Transcript Introduction to LaTeX

Introduction to LaTeX
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Daniel Göhl
Basics
• Required components
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}
Hello World
\end{document}
• \documentclass – tells LaTeX type of document
• \begin{document} \end{document} – in between this lines the
text is written
• {} – required information
article – document type
• [] – optional information
12pt – text size, a4paper – paper format
Compile using TeXnicCenter
Choose LaTeX => PDF
Push here to compile the document
What happens?
• A program called pdflatex takes the
document, interprets the source code and
generates a PDF file.
• If references are used then pdflatex creates
files to resolves these references
Packages
• Deliver more functions
\usepackage{package}
• Packages
– apacite – references in APA style
– amsmath – Mathematical package
– German
• german – old orthography rules
• ngerman – new orthography rules
– Dutch
• dutch – dutch language support
Common commands
• \tableofcontents – creates the table of contents
(TOC)
• \section and \subsection
– Creates sections and subsections – for Index
– Using a * behind section disables numbering for this
section and section will not be shown in TOC
– {} – Section heading
– [] – Section heading in TOC
• \textbf{...} – bold text
• \textsl{...} - italics
Math (amsmath package)
Environments
\begin{equation}
a = b
\end{equation}
\begin{equation*}
a = b
\end{equation*}
\begin{align}
a &= b \\
b &= c \\
c &= d \notag
\end{align}
The factor $ \rho $
describes the
discount rate
Math (amsmath package)
Operators
&2^{2} = 4 \\
&2_{a} \\
&\sum_{i=0}^{n} i \\
&\int_{0}^{\infty} a + 10 \\
&\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}
\frac{1}{x}
References math - input
Taken from last years Productivity assignment.
In this task the following equation,
\begin{equation}
U = \int^{\infty}_0 U(t)e^{-\rho t} \,dt
\label{u}
\end{equation}
was given. It models the lifetime utility $U$. From this
utility function one can see that inhabitants of our model
economy prefer current consumption over future consumption.
The factor $\rho$ describes the discount rate which describes
people's time preference. For large values of $\rho$ the term
$e^{-\rho t}$ approaches zero, thus the lifetime utility will
become also zero. For this reason people prefer to consume now
in order to maximze their utility. \\
In equation \ref{u} it is assumed that the lifetime is
infinit. This assumption is sounds rather exceptional, but by
taking a close look at equation \ref{u} one can see its point.
References math - output
Getting references
• Use EBSCO & co to download BibTex
references
• Import to JabRef
@ARTICLE{Carr,
author = {Carr, Peter and Linetsky, Vadim},
title = {A Jump to Default Extended CEV Model: An Application of Bessel Processes},
journal = {Finance and Stochastics},
year = {2006},
volume = {10},
pages = {p303 - 330},
number = {3},
issn = {09492984},
keywords = {Asset Pricing; Trading volume; Bond Interest Rates G120},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00780-006-0012-6}
}
JabRef – create new DB
JabRef – add Article
JabRef
JabRef – include Bibtex
References author - input
• Use JabRef to define your reference DB, be
sure to have the file in the same directory as
your source.
\usepackage[longnamesfirst]{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{apalike}
\begin{document}
Bibliography Example \\
Lorem ipsum dolor sit \citet{Carr} amet, consetetur
sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt
ut labore et dolore magna \citep{Carr} aliquyam erat, sed
diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores
et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea
\bibliography{example}
References author - output
\citet
\citep
Tips and tricks
• \\ - linebreak
• \pagebreak – self explaining
• Include pictures
– Create pngs
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{I:/path/to/pic/p.png}
\label{fig:consumption}
\end{figure}
• Separate the file
– \input{filename} – includes filename.tex
Recreate these math formulas
with references to the authors
Romer 1990 “Endogenous Technological
change”
Mankiw, Romer, Weil 1992 “A Contribution to the Empirics
of Economic Growth”
Documentation
• Amsmath
– ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/doc/amsmath/amsldoc.pdf
• LaTeX English
– http://frodo.elon.edu/tutorial/tutorial.pdf
• LaTeX Deutsch
– ftp://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/pub/pdf/urzbroschueren/broschueren/a026.pdf
– ftp://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/pub/pdf/urzbroschueren/broschueren/a0279510.pdf
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