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A gentle introduction to TEX: A manual for self study (TEXniques) by Michael Doob is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is A gentle introduction to TEX: A manual for self study (TEXniques) about?

TEX is the program for printing high quality mathematical text to which all others are compared. It is flexible enough to be used on many different computer architectures and operating systems ranging from microcomputers to mainframes. In a relatively short period of time it has become the standard tool for mathematical typesetting at practically all major universities. The versality of TEX has allowed it to be used in a wide variety of applications; for example, it is used for publishing scholarly journals which adhere to the highest typesetting standards, and also to publish student papers and theses. This book is designed for the complete newcomer to TEX. It starts by showing how to typeset simple text that mostly uses the defaults predefined by TEX. By use of graded exercises, the situations covered slowly become more complex and include many different types of mathematical constructions and tables. In the end it is possible to handle almost any standard mathematical situation. The different tables presented in this book allow it to be used as a quick reference. The similar features of TEX are gathered together whenever possible to give an overview that is a good foundation for

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Michael Doob
Publisher
Springer Spektrum. in Springer-Verlag GmbH
Published
2012
Language
EN
ISBN
9783540564416
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Engineering, Science, Technology

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