LaTeX for Maths

Twelve short lessons, from your first formula to a full worked solution. Every example can be edited, and every exercise is marked as you type. Free, no account.

1. Maths mode: your first formulaWhere maths goes in LaTeX, what you type as it is, and your first commands.
2. Powers and subscriptsRaise and lower with ^ and _, and when you need braces.
3. Fractions and roots\frac, \sqrt and roots of any order, including fractions inside fractions.
4. Greek letters and symbolsThe Greek alphabet, operators such as \times and \pm, and relations such as \leq and \approx.
5. Brackets that grow\left and \right, absolute values, norms and curly braces.
6. Sums, integrals and limits\sum, \prod, \int and \lim, with their limits above, below and beside.
7. Functions and derivatives\sin, \log and friends, primes, and the ways to write a derivative.
8. Vectors, sets and fontsBold vectors, arrows, blackboard bold for number sets, and the set symbols.
9. Matrices and casespmatrix, bmatrix, vmatrix and cases for functions in several parts.
10. Equations over several linesLining equations up at the equals sign, and numbering them.
11. Text and spacingWords inside maths, and the small spaces that make a formula read well.
12. A full worked solutionEverything together: a complete answer to an exam question, typed from start to finish.

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