Intro to LaTeX : Learn to write beautiful math equations || Part 1

[@DrTrefor]

One note: I used double dollar signs like $$equation$$ for equations in the Display Math mode. This works. Doing \[equation\] does more or less the same thing. However, in general \[equation\] is a newer way to do this that has several advantages so is probably better to use even if it is a bit of a new thing to memorize.

[@suayhossien]

Do you hVe a way of aligning equations so I can leave reasons to the right? I tried begin equation array and begin align you know of an thing else ? Preferable without display mode or style

[@suayhossien]

@Xinfei Huang I am trying to avoid begin align my professor/advisor hates it

[@suayhossien]

@Xinfei Huang same with me I prefer it, idk why he’s very picky with latex and I’m currently helping him write solutions to a p adic number textbook and he shares his overleaf with me and HATES align

[@trafalgarla]

@@suayhossien You can use \begin{gather} which will center equations

[@suayhossien]

@@trafalgarla oh wow had never heard of begin{gather} before thanks !

[@MichaelPennMath]

I was going to make a video like this for my students, but then I found this!!

[@DrTrefor]

hey Michael, seen some of your vids, I think they are awesome! Love how KZbin is definitely a space where someone like you can grow really quickly in this space by putting up interesting math problems with regularity, that's amazing.

[@annevanderbijl3510]

didn't expect you here Michael :)

[@rizalpurnawan23]

Mr. Bazett and Mr. Penn, both of you have amazing channels. I wish there would be many people following your steps in making the world better.

[@Pablo-wg1lw]

Would still be nice to make such a good video on TeXmacs for your students!

[@ComplexVariables]

Yep, no need to redo what is already great. Cheers to both of you for the work you do for all of our students.

[@sailorgeer]

I used LaTeX to write my masters thesis in ocean engineering way back in 1985. Back then the compiler ran on the university mainframe computer. I’m surprised that the program still exists but in more user friendly version with instantaneous compiling! As for my masters thesis, which was about the dynamics of floating bodies, involving things like triple boundary integrals, Green’s theorem, real and complex math, I can say I eventually came to understand how to write and display the math in LaTeX much more than I understood the math itself :)j

[@jguo]

Oceanic engineer here from the early 2000s. I wrote both my Master's and PhD theses in LaTex, emacs was the editor. Amazing how little it needed to change to write something beautiful.

[@IamMathenge]

Damn!

[@AliAbbas092]

Wow

[@fahad_hassan_92]

Woah

[@IamMathenge]

al' ye older engineers need to come together and educate us on how to save earth. start posting random camera videos everywhere. WE NEED YOU! we are a generation brought up in the money era, getting a proper education is almost impossible unless you want to spend 6k for a course retake.and, ofcourse redoing the course is the only sure way to master the content.

[@chrisarmstrong5556]

I watched this video in January because I had an advanced geometry and analytical instrumentations course and wanted my TA's/Professors to have an easier time with the online format. It was the kickstart I needed into using LaTeX for so many assignments which has resulted in acquiring quite high marks in those courses. What I love the most about LaTeX is that it makes my documents appear clean and well formatted without having to care much. Formula's as well as exponents/subscripts can be very well designed and legible. Graphs that I compile in MatLab or Desmos can be saved as .png files and then retain a high degree of aspect ratio such that they are legible. This is something word processors such as Word lack where my proton NMR spectrums may have integration values that cannot be read but with LaTeX the .pdf enables a user to zoom in and read the values. Definitely recommend learning LaTeX. This was a great video to start becoming accustomed and then slowly Googling how to do specific commands to reach my composition goals.

[@WyattOSchaefer]

I cannot overestimate the value of this tutorial

[@3301-s4t]

Just started Physics at university and just had my first assignment that needed to be written up in LaTeX. This video was very helpful, thank you! :)

[@DrTrefor]

Glad it helped!

[@thorntontarr2894]

How sad, it's 2020 and you are are writing in LaTex by assignment! Time to change universities, mate.

[@lupulaoi]

@@thorntontarr2894 what else can you do?

[@ronpearson1912]

When I see your PhD thesis I feel like im bumbling through life and lucky to have made it this far in math , science and engineering.

[@lolerie]

And when you see a book fully written in latex...

[@IamMathenge]

i do academic services. recently got a job from a client requiring energy calculations, a PhD paper, this was my first and only video, she got an A. Apparently latex is Python Lite, the use package is just another import function. combining it with formulas from R and graphs from matlab is just amazing. presenting machine learning algorithms like gradient descent makes it so easy to comprehend.

[@bandisamasilela2531]

THIS VIDEO JUST RANDOMLY POPPED UP ON MY FEED, AND MADE ME REALIZE THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE TO LEARN THIS CAUSE ONE OF LECTURES SUGGESTED IT FOR WRITTING REPORTS. THANK.............. PS: YOU UPLOADED THIS ON MY BIRTHDAY

[@johnkevin6134]

If I may suggest, the continued fraction on 9:15 can use \cfrac instead of \frac so that the terms will not become smaller [unless preferred]. Also, the figure on the last part, I think, should be inside a figure environment. Well, you really made me understand LaTeX again! This is really good!

[@DrTrefor]

That's a great suggestion, thank you!

[@veillerguise]

@@DrTrefor he schooled you and insulted you in the same sentence. so efficient!

[@dnuma5852]

@@veillerguise wa how did they insult him

[@complexlogarithm3993]

I am really stunned by your talent and passion. You truly are a great teacher and also an enrichment to KZbin! Thank you so much and stay healthy!

[@bunnynique2512]

once I saw a teammate in college make a document for an essay with LaTeX and I fell in love with it, but the whole organizing the document with commands intimidated me a lot. this was very helpful for getting over it

[@DrTrefor]

glad it helped, LaTeX really is cool!

[@henryw.1732]

Lovely! I decided to learn LaTeX at the beginning of this semester and it was slow going at first, but now that I'm used to it I'm never going back to hand-written assignments!

[@dipendu02]

Searched all around youtube finally found a video from my favorite teacher himself thank you so much

[@sunraiii]

LOL - my summer semester has just begun and I need to learn Latex for calculus 2. What a godsend!

[@martinsauer5311]

You can also use a program called Lyx This gives you an optional GUI for Latex which might be easier for beginners if all the commands are overwhelming at first

[@crimfan]

@@martinsauer5311 Yup. Overleaf also has a GUI of a sort. As a LaTeX editor it's not that helpful, unlike TeXMaker, etc. But Overleaf's compiler just crushes everything and not having to have a local install can be very helpful. It also works well to collaborate with folks.

[@METODISEA]

I am so slow with technology. When I heard about Latex i felt it was too complicated. This tutorial showed otherwise. Following exactly as shown gave me so much confidence. Thank you!

[@salmanqureshi3361]

Thanks a lot for this, you covered pretty much everything I need to get started with my final year dissertation in LaTeX 😀 was getting quite worried about using this LaTeX thing but this video is a real gem! Keep up the great work, stay safe 🙏🏼

[@DrTrefor]

Good luck on your dissertation!

[@FHB71]

I wrote my diploma thesis with LaTeX 25 years ago and there is nothing better if it comes to scientific publications.

[@Sebentheyargimachine]

Can we insert diagrams in it?

[@FHB71]

@@Sebentheyargimachine of course

[@jcat187]

It was fun learning this in a day and never using it again.

[@melomelo9132]

If you NEED to learn LaTex, chances are you are gonna use LaTex on a daily basis. Just saying.

[@Pablo-wg1lw]

Yes, if you are not forced to use LaTeX, then it is much more efficient to use TeXmacs. Nice tutorial nonetheless...

[@明瑠恭音ジオバニ]

\begin{equation}\begin{aligned} is very useful for making multi-line aligned equations (use '&' to align, and \\ to break the lines)

[@natmath2576]

\begin{align} does both at the same time

[@hrperformance]

Thank you so so much for this fantastically explained tutorial. The pinned comment regarding \[equation\] is also very much appreciated. All the best from the UK

[@DrTrefor]

Glad it helped!

[@georges7648]

Great vid, love your enthusiasm and now I can't wait to write my first LaTeX document

[@beltusnkwawir2908]

Your passion and enthusiasm for the subject matter is contagious. Thanks Prof. Trefor. God Bless you

[@DrTrefor]

Thank you so much!

[@drzewo3713]

Hello programmers and mathematicians 👋

[@Sammi1-ps2]

Hello, beginner mathematician here

[@indravrtrahaana763]

50th like!!!

[@Tuffadandem]

This is sooo good. To begin with thank you so much for taking the time to do the videos on prepositional logic, they were very helpful. As for this video, it is an absolute gold mine indeed. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this content. Such a legend!

[@scourahachour8187]

You’re a great teacher with an engaging persona. I’m an undergrad math student down in Australia and your video was a blessing ❤️

[@DrTrefor]

Thank you

[@yolamontalvan9502]

Ok I’m bought. You convinced me. Since I know a bit of PostScript, Latex can do more in just one line. In PostScript you need multiple lines. Thanks professor.

[@greisthomson]

I've a paper on Latex in my fifth semester of my Mathematics degree. Thank you for both your videos.

[@Paki_in_Indonesia]

Can't we do the same with MS Office? Why do we need to learn LaTeX?

[@leocarmopereira]

After being first introduced to LaTeX in 2005 when I was studying Physics, I finally learned today. Thanks, man!

[@leonbyrne4339]

I just wanted to say thanks so much for posting this video. I've been avoiding learning how to use LaTeX just because I already have so many other programs I need to worry about and remember, but just recently the TA in my lab said we'd get extra credit if we used LaTeX. . .so here I am! This quick introduction was incredibly helpful, and I feel like I have most of the tools I need to get started, plus its so nice to have an online access that I don't have to download. This video was very helpful. Cheers!

[@DrTrefor]

Thanks!!

[@TheRedstonedeluxe]

I love your charisma! It makes the content so much more engaging

[@Michael-xq4jb]

I'm a Japanese. I want to start LaTex !!! Your video is so easy to understand ! Thank you !

[@DrTrefor]

Happy to hear that!

[@AndersJackson]

Great introduction. Some tip: If you want to use \LaTeX{} to write a documentation in some other language then English, you actually also want to use package babel. So this is for Swedish: \documentclass[sv,a4paper]{article} % swedish and A4 paper format for the article \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % use UTF-8, as you all should do nowdays \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Adjust fonts in result so it will show you the right characters \usepackage[swedish]{babel} % And set \LaTeX{} to use Swedish language.

[@eleazertham5033]

Interesting stuff to learn during quarantine. Hope everyone is staying home and staying safe.... With love from India 🇮🇳

[@alexanderkowalewski4162]

I recently wrote my 9 page senior project paper on Gaussian analogs using LaTeX. It's a very good tool.

[@kdmdlo]

I have used Latex since I was a Ph.D. student back in the early '90's. I use things like Word ... but only because people send me documents in Word. Whenever I write anything myself, it's in Latex. Best part is it pre-type sets everything for journals (download the style file from the journal). There is a learning curve but it's not that steep.

[@jemert96]

Same, I've been using Latex for almost all of my university work since the day I started university. Once you start using Latex, you'll never want anything else

[@Paki_in_Indonesia]

Why do we need to learn LaTeX when we have MS Office and can do all. Also for STEM Students everything seems to get done in MS Office so why LaTeX?

[@nkpytelzhor]

Incredible - fast, clear, easy to comprehend, just what I needed!

[@DrTrefor]

Glad it helped!

[@adamkatav9752]

It's been a long time since I was impressed by a tutorial, well done!!!

[@银河-l8l]

i am a grade eleven student from chinese senior high school, so thanks for Dr.T that i can use latex to subscribe the math formula in influently for my Note very fast(only 30minning,now i can take some formula questions in my note but slowly )

[@quicktripgas]

Absolutely LOVE Overleaf! Love this channel as well!

[@FatRogSlim]

Wow, latex is so old I forgot it even existed! Thanks for the video

[@leonschollerer9135]

This video is SO well done. LaTeX is explained with so much structure so I got a good idea of how to use it

[@DrTrefor]

Thank you!

[@jongraham8866]

I am writing again in Latex for the first time since finishing my thesis years ago and it's slow going at this point. Thanks for the video.

[@gunjanrawat4282]

Amazing! Thnx a lot for teaching LaTeX I had been searching for it for a lot and wasn't getting a good tutorial but now I understood it in a quite good way

[@DrTrefor]

You're very welcome!

[@ZackRekeSkjell]

I've been using the \large \Large and so on commands to make the brackets the right size, but using \left and ight to get the perfect size is so much easier!

[@ahlinad1221]

Thank you, my lecturer told us to learn this by ourselves.

[@InkHeart233]

"hello world!" -No comma, unwatchable

[@DrTrefor]

Lol, harsh but fair

[@Pablo-wg1lw]

Hello, TeXmacs

[@xoppa09]

This is awesome. Most latex manuals are too long and Dr. Trefor makes it interesting (and simple).

[@Baumhunter200]

This is it! i need some programm like that to write equations in my master degree ... thank you so much .. this is a gamechanger for me ^^

[@ItsMaddieNow]

My uni recommended latex for lab reports, this tutorial has been really useful.

[@marilyn8178]

What a helpful video. Dr Trefor you are a wonderful presenter and an excellent explainer too. Good on you for making this video. It is much appreciated! Keep up the great work.

[@DrTrefor]

Glad it helped!

[@ajarivas72]

He is awesome.

[@krishnansivakarthikeyan3143]

Very simple explanations, yet powerful. Thanks a ton.

[@osamaanees8406]

My university forced us to learn LaTeX in computer engineering. I didn't agree with the fact that they graded us on this but thanks it I was able to learn this.

[@pinostrassen8862]

Thank you, this memorized a whole month of latex here.

[@cheggmi3637]

You are genius Sir. I have struggled with all these for long and the more videos i watched, the more confused I was, but this one here is a gem. You laid the foundation for learning Latec with solid granite stones. You explain what is what and why you are using what. I can almost do all these here without watching the video again simply because you explain the whys, hows and the whats. Thank you very much. I quickly clicked on the subsribe button like it was the last one available there :)

[@EricKolotyluk]

Wow, that was fun... It's been decades since I use LaTex... it's sure a lot easier to use now... thanks

[@rmb706]

Surprise! Open note final. Glad I had a 330 page notebook done in latex with a table of contents and all my handwritten homework problems as graphics in line with the text. Free to print on campus, $6 to bind it. LaTeX was a lifesaver.

[@DrTrefor]

Omg that must have been SO useful

[@rmb706]

We will find out on Tuesday! Stoked.

[@DrTrefor]

Good luck!

[@nanirampajing9895]

Thank you sooooooooooo much sir for this video..my all equation was showing error in my report after watching your video there is no more error..now i can write any equation without error i have my seminar presentation is this coming week and it will be successful because of you🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏lovefromindia

[@annoyingprecision2487]

Thank you for a wonderful intro to LaTeX, Dr Bazett.

[@ghazals.a1318]

I really enjoyed this video and learned a lot. thank you, professor!

[@aaron9828]

I'm actually excited to try this on my engineering assignments

[@johnwilson3918]

Sweet! I came here for a 101 on LaTex. Thank you. Subscribed to look at your maths.

[@DrTrefor]

Welcome aboard!

[@sjn7220]

This was neat. I've heard of LaTeX for a long time but never really knew what it was. I've always used Word's equation editor for the occasional times I've need to put an equation in a document (I'm a chemist not a mathematician :) ). Thanks for this.

[@sjn7220]

@@DrTrefor I hadn't used Word's equation editor in a while; I just tried the "Ink editor" and it worked surprisingly well, even with a mouse.

[@williejohnson5172]

I wrote an entire book in Word and its old equation editor was the greatest invention known to man (for me). But word to the wise. If your book is longer than about 200 pages stop. The Word formatting gets all crazy and you will not be able to save it. I was crushed. All that work and I figured it was just unrecoverable. Then I stumbled onto Latex. Unfortunately I had to retype the equations again but I could simply cut and paste all the Word text into a LaTex document. Also a huge advantage of LaTex over word is Latex does all your table of contents, chapters, sections, index, etc automatically for you. It automatically numbers your equations, footnotes, citations. Formatting problems are virtually eliminated. All you have to do is write. If you pair LaTex and Inkscape just about anything you ever wanted to write you can accomplish.

[@hahuphysicsliojkmq6355]

I will like to say thanks Dr Trefor Well, you really made me understand LaTeX again! thanks

[@quel3301]

I wish I knew about LaTeX sooner! I have been struggling using Microsoft Word. Great tutorial

[@DrTrefor]

ugh word is great for many things, but NOT for math:D

[@barbaraulitsky8292]

This is an extremely helpful tutorial! Thank you so much, Professor Bazett!!! I love your videos! 🌟🙏🤩👍

[@wssz112]

last year in graduate school, time to write like a scientist !!!!!

[@thomasgebert6119]

It's not on overleaf, but another option (and the one I prefer) is to use Pandoc markdown and rendering latex. You can drop in latex whenever you need to, including equations, but I find that markdown gives me fewer headaches than vanilla latex. For example, despite my best efforts, I *always* end up with a backwards doublequote somewhere in my document because I forget to use backtick. Pandoc smooths that out for me.

[@simoncarter3541]

Very helpful tutorial. My uni decided to do a last minute u-turn on hand written class tests so had to learn Latex last minute. This video was a massive help

[@DrTrefor]

Thats annoying, but glad it helped:)

[@DarkSkay]

Thanks

[@DrTrefor]

Thank you so much!

[@TheEngineerBlueprint]

several useful things to learn for my next math project (That represents 40 % of my grade, and presentation is important as well) Thank you so much!

[@Vikram-wx4hg]

Thanks for introducing Overleaf and the tutorial! Super useful!

[@mikemcmahon2622]

Great work Dr. This helped me and got me from being stuck in the mud. 😀

[@SATPrepTutoring]

Awesome. Love your videos! I'm a math teacher, and your videos have helped me understand laTeX!

[@peaceofmind8578]

Thank you for creating this video. I am learning from it. All the best for you!

[@PaulMenden5659]

LaTeX is truly an amazing tool!

[@rethabilemoleli8222]

The video is so clear and straight forward the it is explained.I have not gone through all your videos but I believe there is a video on how to great tables if not please do basic one for me.

[@md.niamulahadchowdhury6407]

This is a very well-articulated introductory video.

[@DrTrefor]

Thank you!!

[@Mathcasio-i5j]

Congrats! & Pls do More about LaTeX sir 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@akanksharoy9542]

I got to learn so much . Thank You so much sir. Watching this from India.🙏🙏

[@priyasmitroy8455]

How to put space between two questions? Should I have to leave input 2 lines or 1 input line?

[@Quijanos1]

Superlative instructional guide. Great energy. Thank you

[@KOTHAABHISHEK]

wow awesome language

[@bzboii]

Yessss omg I wish this existed at the beginning of this year!! Amazing

[@nini_kys]

Thank you!! Love this series as a means of helping me read and write IEEE papers (gross).

[@joewang4962]

Saved my life!! Can't thank u enough for ur sharing

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

Just a small point to add tikzpicture package is really powerful and you can easily use the axis graph to produce really good images.

[@Tom-sp3gy]

Professor you are truly the best! Thanks a lot!

[@laracombina]

Thank you! Your tutorial is really beginner-friendly :D

[@DrTrefor]

Glad to hear that!

[@ajarivas72]

Beginner and advanced user

[@WizardPlatypus]

This video gave me exactly what I was looking for, and I am soo grateful for that. Gave you a like and subscribed, thank you very much for your work]

[@satrialesporkstore7889]

This is awesome! Thank you so much! I will be back with more questions.

[@sashamuller9743]

you deserve more likes and subs keep it up you helping us tremendously!

[@drkhan462]

Decided to see this to see how it compares to Matlab since I'm taking a Matlab course. Thanks.

[@user-bv1tv9ef9y]

So wholesome! Thanks a lot, you are a great explainer.

[@anamika6188]

Informative Vedio for all beginners👍

[@JamesKimball97]

This guy is a trip. Great video!

[@nileshgaikwad5553]

Thank you from India 🇮🇳🙏

[@MathswithAbhinavBatra]

Thanks for teaching this so fast. Helped me a lot. Live long and prosper ✌️

[@uzair3690]

Brother use math snipping tool....

[@MathswithAbhinavBatra]

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[@OmarLakkis]

Great video! My students love you. But on line 35/36 I would have used \langle angle instead of < > because of spacing reasons (TeX interprets < and > as binary operators and pads them, whereas \langle angle are brackets: Knuth *is* an Artist [of Computer Programming] after all).

[@gautamhathiwala7267]

Loved your video I am going to follow you to learn Latex Thank you