An Introduction to Using in the
Harvard Mathematics Department

R. Kuhn, R. Scott, & L. Andreev

Abstract:

This paper provides a brief explanation of how to typeset mathematical papers in the flavor of , and includes instructions for previewing and printing documents on the Sun computers in the Harvard Mathematics Department.

• Contents
• Getting Started
• Picking a Flavor
• Files
• Text Modes
• Beginning to Type
• Commands for Text Mode
  • Different Kinds of Type
  • A Word About Environments
  • Theorems, Lemmas, and Conjectures
  • Lists
  • Centering and Underlining
  • Spacing
  • Tables
  • Sectioning and Cross-references
  • Bibliography
• Commands for Math Mode
  • Numbered Equations
  • Subscripting and Superscripting
  • Text in Math Mode
  • Special Symbols
  • Sequences of Equations
  • Getting Stuff On Top of Other Stuff
  • Bracketing
  • Matrices
  • Case Statements
  • Diagrams
• Making Life a Little Easier
• Working with Large Files
• Checking and Printing
• Viewing Your Masterpiece
• Printing Your Masterpiece
• Including Pictures
  • Xfig
  • picture environment
  • eepic picture environment
  • Including PostScript code