/math/ - Mathematics

This board is for the discussion of mathematics.

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Equations can be embedded in multiple ways:

• \eqn{...}

  or

  \math{...}

  command substitutions

• \[ ... \]

  or

  \( ... \)

  block substitutions

• $$ ... $$

  or

  $ ... $

  special block substitutions

• \begin{equation} ... \end{equation}

  or

  \begin{math} ... \end{math}

  environments
• by starting a line with

  ,,

  or

  ,eqn

  like one commonly would with >greentext.

Matrices can be embedded by using

\begin{matrix} ... \end{matrix}

or

\begin{array} ... \end{array}

environments in any of the above ways to embed equations, or by starting a line with

,mat

,

,pmat

,

,smat

,bmat

,

,Bmat

,

,vmat

or

,Vmat

and using

&

and

\\

symbols to delineate between columns and rows respectively.

Arrays can be embedded by using

\begin{array}{c|c:c} ... \end{array}

environment in any of the above ways to embed equations, or by starting a line with

,arr{c|c:c}

and using

&

and

\\

symbols to delineate between columns and rows respectively. NOTE:

c|c:c

is only one example of vertical separation (solid and dotted). Horizontal separation can be accomplished by using

\hline

or

\hdashline

after

\\

.

Alignments can be done by using

\begin{aligned} ... \end{aligned}

in any of the above ways to embed equations, or by starting a line with

,align

and then using

\\

symbols to start new lines and using

&

symbol to specify how to align each line (usually, you want it attached to the equals sign, like

&=

).`