Description
Nearly a year after Borde's highly acclaimed introductory book, TeX By Example, arrives Mathematical TeX by Example, featuring indepth discussion of typesetting mathematics. This book covers the features of AmSTeX, LamSTeX, and Plain TeX, and contains a series of examples illustrating the uses of these packages. Borde's WYSIWYG approach is carried throughout the book-- left-hand pages contain TeX input, with occasional notes given below, and right-hand pages contain the corresponding output to allow readers to see what the command should be for specific typesetting issues. This book provides an introduction for scientists who are interested in making a change to AmSTeX. * * Examples show how a wide variety of standard pieces of mathematics can be typset--integrals, differential equations, matrices, communative diagrams, and equation alignments of many kinds * Extensive glossary/index covers all mathematical commands of Plain TeX and AmSTeX, plus many common TeX commands--items can be found by command name or topic * Provides a useful introduction to new AmSTeX users such as chemists or physicists * Uses examples from other well-known mathematical works to illustrate specific typesetting techniques and commands * Examples introduce special packages such as PiCTeX, dvips, and LamSTeX * Addresses how to handle non-English languages such as German and Russian fonts * Covers examples of all the main approaches to incorporating graphics with TeX, including Postscript prictures * Outlines how TeX makes typeface decisions and how users can impose thier own choices * Covers a large number of available typefaces and provides examples of how to make typeface changes * Example type faces include AMS Euler/Computer Concrete, Math Time/Times-Roman, and LucidaNew Math/LucidaBright * Reproduces the commands used to produce the book, focusing on new commands introduced to make mathematical typesetting and book formatting easier * Provides a reading list for materials cited
