{"id":1,"date":"2017-08-26T13:36:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/template-coursespoke\/?p=1"},"modified":"2017-08-22T18:05:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T22:05:16","slug":"welcome-to-ur-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/math320\/2017\/08\/26\/welcome-to-ur-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Typesetting Mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress allows you to use a lot of latex typesetting capabilities in this blog. To enter into &#8220;math mode,&#8221; when typing a post or a comment, use the command &#8216;dollar sign&#8217;latex. After typing this, you can use\u00a0a large portion of the latex library of\u00a0mathematical typesetting commands. When you are done writing mathematics, close math mode with another &#8216;dollar sign.&#8217; WordPress does not support a &#8216;display environment&#8217; (achieved in your favorite latex editor with either &#8216;double dollar sign&#8217; or &#8216;\\[ &#8230; \\]&#8217;), but you CAN control the size of the typeset mathematics (before closing math mode, enter &#8216;&amp;s=&#8217; followed by a number between -4 and 4; here the number\u00a00 is the &#8216;standard font size&#8217; so that negative numbers will shrink the output while positive numbers increase the size of the output.<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<p>Here is an inline equation <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cint_%7B0%7D%5E%7B%5Cfrac%7B%5Cpi%7D%7B2%7D%7D+%5Ctan%28x%29+dx+&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000&#038;s=2&#038;c=20201002\" alt=\"&#92;int_{0}^{&#92;frac{&#92;pi}{2}} &#92;tan(x) dx \" class=\"latex\" \/>, which is fairly robust (even allowing fractions in the bounds of integration). [code: &#8216;dollar sign&#8217;latex \\int_{0}^{\\frac{\\pi}{2}} \\tan(x) dx &amp;s=2&#8217;dollarsign&#8217;]<\/p>\n<p>The next two equations are &#8220;center justified&#8221; in the wordpress text editor, to act as display equations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cbegin%7Bbmatrix%7D+45+%26+32+%26+12%5C%5C+13+%26+%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7Bx%7D+%26+%5Cinfty+%5Cend%7Bbmatrix%7D+&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000&#038;s=3&#038;c=20201002\" alt=\"&#92;begin{bmatrix} 45 &amp; 32 &amp; 12&#92;&#92; 13 &amp; &#92;frac{1}{x} &amp; &#92;infty &#92;end{bmatrix} \" class=\"latex\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[code: &#8216;dollar sign&#8217;latex \\begin{bmatrix} 45 &amp; 32 &amp; 12\\\\ 13 &amp; \\frac{1}{x} &amp; \\infty \\end{bmatrix} &amp;s=3&#8217;dollar sign&#8217;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cbegin%7Bcases%7D%C2%A0%C2%A0f%28x%29%C2%A0%26+x%3D%C2%A045%5C%5C+g%28x%29+%26+x+%3D+32+%5Cend%7Bcases%7D+&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000&#038;s=-2&#038;c=20201002\" alt=\"&#92;begin{cases} f(x)\u00a0&amp; x=\u00a045&#92;&#92; g(x) &amp; x = 32 &#92;end{cases} \" class=\"latex\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[code: &#8216;dollar sign&#8217;latex \\begin{cases} f(x)\u00a0&amp; x=\u00a045\\\\ g(x) &amp; x = 32 \\end{cases} &amp;s=-2&#8217;dollar sign&#8217;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress allows you to use a lot of latex typesetting capabilities in this blog. 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