How to: technical and scientific documentation/formulas

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Dec 26, 2006, 06:18 AM

RickJ

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How to: technical and scientific documentation/formulas

The [math] tag lets you easily embed nicely formatted math in your questions and answers. The particular convention Ask Me Help Desk uses is mimeTex, a version of LaTeX. Please read the tutorial if you would like to use it extensively.

Example usage:

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[math]x{\small_1}=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}[/máth]

Example output:

$x{\small_1}=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}$

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Mar 12, 2009, 06:04 AM	#2

Capuchin Science Expert Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: UK Posts: 5,236	Wikipedia uses a slightly different version of tex, but i find their help page on displaying formulae well laid out and very useful when i'm searching for how to display a symbol i havent used before. The only real difference I have found is that they use <math></math> instead of [math][/máth]. The page can be found here: Help - Displaying a formula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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