Very Basic Mathematical Latex

A document in the article style might be entered between the $\backslash$maketitle and $\backslash$end{document} sections below.

\documentclass{article}
%\addtolength{\textheight}{+ .1\textheight}
\title{TITLE}
\author{NAME}
%\date{}

\begin{document}


\maketitle


\end{document}

Paragraphs are separated by a blank line of input. Lines which start with % are viewed as having been commented out.

Most mathematical input is entered in imath mode. Displayed formulas can be enclosed between $\backslash[$ and $\backslash]$; inline formulas between $ and $. A number of examples are given below.

You can find long lists of mathematical symbols and accents at the web sites:

• http://www.agu.org/symbols.html
• http://www.giss.nasa.gov/latex/ltx-117.html
• http://omega.albany.edu:8008/Symbols.html
• http://www.lacim.uqam.ca/$\tilde{\ }$zabrocki/LATEXmath/latexsym.html