Math into LaTex

Book Description

Math Into LaTeX is for the mathematician, physicist, engineer, scientist, or technical typist who needs to quickly learn how to write and typeset articles and books containing mathematical formulas, and requires a thorough reference book on all aspects of LaTeX and the AMS packages (the enhancements to LaTeX by the American Mathematical Society). Key features of Math Into LaTeX: * A simple, example-based, visual approach * A quick introduction (Part I) allowing readers to type their first articles in only a few hours * Sample articles to demonstrate the basic structure of LaTeX and AMS articles * Useful appendices containing mathematical and text symbol tables and information on how to convert from older versions * A new chapter in the fourth edition, "A Visual Introduction to MikTeX," an open source implementation of TeX and LaTeX for Windows operating systems * Another new chapter describing amsrefs, a simpler method for formatting references that incorporates and replaces BibTeX data * This edition also integrates a major revision to the amsart document class, along with updated examples ----- From reviews of prior editions: "…meets the needs of mathematicians publishing mathematics…" —Zentrallblatt "This book is truly unique in its focus on getting started fast yet keeping it simple. It is indispensable for the beginner and a handy reference for the experienced user." —Bulletin of the Mathematical Association of India "I came away with the impression that this book is a very helpful and useful tool for all scientists and engineers." —Reviews of Astronomical Tools/p>

Reviews From AMAZON.COM

Nearly indispensable

I say "nearly" because pretty much everything in the book can be found on the web in some form or another. When I was a LaTeX beginner, though, I found it much easier to learn things from a book than by downloading lots of files and trying to sort through them or by bookmarking webpages. As a more experienced LaTeX user, I find it is sometimes handy to have a book with sticky-note markers you can flip to when you are trying to remember how to make the symbol you want instead of trying to look up a cheat sheet on the web. Good for beginners, and good to grow into, as I doubt you'll jump into BibTeX and indexes right away. I didn't, but I was glad to have those sections when I needed them. I am also glad to see that some material on PDF has been added in this edition, though I wouldn't be able to comment on it as my edition is older.

Compared to what I paid when I bought a previous edition, this is a steal for such a useful book.

Samples are just what I need

Sometimes when I tex I just need some examples where I can see the outcome and the tex commands that produced them. This book has plenty such things, and therefore very helpful in that respect. When it comes to computer related stuff, I guess I learn best by looking at what's been done and modifying them to produce what I want. If you're that way too, this book would be very helpful.

It also has some helpful suggestions for texing so that trouble shooting would be easier later on.