Welcome to our repository of LaTeX tutorial notes and resources! LaTeX is a powerful typesetting system that is widely used for creating professional-quality documents, particularly in the fields of science, technology, and mathematics. In this repository, you will find notes and resources to help you learn about and master LaTeX, from the basics of the LaTeX language and syntax to advanced topics such as creating custom documents and packages.

LaTeX is a typesetting system that was created by Donald Knuth of Stanford University in 1978. It is designed to produce documents that are clear, easy to read, and professional in appearance, such as books, articles, and even presentations. LaTeX allows you to focus on the content of your document, rather than its appearance, by separating the content from the formatting. This allows you to concentrate on the structure and content of your document, while LaTeX handles the rest to ensure a polished final result.

LaTeX is especially useful for creating technical and mathematical documents, but it can also be used for a wide range of other purposes, such as program documentation, notes, and more. LaTeX has a large community of users and developers, and there are many ready-made packages and resources available to help you create any type of document you need.

To get started with LaTeX, you will need the following:

• A LaTeX distribution: This is a software package that includes everything you need to start using LaTeX, including the LaTeX compiler and various packages and resources. There are several LaTeX distributions available, such as TeX Live and MiKTeX.
• A text editor: This is a program that you will use to write your LaTeX source files. Any text editor will do, but there are some editors that are specifically designed for LaTeX, such as TeXstudio and Kile.
• A way to view the final output: After you have written and compiled your LaTeX source file, you will need a way to view the final output. This is usually a PDF file, and you can view it using a PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat or Okular.

Once you have these tools installed and set up, you are ready to start creating LaTeX documents. A typical LaTeX document consists of two parts: the preamble and the main part. The preamble contains information such as the document class, the packages to be used, the title, the author, the date, and other metadata. The main part contains the actual content of the document.

Here is an example of a simple LaTeX document:

% Preamble
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\title{My first document}
\author{John Doe}
\date{January 1, 2022}

% Main part
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Introduction}
This is my first document.
\end{document}

To create a LaTeX document, you will need to write the source file using a text editor, save it with a .tex extension, and then compile it using a LaTeX compiler to generate the final output file. You can then view the output file using a PDF viewer to see the result of your work.

Commands are a crucial part of the LaTeX language, and understanding how to use them is an important part of learning LaTeX.

• The typical LaTeX command is a sequence of letters (small and capital) starting with the \ character.
• The command may have arguments.
• The argument is placed between the { i } characters.
• Optional arguments are placed between square brackets [ i ].

• Gummi: https://gummi.app/
• Texmaker: https://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/download.html
• Online editor: https://latexbase.com

• Mathematica
• Maple
• GeoGebra

• http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html

• https://www3.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/physnet/latex.pdf

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

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