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What symbol should one use for a set complement?
What symbol should I use for a set complement? It seems that the \complement isn't quite appropriate: it seems taller (perhaps a unary operator to appear before a set?). I guess for now \mathsf{c} works.
gatoatigrado
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How to preserve hyperlinks in included PDF?
I have generated PDFs with figures that have hyperlinks (hyperref to websites, \href) in them. When I compile these figures standalone the hyperlinks work. But when I try to include these PDFs (as figures, not the sources) with \includegraphics the…
alfC
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How can I invert a 'clip' selection within TikZ?
I wish to draw an arc for a reflex angle on the outside of a triangle with coordinates (A), (B) and (C).
If I wanted to draw the arc inside the triangle I could use something like
\begin{scope}
\path[clip] (A) -- (B) -- (C) -- cycle;
\draw (B)…
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Which command should I use for textual subscripts in math mode?
Textual subscripts like in W_{total} should be typeset in an upright text font (so that code isn't good practice), as has been discussed in various questions here. Now there are several ways to achieve this, and I'm somewhat confused which I should…
Hendrik Vogt
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How to display the footnote in the bottom of the slide while using \columns?
I am using \columns in beamer to show two pictures. After I added \footnote{ExampleText} after captions, the ExampleTest just appear in each column. Now I want to show all of the ExampleText in the bottom of the slide instead of each column, how can…
Chuck Wang
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\hfill in math mode
Is there any easy way of declaring a new command which emulates \hfill in math mode. I don't want flalign or something similar. I want to use the command in the same way (and with the same freedom) I use \hfill.
Is that possible?
i.e. this is an…
Manuel
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Ultrafast PDFLaTeX with precompiling
I try to improve the time pdflatex needs to compile my book.
Really working example
book.tex
%&preamble
\begin{document}
Hi
\end{document}
and
preamble.tex
\documentclass{article}
I run the following commands on bash console:
$ pdflatex -ini…
Jonas Stein
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Indentation within an Itemized List
I am using res.cls to write my resume. I have changed the indentation of my itemized list using:
\setlength{\itemindent}{-.5in}
This works great for the first line, but if the item goes onto the next line, the following line is not indented in…
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How do you make numbered equations in latex?
I would like to put in a code that automatically assigns a number to the equations in my documents preferably aligned on the right hand side.
How can I go about this?…
Magpie
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How do I write a recurring decimal in LaTeX?
Title says it all. Since I am a newbie, I don't know how to do this.
Any help?
Zerium
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How to have roman numerals at the beginning of the document?
The first few pages of my document (introductory material) should be numbered using roman numerals. Starting with a specific chapter, the remaining pages should be numbered arabic, starting from one (1) again.
How can i achieve this? Are there any…
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Setting TOC depth not working
I'm using a \documentclass[11pt]{book} document.
I have tried to define a TOC with a maximum depth of 4 with:
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}
\tableofcontents
The resulting pdf document doesn't take into account my setting and…
David Casillas
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Why does \vspace, after section heading, sometimes jump/snap in discrete steps?
Well, this is one question that I've had for a long time, and one that always gets me extremely irritated. However, this time I'm even somewhat happy - that I can ask the question at all; and that is thanks to the power of animated .gif :)
This is…
sdaau
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What ways have you found to get edits from non-LaTeX users?
I sometimes need to get edits to my papers from non-LaTeX users. Do you have any clever methods of collaborating with them (or even other LaTeX users) in a productive way?
By this I mean sharing edits. So I have a document I've written in LaTeX, and…
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What is the best package out there to typeset proof trees?
So, I want to typeset some proof trees, i.e. trees of inference rules like those in natural deduction (see diagram below). Which are the best packages that you have found that allow you to do this, and which features do they have?
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