1076 How does one insert a "\" (backslash) into the text of a LaTeX document? And how does one insert a "~" (tilde)? (If you insert \~, it will give you a tilde as an accent over the following …

Jan 13, 2011 · How to type these special letters from European languages in latex? ä, é, and L'?

LaTeX still supports it for one reason or another, but the "proper" one to use, as defined in the specifications, is \[ ... \]. All this just means that they are not promising that $$ will always work. …

I have an equation contained inside \\[...\\], which automatically makes a \\sum with sub- and superscripts turn big--so that the summation sign looks awkward inside parenthesis. Any idea …

Jul 27, 2010 · What editors/IDEs are available for easing the process of writing TeX/LaTeX documents? Please state some useful features like code completion, spell checking, building …

Jul 27, 2010 · The Art of LaTeX is a 100-page intro to the subject with a lot of parallel " LaTeX -code : typeset-result" examples throughout the text. A companion book, The LaTeX Math …

Jul 26, 2011 · I am writing an article in LaTeX 2e. Part of the article describes the Sieve of Eratosthenes, and I want to show examples of how multiples of a prime are removed from the …

I want to put some checkmarks inside table cells. I have put a cross sign using $\\times$ but I really don't know how to write a checkmark in latex. I used \\usepackage{bbding} package and …

Oct 20, 2008 · How do I enter Unicode characters in LaTeX? What packages do I need to install and what escape sequence do I type to specify Unicode characters in an ASCII source file?

I want to represent, say, the closure of a set or the extended reals, e.g., $\\bar{\\mathbb{R}}$ but unfortunately this creates a bar that is much too small (horizontally) and can barely be seen. …