More Math into LaTeX

by George Grätzer

P"Grätzer's book is a solution."p-European Mathematical Society NewsletterppFor 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#58; transparencies (computer projections).pKey features of More Math into Latex, 4th edition#58;p- Installation instructions for PC and Mac usersp- An example-based, visual approach and a gentle introduction with the Short Coursep- A detailed exposition of multiline math formulas with a Visual Guidep- A unified approach to Tex, Latex, and the AMS enhancementsp- A quick introduction to creating presentations with computer projectionspFrom earlier reviews of Math into Latex#58;p"There are several Latex guides, but this on wins hands down for the elegance of its approach and breadth of coverage."p-Amazon.com Best of 2000, Editor#8217;s choicep"A novice reader will be able to learn the most essential features of Latex sufficient to begin typesetting papers within a few hours of time#8230;An experienced Tex user, on the other hand, will find a systematic and detailed discussion of Latex features."p-Report on Mathematical Physicsp"A very helpful and useful tool for al scientists and engineers."p-Review of Astronomical Tools

Genres: Mathematics, Computer Science, Textbooks, Writing, Nonfiction

620 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Jakub · Rating 3 out of 5]

Serves as a great reference, but not really fun to read from beginning to end.

[Alain · Rating 5 out of 5]

required reading for math majors.

[ltcomdata · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite comprehensive review up to 2007 of the evolving LaTeX system. I would have liked better to distinguish all the various packages instead of lumping them all together into "LaTeX", but it is certainly true that most distributions simply install them all, so the difference is for the control freaks who want to know where everything is coming from. I do hope that LaTeX3 finally arrives to organize the new 'core' LaTeX so that we don't have to think in terms of packages any more, nor in terms of different implementations achieving the same effect.

There was no ention of the microtype package in this book... perhaps it was too new when it was written (6 years ago now). There was also very little mention of XeTeX or LuaTeX, both of which projects seem to have some steam behind them. In particular, XeTeX could finally solve the problem that TeX has always had: mainstream fonts. Of course, if one is typesetting math, one might need specialized (and not mainstream) fonts. Still, it would be quite convenient to install fonts in the operating system, and without doing anything further, having those fonts readily available to TeX.

[Darin]

This book is published in the US under the name More Math Into LaTeX, 4th Ed. This is by far the most comprehensive book I have seen for showing how to create mathematical expressions in LaTeX.

[Kiarash · Rating 5 out of 5]

an excellent and comprehensive LaTeX typesetting book.

[Noa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anyone can LaTeX, easy-peasy.