Introduction

Math bootcamp 2017

August 14th, 2017
What is LaTex
• A scripting language used for writing documents.
• Donald Knuth in 1978 develop a typesetting program Tex.
• LaTex is an extension of Tex.
• Like a programming language, and produces files (PDF, html, ps)
• Differences with Microsoft word:
1. Microsoft Word: ‘What You See Is What You Get’ (WYSIWYG)
2. LaTex: You cannot see the final document while you are typing (WYSIWYM)
Advantages
• It looks pretty

• It is fast
y = \frac{{n!}}{{k!\left( {n - k} \right)!}}p^k q^{n - k} =
\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} n \\ k \\\end{array}} \right)p^k
q^{n - k}

• Consistent in term of formatting.

• Good for long documents, such as dissertation and books.
Advantages (Cont.)
• Stability and interchangeability (Office 97, Office 2000, ….)
• Most journals have their LaTeX styles file (just download and use
them).
• Good bibliography management.
• Connection with statistical software (R and SAS)
• It is free!
Disadvantages
• Learning curve. Take a little bit longer to obtain working knowledge.
• Flexibility. Hard to customize.
• Trade-off: hard to learn, but powerful.
How to Setup LaTeX for Windows

• Download and install MikTeX LaTeX package

http://www.miktex.org/

• Install Acrobat Reader

• Install Editor
— Text Studio
http://www.texstudio.org/
— WinEdt
http://www.winedt.com/
— Emacs, vi, etc.
How to Setup LaTeX for Mac

• Download and install MacTex LaTeX package

https://www.tug.org/mactex/

• Or TexShop LaTeX package

http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/t
exshop/

• Install Acrobat Reader

• Install Editor
— Text Studio
http://www.texstudio.org/
— WinEdt
http://www.winedt.com/
— Emacs, vi, etc.
How to Setup LaTeX. Don’t want to install anything

• Use overleaf
www.overleaf.com
Get Started with some basics
Get Started

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
Hello world. This is my \emph{first} document prepared in \LaTeX.
\end{document}
 \documentclass
{article}
{report}
\documentclass[12pt]{article} {beamer}
{book}
{letter}
• article: suitable for short document, journal articles
• report: good for longer document, such as thesis.
• beamer: similar to power point format.
Font
Font Size
Titles

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\title{Introduction to \LaTeX}
\author{Zeda Li and William W.S. Wei}
\maketitle
Hello world. This is my \emph{first} document prepared in \LaTeX.
\end{document}
Sections
…
\begin{abstract}
...
\end{abstract}
\section{introduction}
\section{Methodolgy}
\subsection{Data and Variables}
\subsection{Statistical Model}
Standard Environments
\begin{env_name}
stuff Environment name (env_name) can be
\end{enc_name} document, itemize, enumerate, tabular, etc.

\begin{itemize}
\item The first item
\item The second item
\end{itemize}

\begin{enumerate}
\item The first item
\item The second item
\end{enumerate}
Standard Environments
\begin{equation}
E=mc^2
\end{equation}

\begin{tabular}{l|c|r}
1 & 2 & 3 \\
4 & 5 & 6 \\
4 & 5 & 6 \\
\end{tabular}
Figures
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics {name of the figure file}
\caption{Put the caption here}
\end{figure}

• You can insert figures in pdf, jpg, png, eps, and other formats into your document.
• In general, figures have to be in the same folder as .tex file.
• Multiple figures can be inserted using \subfigure
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Floats,_Figures_and_Captions
https://www.sharelatex.com/learn/Inserting_Images
Labels and cross-reference
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics {name of the figure file}
\caption{Put the caption here}
\label{a short name that you can easily remember}
\end{figure}

\section{Introduction} \label{sec:intro}
\section{Methodology} \label{sec:meth}
….

In Section \ref{sec:intro}, we see the Figure \ref{fig:s11},

Math Mode
Math Mode
• Use \( … \) or $...$ for in-line math formulas
• Use \[ … \] or $$...$$ for math formulas with separate line

• Spaces inside \( … \) and \[ … \] are ignored. If needed, use “\ ” or “~” to add

space

• Use \mbox{…} or \text{…} for words inside math formulas

• \begin{equation} …. \end{equation}
 Math Mode: some examples
x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac} } {2a}

\int_0^\infty

\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}

\gamma, \pi, \theta, \lambda, \sigma

\Gamma, \Pi, \Theta, \Lambda, \Sigma

https://oeis.org/wiki/List_of_LaTeX_mathematical_symbols
http://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php?title=LaTeX:Symbols
Exercise
Produces following equations:
Special Characters

• # $ % ^ & _ {} ~ \
• \# \$ \% \^{} \& \_ \{ \} \~{}

• Try \cdots, \vdots

User-defined Commands
• \newcommand\bs{\boldsymbol}
• \newcommand{\cov}{\text{Cov}}
• \newcommand{\cor}{\text{Corr}}
• \def\mb#1{\setbox0=\hbox{$#1$}
\kern-.025em\copy0\kern-\wd0
\kern.05em\copy0\kern-\wd0
\kern-.025em\raise.0em\box0}
• \def\X{{\bf X}}
• \def\Z{{\bf Z}}
• \newcommand{\beq}{\begin{equation}}
• \newcommand{\eeq}{\end{equation}}
Packages
• Many packages can be used to fill user’s advanced needs.
• It is hard to include all of them here.
• Use google!
• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Package_Reference
Tables
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|}
Apples & Green \\
Strawberries & Red \\
Oranges & Orange \\
\end{tabular}
\begin{tabular}{l*{6}{c}r}
Team & P & W & D & L & F & A & Pts \\
\hline
Manchester United & 6 & 4 & 0 & 2 & 10 & 5 & 12 \\
Celtic & 6 & 3 & 0 & 3 & 8 & 9 & 9 \\
Benfica & 6 & 2 & 1 & 3 & 7 & 8 & 7 \\
FC Copenhagen & 6 & 2 & 1 & 3 & 5 & 8 & 7 \\
\end{tabular}
...
\usepackage{multirow}
...
\begin{tabular}{ |l|l|l| }
\begin{tabular}{ |l|l|l| }
\hline
\multicolumn{3}{ |c| }{PhD Office} \\
\hline
Senior Associate Dean & Milton F Stauffer Professor & Paul Pavlou \\
\hline
\multirow{2}{*}{Student Services}
& Associate Director & Lisa Fitch \\
& Coordinator & Felix Flores \\
\hline
\multirow{12}{*}{Concentration Advisors}
& Accounting & Jagannathan Krishnan \\
& Decision Neuroscience & Angelika Dimoka \\
& Finance & Connie X. Mao\\
& Human Resource & Crystal Harold \\
& Interdisciplinary Studies & Angelika Dimoka \\
& International Business & J. Jay Choi\\
& Marketing & Susan Mudambi \\
& MIS & Sunil Wattal \\
& RMI & Hua Chen\\
& Statistics & Cheng Yong Tang\\
& Strategic & Susan Feinberg\\
& Tourism \& Sports & Daniel Funk\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
 Exercise
Produces following tables:

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Tables
https://www.sharelatex.com/learn/Tables
Bibliography and Citation
Simple Bibliography
If you know you have between 10 and 99 publications, you can start
with \begin{thebibliography}[99]. Use any two digit number in the
argument, since all numerals are the same width.
Bibliography Management
• BibTeX is a widely used bibliography management tool in LATEX.
• The bibliography entries are kept in a separate file and then imported into the
main document.
• Once the external bibliography file is imported, the command \cite, \citet, \citep,…
• Very useful to build your own bibliography library.
• Make sure include package \usepackage{natbib}
Main Tex
Ths document is an example of BibTeX using in bibliography management. Three
items are cited: \textit{The \LaTeX\ Companion} book \cite{latexcompanion}, the
Einstein journal paper \cite{einstein}, and the Donald Knuth's website
\cite{knuthwebsite}. The \LaTeX\ related items are
\cite{latexcompanion,knuthwebsite}.  
\medskip  

\bibliographystyle{unsrt}
\bibliography{sample}
BibTex
@article{einstein,
author = "Albert Einstein",
title = "{Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter K{\"o}rper}. ({German}) [{On} the electrodynamics of moving
bodies]",
journal = "Annalen der Physik", volume = "322", number = "10", pages = "891--921", year = "1905",
DOI = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19053221004" }  

@book{latexcompanion,
author = "Michel Goossens and Frank Mittelbach and Alexander Samarin",
title = "The \LaTeX\ Companion",
year = "1993",
publisher = "Addison-Wesley",
address = "Reading, Massachusetts" }  

@misc{knuthwebsite,
author = "Donald Knuth",
title = "Knuth: Computers and Typesetting",
url = "http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/\~{}uno/abcde.html" }
Another Advantages
The bibTex file can be downloaded directly from Temple library Website!!!
Other Usage of Latex
Connect LaTex with other software
• Connect with R.
• Provide flexible and fast report writing and editing.
• Need two packages, kinitr and sweave.
• If you are all interested in learning R, we can do a section latter.
LaTex for Presentation
• Good for math intensive presentation.
• Not flexible

LaTex for CV