
From the reviews:
"The author lays a clear structure to guide the newcomer through the process of preparing a text with LaTeX.... Besides the comprehensive index at the end of the book, there is a useful Quick Finder at the beginning of the book; the reader can hardly get lost. The book fulfills the claim of the title.... With its clear structure and the well-organized index and quick finder [it] may also serve the more experienced TeXie as a reference." ―Zentralblatt Math
"Fortunately, there are some excellent books for learning LaTeX. Grätzer’s book is one of these superb books. Readers who work through this book are likely to reuse it frequently as a reference while writing papers with mathematical content." ―Journal of Mathematical Psychology
“The book is very well organized, contains many practical examples and, undoubtedly, will become an indispensable tool for a novice who is in a hurry to write his first LaTeX paper.”―(REVUE D’ANALYSE NUMÉRIQUE ET DE THÉORIE DE L’APPROXIMATION)
From the Publisher
Back cover copy and table-of-contents:
"First Steps in LaTeX" is for the mathematician, physicist, engineer, scientist, or technical typist who needs to quickly learn how to typeset articles containing mathematical formulas. This book will provide a quick introduction to LaTeX, including the American Mathematical Society's enhancements, so that your first article can be typeset in only a few hours.
Key features include:
* Simple and direct approach
* "formula building blocks" to learn how to type math
* A "formula gallery" to practice math formulas
* Samples to demonstrate the basic structure of LaTeX and AMS articles
* Useful appendices containing mathematical and text symbol tables, and a brief discussion of TeX, LaTeX, and the Internet
* A unique "Quick Finder" -- supplementing a detailed table of contents and index -- to look up common terms used in word processing and desktop publishing applications
Like the author's more comprehensive text "Math into LaTeX", this concise, first-step handbook contains well-organized material enriched by practical examples, making it an indispensable guide for the novice user.
Table-of-Contents: Quick Finder * Introduction * 1. Typing text * 2. Typing math * 3. Formulas and user-defined commands * 4. The anatomy of an article * 5. An AMS article * 6. Working with LATEX * A. Math Symbol Tables * B. Text Symbol Tables * C. LATEX and the Internet * Index
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- PublisherBirkhauser Verlag AG
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 3764341327
- ISBN 13 9783764341329
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages136
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