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Math into Latex [Grätzer] - mklabgr - 08-17-2026
Math into LaTeX
Author: George Grätzer
Publication date: 2000, 3rd edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston
Math into LaTeX is a comprehensive introduction and reference for mathematicians, scientists, engineers, and students who need to produce professional documents containing mathematical notation. Grätzer takes a strongly practical, example-driven approach: the reader begins by creating a first article and gradually learns how LaTeX handles ordinary text, mathematical expressions, displayed equations, multiline formulas, document structure, and specialized mathematical environments. Particular attention is given to the AMS packages, which greatly extend LaTeX's capabilities for mathematical publishing.
The book goes considerably beyond simply teaching commands. Later sections explain how to structure complete mathematical articles and books, customize LaTeX, manage bibliographies with BibTeX, create indexes with MakeIndex, and organize long documents. This makes the book useful at two levels: beginners can work through the introductory material as a course, while experienced LaTeX users can keep it nearby as a reference when dealing with complicated equations or document-design problems. The third edition also incorporates changes introduced in version 2.0 of the AMS packages and expands the treatment of book-length documents.
Although some of its software-specific material inevitably reflects the LaTeX environment of its era, the fundamental material on mathematical typesetting remains highly relevant. In fact, the book evolved through later editions—More Math Into LaTeX and ultimately the sixth edition, Text and Math Into LaTeX (2024)—showing the longevity of Grätzer's approach. For someone who writes substantial mathematical material rather than merely occasional equations, Math into LaTeX remains an especially valuable guide because it teaches not only how to enter mathematics in LaTeX, but how to construct a professionally organized mathematical document.
Key takeaways
- Excellent for mathematical writing: particularly strong on formulas, equation layouts, AMS environments, and mathematical articles.
- Beginner course + reference manual: the early chapters provide a relatively gentle introduction, while later chapters handle advanced and long-document tasks.
- More than equation syntax: it covers text, document structure, customization, bibliographies, indexes, articles, and books.
- Still useful, but dated in places: for someone learning LaTeX today, the modern successor Text and Math Into LaTeX (6th ed., 2024) is worth considering because it updates the same approach for contemporary LaTeX.