Curious: what software do you use for mathematical typesetting? For making tests, etc. I use equatio, which is great for lots of things, but is not so great at alignment with text. Any suggestions? #iteachmath
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Same as @diffgeom.bsky.social, LaTeX! If you converse physics with me you'll find me either screenshotting or linking to https://mathb.in all the time. Really good for sharing and allowing other people to see the equations and source code! For example, something I was sketching out today: https://mathb.in/76892
Whether or not that's useful/suitable for you depends.... :)
If you can run LaTeX easily, you might find or Have A Friend Cook Up document templates. I recall it took only a day or two to get comfortable with typesetting basic math, while prose is just typing.
So how do you suggest someone run LaTeX? Is there a shell program that one uses for the documents?
Or a plug-in to Word (or other word processor?)
Thanks in advance for advice.
For Windows, I understand MiKTeX (https://miktex.org/) is popular and easy-to-use, though I can't write from experience.
The web platform Overleaf is another possibility (https://www.overleaf.com/), with the advantages of facilitating collaboration and cloud storage. (Used this during COVID with qualified success.)
Happy to pass along my own templates and introductory materials for Overleaf.
Admittedly, the collaborative features of Overleaf are limited without a paid plan (expensive). But for solo creating classroom materials, Overleaf may well be the easiest LaTeX intro. https://www.overleaf.com/user/subscription/plans
Lest I forget, here's a working zip file (tested in Overleaf) containing a sample worksheet, and semantic "convenience code" factored out as a "style file" called "MyPkg". Both files are commented; look for lines starting with %.
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Whether or not that's useful/suitable for you depends.... :)
If you can run LaTeX easily, you might find or Have A Friend Cook Up document templates. I recall it took only a day or two to get comfortable with typesetting basic math, while prose is just typing.
Or a plug-in to Word (or other word processor?)
Thanks in advance for advice.
The web platform Overleaf is another possibility (https://www.overleaf.com/), with the advantages of facilitating collaboration and cloud storage. (Used this during COVID with qualified success.)
Admittedly, the collaborative features of Overleaf are limited without a paid plan (expensive). But for solo creating classroom materials, Overleaf may well be the easiest LaTeX intro.
https://www.overleaf.com/user/subscription/plans
http://diffgeom.org/LaTeX/Overleaf_LaTeX_worksheet_template.zip
Been struggling along with MathType in Word forever...
Any suggestion for a PC user? (I use both Mac & PC)
I actually mostly use the built in MS Word equation bc it'll take in some LaTeX input.