https://mklab.gr/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:10:17 +0000 MyBB https://mklab.gr/showthread.php?tid=2111 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:00:38 +0300 mklabgr]]> https://mklab.gr/showthread.php?tid=2111 Unlocking LaTeX Graphics: A Concise Guide to TikZ/PGF and PGFPLOTS, by Tamara G. Kolda, is a practical 120-page guide to creating high-quality mathematical, scientific, and technical graphics directly within LaTeX. It focuses on TikZ/PGF, for constructing diagrams, geometric figures, graphs, and other illustrations, and PGFPLOTS, for producing line, scatter, bar, and related data plots. Rather than reproducing the enormous TikZ/PGF documentation, the book concentrates on the relatively small set of commands and techniques that users are likely to need most often, making it possible to learn the essentials in a few hours.

The book progresses from basic concepts such as drawing canvases, coordinates, paths, shapes, styles, and transformations toward more sophisticated mathematical and scientific visualizations. It is intended both for LaTeX beginners and experienced users, with only basic familiarity with LaTeX required. 

Its main strength is its emphasis on concise explanations and practical examples, while also functioning as a compact reference for commonly used commands and their options. Overall, it is particularly useful for mathematicians, scientists, educators, and students who want their diagrams and plots to be generated reproducibly as part of their LaTeX documents rather than created as separate images.

BOOK]]> Unlocking LaTeX Graphics: A Concise Guide to TikZ/PGF and PGFPLOTS, by Tamara G. Kolda, is a practical 120-page guide to creating high-quality mathematical, scientific, and technical graphics directly within LaTeX. It focuses on TikZ/PGF, for constructing diagrams, geometric figures, graphs, and other illustrations, and PGFPLOTS, for producing line, scatter, bar, and related data plots. Rather than reproducing the enormous TikZ/PGF documentation, the book concentrates on the relatively small set of commands and techniques that users are likely to need most often, making it possible to learn the essentials in a few hours.

The book progresses from basic concepts such as drawing canvases, coordinates, paths, shapes, styles, and transformations toward more sophisticated mathematical and scientific visualizations. It is intended both for LaTeX beginners and experienced users, with only basic familiarity with LaTeX required. 

Its main strength is its emphasis on concise explanations and practical examples, while also functioning as a compact reference for commonly used commands and their options. Overall, it is particularly useful for mathematicians, scientists, educators, and students who want their diagrams and plots to be generated reproducibly as part of their LaTeX documents rather than created as separate images.

BOOK]]> https://mklab.gr/showthread.php?tid=2096 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:19:17 +0300 mklabgr]]> https://mklab.gr/showthread.php?tid=2096 Learning LaTeX, 2nd Edition, by David F. Griffiths and Desmond J. Higham, is a concise practical introduction to LaTeX, the document-preparation system widely used in mathematics, computer science, engineering, and the sciences. It begins with the fundamentals—creating a document, organizing sections, formatting text, and producing mathematical expressions—and gradually introduces more advanced features such as document classes, packages, figures, bibliographies, indexes, and multi-line mathematical displays. The emphasis is strongly practical: examples show the LaTeX source alongside the resulting document, allowing beginners to learn by modifying working examples.

The second edition expands the original book with material particularly useful to academics and students: AMS mathematical packages, BibTeX for bibliographies, Beamer for presentations, and the a0poster class for research posters. The appendices provide complete templates for an article, report, presentation, and poster, while a final appendix points readers toward online LaTeX documentation, software, help resources, and forums. 

Overall, the book is designed to take someone from having little or no LaTeX experience to being able to produce professional mathematical papers, reports, theses, presentations, and conference posters without having to work through a large reference manual.

BOOK]]> Learning LaTeX, 2nd Edition, by David F. Griffiths and Desmond J. Higham, is a concise practical introduction to LaTeX, the document-preparation system widely used in mathematics, computer science, engineering, and the sciences. It begins with the fundamentals—creating a document, organizing sections, formatting text, and producing mathematical expressions—and gradually introduces more advanced features such as document classes, packages, figures, bibliographies, indexes, and multi-line mathematical displays. The emphasis is strongly practical: examples show the LaTeX source alongside the resulting document, allowing beginners to learn by modifying working examples.

The second edition expands the original book with material particularly useful to academics and students: AMS mathematical packages, BibTeX for bibliographies, Beamer for presentations, and the a0poster class for research posters. The appendices provide complete templates for an article, report, presentation, and poster, while a final appendix points readers toward online LaTeX documentation, software, help resources, and forums. 

Overall, the book is designed to take someone from having little or no LaTeX experience to being able to produce professional mathematical papers, reports, theses, presentations, and conference posters without having to work through a large reference manual.

BOOK]]> https://mklab.gr/showthread.php?tid=2092 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:54:35 +0300 mklabgr]]> https://mklab.gr/showthread.php?tid=2092 Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, Third Edition by Nicholas J. Higham is a practical guide to communicating mathematics clearly and professionally. It covers the entire process of mathematical writing, beginning with general writing principles and moving to notation, mathematical exposition, English usage, and the particular difficulties faced by non-native English writers. It also provides detailed advice on writing and revising scientific papers, emphasizing clarity, concision, logical organization, accessibility, and the idea that writing itself helps mathematicians clarify and develop their thinking. 

The later chapters extend beyond writing itself to the professional workflow surrounding mathematical communication: TEX/LaTeX and BibTeX, document organization, version control and reproducible work, publishing papers, peer review, mathematical talks, posters, books, indexing, and blogging. 

The third edition has been substantially updated for modern scholarly publishing, including open access, DOIs and ORCID, and adds new material on workflow, reviewing, book writing, and blog posts. Overall, the book functions both as a guide for students learning to write mathematics and as a reference for experienced mathematicians who want to improve how they present, publish, and communicate their work. 

BOOK]]> Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, Third Edition by Nicholas J. Higham is a practical guide to communicating mathematics clearly and professionally. It covers the entire process of mathematical writing, beginning with general writing principles and moving to notation, mathematical exposition, English usage, and the particular difficulties faced by non-native English writers. It also provides detailed advice on writing and revising scientific papers, emphasizing clarity, concision, logical organization, accessibility, and the idea that writing itself helps mathematicians clarify and develop their thinking. 

The later chapters extend beyond writing itself to the professional workflow surrounding mathematical communication: TEX/LaTeX and BibTeX, document organization, version control and reproducible work, publishing papers, peer review, mathematical talks, posters, books, indexing, and blogging. 

The third edition has been substantially updated for modern scholarly publishing, including open access, DOIs and ORCID, and adds new material on workflow, reviewing, book writing, and blog posts. Overall, the book functions both as a guide for students learning to write mathematics and as a reference for experienced mathematicians who want to improve how they present, publish, and communicate their work. 

BOOK]]> https://mklab.gr/showthread.php?tid=1658 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:11:12 +0300 mklabgr]]> https://mklab.gr/showthread.php?tid=1658 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. 
  
  

Springer — Math into LaTeX, 3rd edition]]> 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. 
  
  

Springer — Math into LaTeX, 3rd edition]]>