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How can I have the quotchap package use the utopia font (only for the chapter number) with lualatex and fontsetup, like it does when using pdflatex? \documentclass{book} \usepackage{ifluatex} \ifluatex \usepackage{fontsetup} \else \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{lmodern} \fi \usepackage[grey, utopia]{quotchap} \begin{document} \chapter{Foo} \end{document} Result with pdflatex: Result with lualatex:

I am plotting a family of parabolas in TikZ, and there is a stray parabola. I'm confused. \documentclass[tikz,border=1cm]{standalone} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \pgfmathsetmacro{\SIGMALstart}{-3} \pgfmathsetmacro{\SIGMALstop}{3} \pgfmathsetmacro{\SIGMALsamples}{50} \pgfmathsetmacro{\SIGMALstep}{(\SIGMALstop-\SIGMALstart)/(\SIGMALsamples-1)} \foreach \SIGMAL[parse=true] in {\SIGMALstart,\SIGMALstart+\SIGMALstep,...,\SIGMALstop} { \draw[ variable=\TAUL, domain=-3:3 ] plot ( {\SIGMAL*\TAUL}, {((\TAUL)^2-(\SIGMAL)^2)/2} ); } \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

General overview I redefine \paragraph{} in order to get a wrap paragraph title like this : The problem But sometimes, when I reach the bottom page, a \section or \subsection comming just before the \paragraph stay at widow, like this: The MWE \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{xunicode} \usepackage{fontenc} \usepackage{wrapfig} \usepackage{needspace} \setlength\intextsep{0pt} \newlength{\wrapparwidth} \renewcommand{\paragraph}[1]{% %\needspace{3\baselineskip}% \nopagebreak[4]% \settowidth{\wrapparwidth}{\centering\bfseries\normalsize\small #1}% \ifdim\wrapparwidth>3cm% \setlength{\wrapparwidth}{3cm}% \fi% \begin{wrapfigure}{l}{\wrapparwidth} % l = left, 3cm largeur max \vspace{-0.04em} \centering\bfseries\normalsize\small #1 \end{wrapfigure}% \nopagebreak[4]% } \begin{document} Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. \subsection{A random section} \paragraph{A random paragraph} Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. \end{document} The question As you see, I used many \nopagebreak and also needspace to avoid this behaviour, but LaTeX wan’t hear my \nopagebreaks. So how do I avoid pagebreak between sectioning commands and the new defined \paragraph ?

MWE \documentclass{article} \usepackage{mathtools} \begin{document} Le signe $(-1)^{i+j}$ suit un motif en damier : \( \begin{bsmallmatrix} + & - & + & - & \cdots \\ - & + & - & + & \cdots \\ + & - & + & - & \cdots \\ - & + & - & + & \cdots \\ \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \ddots \end{bsmallmatrix} \) \end{document} Questions There appears to be some horizontal empty space around the matrix. How can I remove or reduce it? It seems that \cdots is not as bold as \vdots and \ddots. Is this actually the case? If so, is there a way to make the various dots visually consistent? THANKS A LOT!

I'm trying to put together n files into one with pgfplotstable. This example works: \begin{filecontents}{data1.csv} aaa bbb ccc \end{filecontents} \begin{filecontents}{data2.csv} 111 222 333 \end{filecontents} \begin{filecontents}{data3.csv} aaa111 bbb222 ccc333 \end{filecontents} \documentclass{book} \usepackage{pgfplotstable} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.18} \begin{document} \pgfplotstableread[header=false]{data1.csv}\overallTable \pgfplotstableread[header=false]{data2.csv}\tableTwo \pgfplotstablevertcat{\overallTable}{\tableTwo} \pgfplotstableread[header=false]{data3.csv}\tableTwo \pgfplotstablevertcat{\overallTable}{\tableTwo} \begin{table} \pgfplotstabletypeset[ string type, ]{\overallTable} \end{table} \end{document} It gives what I want: But if I put the \pgfplotstableread and \pgfplotstablevertcat in a \foreach loop, they don't work: \begin{filecontents}{data1.csv} aaa bbb ccc \end{filecontents} \begin{filecontents}{data2.csv} 111 222 333 \end{filecontents} \begin{filecontents}{data3.csv} aaa111 bbb222 ccc333 \end{filecontents} \documentclass{book} \usepackage{pgfplotstable} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.18} \begin{document} \pgfplotstableread[header=false]{data1.csv}\overallTable \foreach \ind in {2,3} {the loop is executed: \ind\newline \pgfplotstableread[header=false]{data\ind.csv}\tableTwo \pgfplotstablevertcat{\overallTable}{\tableTwo} } \begin{table} \pgfplotstabletypeset[ string type, ]{\overallTable} \end{table} \end{document} Even if the loop is executed, I got no errors, and in the log I have: PGFPlots: reading {data1.csv} PGFPlots: reading {data2.csv} PGFPlots: reading {data3.csv}

Can someone help me create a macro like \MyList{A;B;C;D;E;F} which returns “A, B, C, D, E[,] respectively F" independently on how many ”arguments” (2+) that are specified and also support math, e.g. \MyList{\(A\);\(B\);\(C\);\(D\);\(E\);\(F\)} ? (I used the [,] notation since I’m not sure if the Oxford comma is used today.) If the number of arguments is two; \MyList{A;B} I would like it to return “A respectively B”. Edit: I tried using sinuitx but it might not be suitable for this task as it mainly(?) handles numbers. Here is a test \documentclass{article} \usepackage{siunitx} \begin{document} \numlist[parse-numbers=false]{A;2;3} \numlist[parse-numbers=false]{\text{A};2;3} \numlist[parse-numbers=false]{\(A+B\);2;3} \end{document} but it gives an error on the last line and I would like to have ”roman letters” if no ”math mode” is used, and avoid using \text{}.

Sorry everyone. I just did an update, which was probably a mistake, and encountered another problem with hyperref. For years I've been using a workaround which I borrowed from a journal, and it worked. Well, I understand that this is an undocumented feature, but there seems (seemed?) to be no other way to have everything numbered consecutively. Here's a minimal example: \documentclass{amsart} \usepackage{hyperref} \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section] \makeatletter \let\c@equation\c@theorem \let\theequation\thetheorem \makeatother \begin{document} \section{1} \begin{equation} a=b\label{1} \end{equation} \newpage \section{2} \begin{equation} c=d\label{2} \end{equation} \newpage \eqref1 \eqref2 \end{document} Both links lead to eqn. 1.1, and the log reports multiple anchors with the same name. What would the new hack be? Or is there a documented way now to have all theorems, lemmas, ... and equations numbered consecutively within sections and, at the same time, have \autoref work correctly?

I apologized if this is a duplicate. What is the best way to draw such figures with tikz (or other packages)? For the time being just the potato like figure. I do not care for the vectors and the infinitesimal mass element. I do not want someone to do the work for me. Just some advice or suggestions.

I'm trying to set up some parameters of nodes from lua code. I don't understand why the first version works but not the second. \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \node [ color=\directlua{ tex.print("red") } ] {A}; \node [ \directlua{ tex.print("color=red") } ] {B}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} To me it looks like that these two directlua sections should produce the exact same output, but B fails with the following error message: ! Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/color=red' and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it.

I've been writing some commands that I use to randomize writing exam questions. I currently have the following code for generating "variables" containing (possibly non-zero) random integers: \newcommand{\randIntLower}{1} %Lower bound on rand ints \newcommand{\randIntUpper}{5} %Upper bound on rand ints \newcommand{\randIntTemp}{} %Used for defining values in randInts \newcommand{\randInts}[2][]{% % #1 = option (default: []; Use nz for nonzero) % #2 = list of variables % Uses \randIntLower and \randIntUpper as bounds (change with renewcommand if needed) \foreach \var in {#2}{% \ifstrequal{#1}{nz}{% % nonzero method: produces +/- nonzero random integers \pgfmathparse{int(ifthenelse(rand > 0, 1, -1)*random(\randIntLower,\randIntUpper))}% \expandafter\xdef\var{\pgfmathresult}% }{% \pgfmathrandominteger{\randIntTemp}{\randIntLower}{\randIntUpper}% \expandafter\xdef\var{\randIntTemp}% }% }% } This gives me something like this: \randInts[nz]{\randOne,\randTwo,\randThree} %\randOne -> 4 %\randTwo -> -2 %\randThree -> 4 This code works well enough, with the exception that I might get repeat random numbers. I've also been running into some of the limitations of pgfmath, so I'm now trying to rewrite the above using LaTeX3 syntax (hopefully fewer issues with calculations, and optional arguments aren't as positional). My hope is to have something that behaves as such: \randInts[nz]<1>(5){randOne, randTwo, randThree} %\randOne -> 4 %\randTwo -> -2 %\randThree -> 4 \randInts*[nz]<1>(5){randOne, randTwo, randThree} %\randOne -> 4 %\randTwo -> -2 %\randThree -> 6 It grieves me to say this, but I've been trying to write this with the help of Github's CoPilot. I have been reading whatever Latex3 documentation I could find (e.g. xparse, expl3, l3kernel), but for now, this is what I've got: \ExplSyntaxOn% % Flag: whether to generate ±nonzero \bool_new:N \l__randints_nonzero_bool % Parsed bounds \int_new:N \l__randints_min_int \int_new:N \l__randints_max_int \bool_new:N \l__randints_unique_bool \clist_new:N \l__randints_used_clist \int_new:N \l__randints_range_len_int \int_new:N \l__randints_slots_int % \randInts[nz?]<min>(max){name1,name2,...} % - [nz] or [nonzero]: produce ±(magnitude), where magnitude in [min,max] % - <min> and (max) are *separate* optional delimited args; defaults are 1 and 5 % - names are bare (no leading \); defines \name globally to the drawn integer \cs_new_protected:Npn \__randints_pick_unique:nn #1 #2 { \int_set:Nn \l_tmpa_int { \int_rand:nn { #1 } { #2 } } \prg_do_while:nn { \clist_if_in:NnTF \l__randints_used_clist { \int_to_arabic:n { \l_tmpa_int } } { \prg_return_true: }{ \prg_return_false: } } { \int_set:Nn \l_tmpa_int { \int_rand:nn { #1 } { #2 } } } } \cs_new_protected:Npn \__randints_pick_unique_signed:nn #1 #2 { % Loop until we find a nonzero signed value not yet used \int_zero:N \l_tmpa_int \prg_do_while:nn { % pick magnitude \int_set:Nn \l_tmpb_int { \int_rand:nn { #1 } { #2 } } % reject zero magnitude \int_compare:nNnTF { \l_tmpb_int } = { 0 } { \prg_return_true: } { % pick sign and form signed value \int_set:Nn \l_tmpc_int { \int_rand:nn { 0 } { 1 } } \int_set:Nn \l_tmpc_int { \int_eval:n { ( \l_tmpc_int * 2 - 1 ) * \l_tmpb_int } } \clist_if_in:NnTF \l__randints_used_clist { \int_to_arabic:n { \l_tmpc_int } } { \prg_return_true: } { \int_set:Nn \l_tmpa_int { \l_tmpc_int } \prg_return_false: } } } { } } \NewDocumentCommand \randInts { s o D<>{\randIntLower} D(){\randIntUpper} m } { % Determine nonzero mode from [ #2 ] \bool_set_false:N \l__randints_nonzero_bool \IfNoValueF{#2}{ \tl_if_eq:nnT {#2} {nz} { \bool_set_true:N \l__randints_nonzero_bool } } % starred variant -> unique values (no repeats): #1 is boolean from `s` \IfBooleanTF{#1} { \bool_set_true:N \l__randints_unique_bool } { \bool_set_false:N \l__randints_unique_bool } % Normalize order (so <7>(3) becomes [3,7]) \int_set:Nn \l_tmpa_int { \int_min:nn { \l__randints_min_int } { \l__randints_max_int } } \int_set:Nn \l_tmpb_int { \int_max:nn { \l__randints_min_int } { \l__randints_max_int } } \int_set_eq:NN \l__randints_min_int \l_tmpa_int \int_set_eq:NN \l__randints_max_int \l_tmpb_int % If unique requested, check availability and clear used list \int_set:Nn \l__randints_range_len_int { \int_eval:n { \l__randints_max_int - \l__randints_min_int + 1 } } % compute available slots for uniqueness \int_set:Nn \l__randints_slots_int { \l__randints_range_len_int } \bool_if:NTF \l__randints_unique_bool { \bool_if:NTF \l__randints_nonzero_bool { \int_set:Nn \l__randints_slots_int { \int_eval:n { 2 * \l__randints_range_len_int } } \int_compare:nNnT { \l__randints_min_int } <= { 0 } { \int_compare:nNnT { \l__randints_max_int } >= { 0 } { \int_set:Nn \l__randints_slots_int { \int_eval:n { \l__randints_slots_int - 2 } } } } } { \int_set:Nn \l__randints_slots_int { \l__randints_range_len_int } } \int_compare:nNnTF { \clist_count:n {#5} } > { \l__randints_slots_int } { \PackageError{exam}{Not~enough~unique~integers}{Requested~more~unique~integers~than~available~in~range.} } { \clist_clear:N \l__randints_used_clist } } { \clist_clear:N \l__randints_used_clist } % Generate for each bare name and define \name globally \clist_map_inline:nn { #5 } { \bool_if:NTF \l__randints_nonzero_bool { % \pm nonzero: sign * magnitude (support unique/starred) \bool_if:NTF \l__randints_unique_bool { \__randints_pick_unique_signed:nn { \l__randints_min_int } { \l__randints_max_int } \cs_gset:cpn { ##1 } { \int_to_arabic:n { \l_tmpa_int } } \tl_set:Nx \l_tmpa_tl { \int_to_arabic:n { \l_tmpa_int } } \clist_put_right:Nn \l__randints_used_clist { \l_tmpa_tl } } { \cs_gset:cpn { ##1 } { \int_eval:n { ( \int_rand:nn {0}{1} * 2 - 1 ) * \int_rand:nn { \l__randints_min_int } { \l__randints_max_int } } } } } { % Plain integer in [min,max] or unique selection if starred \bool_if:NTF \l__randints_unique_bool { % pick a unique random value via recursion \__randints_pick_unique:nn { \l__randints_min_int } { \l__randints_max_int } \cs_gset:cpn { ##1 } { \int_to_arabic:n { \l_tmpa_int } } \tl_set:Nx \l_tmpa_tl { \int_to_arabic:n { \l_tmpa_int } } \clist_put_right:Nn \l__randints_used_clist { \l_tmpa_tl } } { \cs_gset:cpn { ##1 } { \int_rand:nn { \l__randints_min_int } { \l__randints_max_int } } } } } } \ExplSyntaxOff% The issues I'm running into are that prg_do_while does not actually exist. The other recommendation that Co-Pilot had was to do a recursive call, but this seems like a worse idea. So, my questions are: What is the syntax for the while loop? How should I write this code? Am I over-complicating this whole problem? EDIT Based on @David Carlisle's and @egreg's suggestions, I came up with the following code: \ExplSyntaxOn \NewDocumentCommand \newrandInts { s o D<>{\randIntLower} D(){\randIntUpper} m O{1} }{ % \randInts[nz?]<min>(max){name1,name2,...}[t] % - [nz]: produce pm(magnitude), where magnitude in [min,max] % - <min> and (max) are *separate* optional delimited args; defaults are 1 and 5 % - clist of names; defines \name globally to the drawn integer % - optional randInt multiplier t (defaults to 1) \tl_clear_new:N \l__my_number_tl \seq_clear_new:N \l_numbers_seq \tl_if_eq:nnT {#2} {nz}{ \int_step_inline:nnn {-#4}{-#3} { \seq_put_right:Nn \l_numbers_seq { \fp_eval:n{ ##1 * #6 } } } } \int_step_inline:nnn {#3}{#4} { \seq_put_right:Nn \l_numbers_seq { \fp_eval:n{ ##1 * #6 } } } \seq_shuffle:N \l_numbers_seq \clist_map_inline:nn { #5 } { \IfBooleanTF{#1}{ \seq_pop_left:NN \l_numbers_seq \l__my_number_tl \cs_gset:cpx { ##1 } { \tl_use:N \l__my_number_tl } }{ \cs_gset:cpx { ## 1 } { \seq_rand_item:N \l_numbers_seq } } } } \ExplSyntaxOff I use the code like this: \newrandInts*[nz]{a,b,c,d}[3] \a, \b, \c, \d % prints nonzero random integers between -5 and 5 % multiplied by 3 without repeats: % -3, -9, 3, -6 \newrandInts{a,b,c,d}[0.1] \a, \b, \c, \d % prints random integers between 1 and 5 % multiplied by 0.1 with repeats possible: % 0.3, 0.5, 0.4, 0.1 The multiplication by a scalar was a bit of an afterthought because my current workflow is define random integers, then scale them up.

I have the following circuit generated using quantikz: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{quantikz} \begin{document} \begin{center} \begin{quantikz}[row sep=.2cm, column sep=.5cm] \lstick{$|0\rangle$} & \gate{A} & \gate[2]{B} & \ghost{C} & \gate{D} & \\ \lstick{$|1\rangle$} & & & \gate[2]{C} & \gate{E} & \\ \lstick{$|1\rangle$} & & & & \gate{F} & \end{quantikz} \end{center} \end{document} How can I introduce some vertical lines as shown in the attached screenshot below

Consider the following example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{unicode-math} \begin{document} \( \mathunderbar{s}_f \) \( \mathunderbar{s}{}_f \) \end{document} It seems \mathunderbar automatically interprets the subscript following it as part of its argument. Is this behavior by design? Should I thus always write an empty group after it to get the correct output, as in the example above?

This code produces the table I'm expecting with fully expandable copying: % same as \ltx@\ReturnAfterFi \long\def\ReturnAfterFi#1\fi{\fi#1} % expandable copies % #1=number, #2=text \def\xcopies#1#2{% \ifnum#1>0 #2% \ReturnAfterFi{\expandafter\xcopies\expandafter{\the\numexpr#1-1}{#2}}% \fi} \def\hundredtable{% \vtop{\offinterlineskip \global\count255=1 \everycr{\noalign{\hrule}}\tabskip0pt \halign{\strut \vrule ##&& \global\advance\count255 by 1 \hbox to 2.5em{\hss##\hss}\vrule\cr \xcopies{10}{\xcopies{10}{& \number\count255}\cr}\crcr}}} \hundredtable But an error occurs if I put a space after the \number command in the code block above, as shown here: ... \xcopies{10}{\xcopies{10}{& \number\count255 }\cr}\crcr}}} I thought the space would be optional. I've tried \relax and it, too, produces an error, with TeX saying the \ifnum doesn't complete. I suspect the \number command with the register is checking if it should multiply what follows and is therefore expanding the \ReturnAfterFi. But the space would seem to solve this, not cause it. Can someone explain the expansion error here?

I want to plot something as below in an elegant appraoch, with a handy control of the angle and eccentricity: (the pattern is not important here) Here below, I make some calculations: \documentclass[tikz,border=5pt]{standalone} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[line join=round] \def\R{5} \def\ell{0.9} \def\startAngle{40} \def\endAngle{90-\startAngle} \def\rhoo{\fpeval{\R*sind(45-\startAngle)/cosd(\startAngle)}} \def\Rx{\fpeval{\rhoo*(sqrt(1-(\ell^2*cosd(\startAngle)^2)))/(sqrt(1-\ell^2))}} \def\Ry{\fpeval{\Rx*(sqrt(1-\ell^2))}} \def\ellstartAngle{\fpeval{atand(\Rx/\Ry*tand(\startAngle))}} \filldraw[ fill=cyan!30, draw=cyan, very thick ] (\R,0) arc[start angle=0, end angle=\startAngle, radius=\R] { [rotate=-\startAngle] arc[start angle=-\ellstartAngle,end angle=180+\ellstartAngle,x radius=\Rx,y radius=\Ry] } arc[start angle=\endAngle, end angle=90, radius=\R] -- (0,\R) -- (\R,\R) -- cycle; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} But it gives some drawbacks of the ellipse's ending tip: With the following sketch: My calculation thoughts is as below: noted that \StartAngle is \theta, and \ell is the ellipse's eccentricity with \def\rhoo{\fpeval{\R*sind(45-\startAngle)/cosd(\startAngle)}}, I want to derive the radius from origin of the ellipse, that is the \rho's distance in the sketch with the formula of the radius length from origin of the ellipse, that is: I want to derive the x-radius of ellipse, that is a(\Rx) via \def\Rx{\fpeval{\rhoo*(sqrt(1-(\ell^2*cosd(\startAngle)^2)))/(sqrt(1-\ell^2))}} Then I calaulated the y-radius with \Rx and \ell via \def\Ry{\fpeval{\Rx*(sqrt(1-\ell^2))}} Finally, I calculate the geometric angle of sub-path rotation learning from this answer via \def\ellstartAngle{\fpeval{atand(\Rx/\Ry*tand(\startAngle))}} I really have no idea of any mathematical calculation issues or just my tikz's parameter misunderstandings. Could somebosy give me a hand? (Any approach with neat syntax are all welcome! My calculation above is just to draw this in one \path)

How do I get more horizontal distance ? \documentclass[paper=a5]{scrarticle} \usepackage[margin=14mm, showframe=true]{geometry} \usepackage{tabularx,hhline,booktabs} \begin{document} \setlength{\arrayrulewidth}{3pt}% to see the rules clearly %\setlength{\tabcolsep}{5mm}% ungood \noindent% \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|X| |X|} \hhline{|-||-|} Content Column 1 & Content Column 2 \\ \hhline{|-||-|} \end{tabularx} \end{document}

I am creating a table that needs a bold header. In the header I want to typeset units using siunitx. I want the units to be inside parentheses. I am also using the unicode-math package and compiling with LuaLaTeX. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{unicode-math} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{siunitx} \begin{document} \centering \setlength{\tabcolsep}{5mm} \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.1} \begin{tabular}{@{} l c @{}} \toprule \textbf{Material} & \textbf{Density} \(\symbf{ \left( \unit[per-mode=fraction]{\gram\per\centi\metre\cubed} \right) }\) \\ \midrule Air & \num{0.0012} \\ Water & \num{1} \\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} \end{document} The output looks like this: I want all of the header to be bold, including the scalable parentheses and all of the units. Like this: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} %\usepackage{unicode-math} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{siunitx} \begin{document} \centering \setlength{\tabcolsep}{5mm} \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.1} \begin{tabular}{@{} l c @{}} \toprule \textbf{Material} & \textbf{Density} \boldmath\( \left( \unit[reset-math-version=false,per-mode=fraction]{\gram\per\centi\metre\cubed} \right) \) \\ \midrule Air & \num{0.0012} \\ Water & \num{1} \\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} \end{document} I experimented with some variations of this question but without much success. Thank you for any help.

I would like to crop x percent from each side from the img. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \begin{figure}[h] \centering \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{example-image-a} \caption{Caption} \label{fig:placeholder} \end{figure} \end{document} insted of using \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{example-image} I would like to call \cropimg{scale}{img}{crop percentage}

I am trying to express the roots of a quadratic equation `t^2-3t-7=0' in radical form. I tried \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{polexpr} \usepackage{xint} \begin{document} \poldef f(t) = t^2-3t-7; \xintdefvar a = (f(2)-2*f(1)+f(0))/2; \xintdefvar c = f(0); \xintdefvar b = reduce(f(1)-a-c); \xintdefvar delta = b^2 - 4*a*c; \xintdefvar t1=reduce((-b+sqrt(delta))/2/a); \xintdefvar t2=reduce((-b-sqrt(delta))/2/a); \[\xinteval{t1}, \quad \xinteval{t2}\] \[t=\frac{1}{2} \left(3-\sqrt{37}\right)\lor t=\frac{1}{2} \left(3+\sqrt{37}\right).\] \end{document} I got How can I get?

I am trying to create a new math symbol. Could someone please help me with it? My current code: \documentclass[12pt]{report} \RequirePackage{tikz} \newcommand{\eq}{\begin{tikzpicture}% [scale=.175, line width=0.5pt] \draw (-1,1) -- (0,0); \draw (0,1) -- (-0.5,0.5); \draw (0,-1) -- (-1,0); \draw (-0.5,-0.5) -- (-1,-1); \end{tikzpicture}} \begin{document} \[ u - \eq - u \] \end{document} However, the symbol I am actually going for is this: I was using it for something like this:

Why are the parens on the numerator of this construction much bigger than the ones in the denominator? \documentclass{report} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \[ \frac{\left(q^k\right)} {\left(q^k\right)} \] \end{document}

I know that I can make circular diagrams with the nice smartdiagram package, but arrows do not fit perfectly in a imaginary circle. In fact, the diagram is far from a circle when there are only two or three nodes: \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{smartdiagram} \begin{document} \smartdiagramset{ connection color=red, module shape= circle, circular distance=2cm, uniform color list=white for 6 items, uniform arrow color=true, arrow color=black} \smartdiagram[circular diagram:clockwise]{foo, bar} \end{document} I know also that there are several examples in this site about making circular diagrams without this package, but translating these examples to diagrams with a different numbers of nodes is complex, so I tried an automated solution with tikz (without really knowing what I was doing, I have to admit) so that I only have to modify a list of nodes in \mylist and little more to obtain the result: \documentclass[border=2mm]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[ > = Stealth, every node/.style = {circle, draw, thick, minimum width=1cm, align=center} ] \def\mylist{foo, bar, baz} % play with this \foreach \x [count=\i from 1] in \mylist {\xdef\n{\i}} \def\radio{2cm} % and this if needed \foreach \texto [count=\i from 0] in \mylist{ \pgfmathsetmacro\ang{-\i*360/\n} \node (n\i) at (\ang:\radio) {\texto}; } \foreach \dummy [count=\i from 0] in \mylist{ \pgfmathsetmacro\j{int(mod(\i+1,\n))} \pgfmathsetmacro\angini{-\i*360/\n} \pgfmathsetmacro\angfin{-\j*360/\n} \pgfmathsetmacro\outang{mod(\angini - 90 + 720, 360)} \pgfmathsetmacro\inang {mod(\angfin + 90 + 720, 360)} \draw[->, thick, line width=1.4pt] (n\i) to[out=\outang, in=\inang, looseness=.9] (n\j); % and with the looseness } \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} Mainly it works. The problem is that like in smartdiagram, the arrows don't perfectly follow an imaginary circle, that was the idea behind getting involved in this business. Playing with looseness is possible to correct a bit the curvature of the arrows, but it's tedious and the result is never perfect. So, the result should be ideally near to the image below (that I modified manually in Inkscape) and still require minimal settings to adapt the code to diagrams of n nodes. Fixes of the MWE as well as alternative approaches are welcome. Edit Thank you all for the excellent suggestions. This time, I am truly sorry I can only accept one.

I am using the package metre. It has the environment \metra{} used for typesetting latin (and greek) metre notation. This environment has almost all the special characters I need, except one: I need a character that looks somewhat like a fermata 𝄐 but preferrably in the same style as the other metrical symbols. This could, I believe, be achieved by simply taking the character breve that is produced by \documentclass{article} \usepackage[en]{metre} \begin{document} \metra{\a\m\b\bm} \end{document} and have it flipped upside down and a dot put underneath. In a book, this is what it looks like: It's the last symbol of each of the lines in the box. Does anyone know how this could be achieved? I even tried contacting the package's creator but his email address does not seem to exist anymore. My MWE produces the symbols in this picture (the ones inside the brackets): After implementing the answer by samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, the symbol now looks perfectly, but there is suddendly too much space to the right of it: This is produced by \metra{\b\m\fer\b\m\fer\m\b} with \newcommand{\fer}{\kern0.15em\raisebox{0.07em}{\rotatebox{180}{\rlap{\kern0.3em\raisebox{0.07em}{\scalebox{0.5}{.}}}\b}}} I am using \Magnitudo{+1} \InterSigna{.6} as options for the package The space to the right should be identical to the space on the left. Can this be fixed? Thanks in advance!

I want to mimic the following figure with l3draw, the \draw_transform_matrix:nnnn feature to apply transformation matrix. Here below is my attempt: \documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone} \usepackage{l3draw} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \ExplSyntaxOn \draw_begin: \color_set:nnn { orange } {RGB} {255, 128, 0} \draw_scope_begin: \draw_transform_matrix:nnnn { 2.5 } { 0.5 } { 0.5 } { 3 } \draw_set_cap_round: \draw_path_rectangle_corners:nn { -5mm , -5mm } { 35mm , 35mm } \color_fill:n { orange!15 } \draw_path_use_clear:n { fill } \draw_path_grid:nnnn { 1cm } { 1cm } { -5mm , -5mm } { 35mm , 35mm } \color_stroke:n { orange } \draw_path_use_clear:n { stroke, fill } \draw_set_linewidth:n { .1cm } \draw_path_moveto:n { 0cm, 0cm } \draw_path_lineto:n { 0cm, 1cm } \draw_path_use_clear:n { stroke } \draw_path_moveto:n { 0cm, 0cm } \draw_path_lineto:n { 1cm, 0cm } \draw_path_use_clear:n { stroke } \color_stroke:n { black } \draw_path_moveto:n { 0cm, 0cm } \draw_path_lineto:n { 2cm, 2cm } \draw_path_use_clear:n { stroke } \draw_scope_end: \draw_end: \ExplSyntaxOff \end{document} My question is: Is that possible to plot the image of "arrow" in l3draw's code framework? In 2026, when to choose l3draw? (I found that there are only 17 posts on this site was tagged l3draw since now) By reading the post on this site, l3draw is more used to constuct symbols(without arrow), or apply some transformations with l3box.... (Notes: I don't think my second question is a quite different one, in my state now, it's quite natural to ask if some features didn't provide by l3draw, while I have written the code shown above) Edited: Since Joseph has commented that: Currently arrows are not implemented, partly as I've not had a need to do it - the priority is really to get the code stable ATM I still wonder what kind of plotting requirement is suitable to play with l3draw in the current state(2026.02)?

I need to draw a pulley system as in the figure. How can I do that? Specific information about the figure: A block of mass Mo is on a horizontal surface and attached by a string to a hanging block, also of mass Mo , as shown in the figure. Friction between the block and the horizontal surface is negligible. The masses of the string and pulley are negligible, and the pulley can rotate with negligible friction around its axle.

I have used the sample code from latexdraw that draws a torus. I am trying to draw a filled circle and a dashed circle where they should be wrap around the torus instead of being drawn uniformly at z=0. I am looking for a TikZ solution. The closest I have seen is this solution but it is too difficult for me to decipher. Any help would be appreciated! \documentclass[margin=4pt]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{tikz-3dplot} \usepgfplotslibrary{colormaps} \pgfplotsset{ compat=newest, colormap={manifoldmap}{color=(lightgray) color=(white) color=(lightgray)} } \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \def\R{2.75} % Major radius (distance from torus centre to tube centre) \def\offset{0.5} % Radial displacement from the torus centre circle \def\thetaB{2.5} % Angular position (in radians) for highlighted point \begin{axis}[ width=12cm, axis equal image, hide axis, z buffer=sort, view={125}{35}, clip=false ] % Parametric torus equations: % x = (R + cos(x)) cos(y) % y = (R + cos(x)) sin(y) % z = sin(x) \addplot3[ surf, shader = faceted interp, samples = 30, samples y = 40, domain = 0:2*pi, domain y = 0:2*pi, colormap name = manifoldmap, thin, opacity=0.75 ] ( {(\R + cos(deg(x))) * cos(deg(y))}, {(\R + cos(deg(x))) * sin(deg(y))}, {sin(deg(x))} ); \begin{scope}[canvas is xy plane at z=0, transform shape] \coordinate (p) at ({(\R + \offset) * cos(deg(\thetaB))}, {(\R + \offset) * sin(deg(\thetaB))}); \draw[fill=red, draw=none] (p) circle (4pt); \draw[blue, dashed, thick] (p) circle (16pt); \end{scope} \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

Let me provide some background for my question: I am compiling a latex project, which involves a main tex file and more than 100 other tex files with no figures (except for a few simple diagrams) or pictures. The resulting pdf file has more than 600 pages. Initially, I was using pdflatex and newtxtext for font. However, recently I am more inclined to use NewComputerModern, in particular I like the slightly thicker font. As we know, to use NewComputerModern, we must either use xelatex or luatex. I chose xelatex because it seems to be slightly faster than using luatex, but it is slower than pdflatex. So I ended up spending more time for compilation, especially when I am editing the tex files for the pages of the end of the pdf file. The packages I am using are: amsfonts, amsmath, amscd, amssymb, euscript, amsthm, fancyhdr, pgf, tikz, pgfplots, caption, subcaption, enumitem, thmtools, color, centernot, mathtools, afterpage, amsbsy, systeme, sectsty, multirow, float, tikz-cd, etoolbox, microtype, mathrsfs, fontspec, fncychap, xy, appendix My question is: is there any way to use NewComputerModern and get faster compilation? I want to minimize the time for compilation while keep looking at NewComputerModern rather than newtxtext. I considered using pdflatex and newtxtext during editing, and xelatex and NewComputerModern right before finish editing. But I think we should be able to do better than this.

I calc values of the Standard normal table (with 5-digit accuracy). So I wrote a calculation with numerica.sty (using approximate values ​​of the error function). This works so far; if I put in a concrete value like ... [..., x=0.61]. But I would like to have this as a macro, say \sn{<#1>}, for example \sn{0.61} → 0.72907. I tried to put the whole thing into a newcommand, but this seems to be not that easy. I'd like to implement this inside pdflatex, using a package (not Lua, Mathematica, etc.). I've implemented it here using the numerica package because it worked without problems (including the use of the help-variable h, see MWE). However, I'm not sure if numerica is the best choice. The xintexpr package seems promising, but I'm currently unclear on its syntax. In any case: if anyone knows of a better implementation using a different package (e.g., xint.sty), it would be nice too. \documentclass[margin=10mm, varwidth]{standalone} \usepackage{numerica} \begin{document} \section{Test with \texttt{numerica}} \xdef\x{0.61} sn(\x) = \eval*{% 0.5 (2-h \exp( -0.5 x^2 -1.26551223 +1.00002368 h +0.37409196 h^2 +0.09678418 h^3 -0.18628806 h^4 +0.27886807 h^5 -1.13520398 h^6 +1.48851587* h^7 -0.82215223 h^8 +0.17087277 h^9)) }[h=1/(1+0.25*\sqrt{2}*x), x=0.61% cannot use \x here 🙁 ][5] \section{Test with \texttt{xint}} ... ? .... \end{document}

I am having a bug with Unicode math, where fractions in exponents do not behave well if there are multiple fonts loaded. Here is a MWE demonstration (LuaLatex 2025, replicated locally and on Overleaf): \documentclass{article} \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmathfont{NewComputerModernMath}[version=NCMM] \setmathfont{XITS Math}[range = {}, version = XITS] % edit: the `version = XITS` is not required to replicate the bug \mathversion{NCMM} \begin{document} $a^\frac{3}{2}$ | $\lim$ | $a^\frac{3}{2}$ \end{document} This results in the following output: From testing, all exponents after the \lim seem to be fixed, though on my larger documents this disgrace of a workaround seems to have no effect. Interestingly, it has something to do with the \mathversion, because \documentclass{article} \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmathfont{NewComputerModernMath} \setmathfont{XITS Math}[range = {}] \begin{document} $a^\frac{3}{2}$ | $\lim$ | $a^\frac{3}{2}$ \end{document} Produces two bugged exponents: For context, if I remove the \setmathfont{XITS Math}... line or compile either MWE in XeLaTeX, there is no sizing bug with the exponents. I am not experienced with the internals of Unicode math, this range thing was to solve an issue with \mathcal (see here). Any temporary workaround would be appreciated.

I've got a problem with datatool. I already know a little about datatool, but couldn't find any answer in the documentation. The problem is the following: I read a csv file and want to sort the database by a column, which contains numbers (integers in fact, but it could be also real ones). The following mwe illustrates the problem: \documentclass{scrarticle} \begin{filecontents*}{data.csv} A, 20, 15 B, 21, 3 C, 6, 0 \end{filecontents*} \usepackage{datatool} \newcommand{\diff}{} \begin{document} \section*{initial csv} \DTLloaddb[noheader]{data}{data.csv} \DTLdisplaydb{data} \section*{sorted by Column2 (descending)} \DTLsort{Column2=descending}{data} \DTLdisplaydb{data} \section*{add Column4 as difference of C2 and C3} \DTLaddcolumn{data}{Column4} \DTLforeach{data}{ \x=Column2, \y=Column3 }{ \DTLgsub{\diff}{\x}{\y} \DTLappendtorow{Column4}{\diff} } \DTLdisplaydb{data} \section*{Sorted by Column4 (descending)} \DTLsort{Column4=descending}{data} \DTLdisplaydb{data} \end{document} Here the sorting by column 2 works just fine, but the sorting by column 4 doesn't. The logs give a warning, that there is no associated datatype for column 4, so datatool assumes a string and compares by letter. I couldn't find a way to add a datatype to that column (the docs say nothing, or I didn't find it). How can I add a datatype to the column?

I am writing a document where I keep having to write variables that fall between two numbers, say, 10 < x \leq 3 or in some cases even between two quantities such as 12.5 mg < x \leq 3.5 mg. I wrote a macro named \nestednumrange and \nestedqtyrange. Here is my minimal example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{siunitx} \newcommand{\nestednumrange}[3]{% \ensuremath{\num{#1} #2 \num{#3}}% } \newcommand{\nestedqtyrange}[4]{% \ensuremath{\qty{#1}{#4} #2 \qty{#3}{#4}}% } \begin{document} \nestednumrange{3}{\leq x}{<2} \nestedqtyrange{3}{\leq c}{\leq 3}{\milli\gram} \end{document} I'm happy that is (somehow) works, but the output is a bit ugly, imho: How do I "center" the variable correctly? Should I perhaps add two more {}s specifically for the signs, so that they aren't linked to any element in the macro? Unfortunately, I don't know how to make the macro only accept operators like <, >, \leq, \geq, and =, and throw errors at others.