LaTeX Cookbook – Collection of LaTeX recipes

January 3, 2021Chapter 1: The Variety of Document Types

Poster with TikZ

We know for example informational or scientific posters seen at conferences or at walls in universities or institutes. They mostly have certain characteristics in common:…

January 3, 2021Chapter 10: Advanced Mathematics

Plotting in three dimensions

Functions with two arguments can be visualized in three-dimensional plots. Getting this on paper or into a PDF, is a bit more challenging. We need…

January 3, 2021Chapter 10: Advanced Mathematics

Releux triangle

A well-known classic field of mathematics is geometry. You may know Euclidean geometry from school, with constructions by compass and ruler. Math teachers may be…

January 3, 2021January 4, 2021Chapter 9: Creating Graphics

Timeline

Using basic TikZ function it’s not too hard to create a line, add some ticks and date values and annotations. This example shows another colorful…

January 3, 2021January 9, 2021Chapter 9: Creating Graphics

Mindmap

A mind map visualizes information or ideas. Usually, there’s a main concept in the center and major concepts branching outward from it. Smaller ideas start…

January 3, 2021January 4, 2021Chapter 9: Creating Graphics

Flowchart

A flowchart showing how we may choose a math environment. It shows using styles, placing nodes in a matrix, and drawing arrows using loops. Full…

January 3, 2021January 4, 2021Chapter 9: Creating Graphics

Decision tree

A horizontal tree, growing to the right. I created a basic style for tree nodes, and derived styles for specific kinds of nodes. Full explanation…

January 3, 2021January 4, 2021Chapter 9: Creating Graphics

Bar chart

A bar chart can be used for comparing values. Here we create a horizontal bar chart. The pgfplots package provides an easy way. In this…

January 3, 2021January 4, 2021Chapter 9: Creating Graphics

A simple Tree

A simple tree with a style for all nodes. A tree is a very common type of hierarchical graph. Tree nodes have children. These are…