LaTeX: A Tool for Technical Writing,

Presentation and Scientific Research.

presented by

Dr. Harsh Vardhan Mahara

Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities, Invertis University , Bareilly

National workshop on “Analysis and it’s application in quantum

mechanics” January 22, 2025
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Table of Content

1 What is LaTeX ?

2 Why use LaTeX ?

3 Basic document structure in LaTeX

4 Creating a document

5 Advanced features

6 Presentation in LATEX

7 Overleaf

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What is LaTeX?

LATEX (pronounced “LAY-tek” or “LAH-tek”) is a tool for

typesetting professional-looking documents developed by Laslie
Lamport [1] .
It is widely used for technical and scientific documents.
Based on the idea of separating content from formatting which
makes it different form other ‘WYSIWYG’ applications such as
Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer.

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Why Use LaTeX?

Produce high quality documents.

Excellent for complex mathematical formulas and structures.
Cross platform compatibility.
Free and open-source.

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Basic Document Structure

Every LATEX document has a structure:
\documentclass{}, \begin{document}, \end{document}.
Example:

Figure: A basic document in LATEX

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Preamble of a Document in LaTeX

Preamble of a Document in LATEX:

The preamble is the section before the \begin{document}
command, it sets up the document’s structure and formatting.
Typical preamble structure.
\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
Document class:
Defines the overall layout and style.
Common document classes:
article
beamer
Packages :
Packages add extra functionality to the document.

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Creating a Document
Adding chapters, sections and subsections:
Organize content using sections and subsections:
\chapter{First Chapter}
\section{Introduction}
\subsection{Background}

Lists: Ordered and unordered

1.Ordered List 2.Unordered List
\begin{enumerate} \begin{itemize}
\item First item \item First item
\item Second item \item Second item
\item Third item \item Third item
\end{enumerate} \end{itemize}

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Creating a Document
Text formatting:
Bold \textbf{...},
italic \textit{...},
underline \underline{...}.
Tables
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline
Header 1 & Header 2 & Header 3 \\
\hline
Row 1 Col 1 & Row 1 Col 2 & Row 1 Col 3 \\
\hline
Row 2 Col 1 & Row 2 Col 2 & Row 2 Col 3 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
Dr. Harsh \end{center}
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Text Formatting, Sections, List, Table.

Figure: An example of text formatting, list, sections, tables.

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Mathematics Writing in LaTeX

Inline Math: Integrated within text, E = mc 2 , use $...$.

Display Math: Centered and on its own line, use $$...$$,

E = mc 2

.
Common Symbols:
Greek Letters:
P α,R Ω, Qβ, γ (use \alpha,\Omega, etc. )
Operators: , , (use \sum, etc. )
√
Miscellaneous: ba , \frac{a}{b}, x, \sqrt{x}, xi , x i,
x i ,x^i

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Basic Mathematics Writing

Figure: Example with basic mathematics commands

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Advanced Mathematics Writing

Using package for enhanced functionality:

amsmath: advanced math formatting
amssymb: additional symbols
amsfont: additional fonts
Common mathematical environment:
align: for aligned equations

a=b+c
d + e = f + g + h.

theorem: for theorems and proofs.

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Advanced Mathematics Writing

Figure: An example of packages in advanced mathematical writing

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Theorem and Proofs

Figure: An example of theorem and proofs in LATEX

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Images and Figures in LaTeX

Adding images in LATEX
Use the graphicx package to include images.
Basic command:
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width = 0.5 \textwidth]{image.png}
\caption{A sample image.}
\label{fig:sample}
\end{figure}
Drawing figures in LATEX
Use the TikZ package for creating graphics programmatically.
Basic setup:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[->] (0,0)--(2,2);
\draw[red, thick](0,0) circle(1cm);
\end{tikzpicture}
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Images and Figures in LaTeX

Figure: An example of image and figure in LATEX

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References in LaTeX

Referencing in LATEX: Refer to an equation using \label and

\ref:
\begin{equation}\label{einstine}
E = m c^2
\end{equation}

To reference the equation:

As shown in equation \ref{einstine}, energy is ...

As shown in equation ??, energy is ...

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Bibliography and Citation in LaTeX

Using BibTeX: Traditional tool for managing references.

Creating a bibliography file:
Create a ’.bib’ file for your references, e.g. abc.bib.
Example entry:
@article{smith2020
author = {John Smith},
title = {Understanding LaTeX},
journal= {Journal of TeX Studies},
year= {2020},
volume= {12},
pages = {34-56}
}

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Bibliography and Citation in LaTeX

Citing references in your documents: Traditional tool
Inline citation: \cite{smith2020},
Multiple citation : \cite{key1, key2},
Example: This is discussed in [?] and in [?, ?].
Bibliography style
Plain
APA
Chicago
Include the bibliography style in the document:
\bibliographystyle{plain}

Generating the bibliography

Use the command to print the bibliography
\bibliography{abc.bib}

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Bibliography and Citation

Figure: An example of reference and citation

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Bibliography and Citation

Figure: Example of .bib file.

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Making Presentation in LaTeX

Beamer: A LATEX class for creating presentations.

Basic structure:
Document class: \documentclass{beamer}
Title page: \title{ }, \author{ }, \date{ } etc.
Frames: Each slide is created with \begin{frame} and
\end{frame}
Creating a frame:
\begin{frame} \frametitle{Frame Title}
Frame content here \end{frame}

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Beamer Presentation in LaTeX

Figure: An example of basic structure of a beamer presentation

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Themes and Colors

Beamer comes with several built-in themes.

default
Frankfurt
Copenhagen
Set a theme using :
\usetheme{Copenhegan}

Customize colors using \usecolortheme

Example:
\usecolortheme{dolphin},\usecolortheme{beaver}.
https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Beamer/Reference guide

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Title Slide with Theme

Figure: Example of title slide with Copenhagen theme and color theme
whale

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Overleaf

Overleaf: .
An online LATEX editor for creating documents [2].
No installation required; accessible from any device.
Access to variety of templates for different document types.
Collaborative features for real-time editing.
Sync projects with Dropbox and it supports git.
Getting started with overleaf:
Create an account at www.overleaf.com.
Start a new project or upload existing LATEX files.
Choose a template or start from the scratch.
.

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Overleaf Home

Figure: Overleaf homepage

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Overleaf Templates

Figure: Overleaf templates

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Overleaf Templates

Figure: Overleaf Templates

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References

Leslie Lamport.
LATEX: a document preparation system.
Addison- Wesley Pub. co., 1986.
Overleaf.
Overleaf- about us.
http://www.overleaf.com, 2011.
Accessed April 6, 2011.

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Thank You!