More Math Into LaTeX, 4th Edition
- ISBN13: 9780387322896
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“Gratzer’s book is a solution.” -European Mathematical Society Newsletter For close to two decades, Math into Latex has been the standard introduction and complete reference for writing articles and books containing mathematical formulas. In this fourth edition, the reader is provided with important updates on articles and books. An important new topic is discussed: transparencies (computer projections). Key features of More Math into Latex, 4th edition: … More >>
More Math Into LaTeX, 4th Edition
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Curtis D. Mobley said :
February 10, 2010 at 7:16 pm
I have been using WordPerfect for many years to write papers full of complicated equations. However, I was required by a publisher to start writing in Latex, which I had never used. Grätzer’s book got me up to speed within a few days. I’m now halfway proficient in Latex, but his book remains at my side for reference when I need a see how to compose some new bit of math I haven’t used before. This is one of those rare books that are exactly, 100% what I needed to learn a somewhat complicated topic, and I just can’t find anything to criticize. I highly recommend it to the new Latex user and to users who need a reference where they can see how to compose a particular bit to math.
BTW, I am now converting many of my old WordPerfect documents into Latex. For that I first use the WP to Latex shareware converter put out by J. Fojtik. It isn’t perfect, but it gets the process started. I then clean up the resulting *.tex file as needed using PCTeX software, which I find very convenient for debugging, importing figures, and such.
Rating: 5 / 5
Safety In Numbers said :
February 10, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Learning to write mathematical proofs can be challenging enough, let alone trying to learn a new processor. More Math Into Latex allowed me to focus on my studies while making it easy to produce professional quality papers. I will keep this book on my desk to use for reference. It is a must for any mathematician!
Rating: 5 / 5
Trevor Burnham said :
February 10, 2010 at 9:12 pm
The title might mislead you into thinking that this book is an advanced treatise on the more obscure aspects of mathematical typesetting. It’s not. Instead, this fine book serves as a comprehensive introduction to LaTeX, the most popular dialect of TeX, for those who’ve never used it before. If you’re already familiar with TeX, then you can skip the first chapter and dive right into tutorials that are chock-full of useful nuggets.
There are woefully few up-to-date books for those of us (academics, mostly) learning TeX in the 21st century. There are plenty of websites, to be sure, but some of us still crave the ease and reliability of a solid paper reference. This is the only book on TeX that you will ever need.
Rating: 5 / 5
kaon2009 said :
February 10, 2010 at 11:31 pm
If you write Latex documents with lots of mathematics, this is THE book to have. I must have 5 or 6 books on Latex, but Gratzer’s book is by far the most useful. It is clear, complete, with plenty of examples. It covers everything an author needs (article, book, report, bibtex, indexes,…) including the AMS packages, which are essential for math intensive documents. This may be the last Latex book you will ever buy.
Rating: 5 / 5
Myrianthis Kostantinos said :
February 11, 2010 at 12:48 am
The book ‘more math into Latex’ is a good tool which helps somebody without experience in Latex to start using it as soon as possible and reach an adequate level for simple enough articles very fast. I would not be able to judge this book for difficult Latex applications.
Rating: 4 / 5