• "Two-layer" compilation from a single source?
    by Randall on April 8, 2026 at 1:47 pm

    N.B.: I don't know if there is a technical term for what I'm trying to describe, so I just made up "two-layer" as a proxy. I have a set of course notes that have become popular among a group of colleagues. There is a desire to have an "instructor's version" with various instructional tips and hints for solutions. OK, fine, I have all that already in various files. As I've begun writing the instructor's version, it's become clear that having two separate source files (one for student, one for instructor) is supremely annoying. Any edits I want to make to the student content must then also be copied over to the instructor file. My desire is to have one source file, but two ways to compile. One would compile the whole works, creating the instructor's version. A second would skip all the instructor addenda, leading to the the student's version. This way, edits to the body and exposition need be made only once, not twice. I have to believe this is possible. I thought about creating an instructor's environment like a newtheorem to segregate out the instructor's content, but then I don't know how to toggle on or off the inclusion of those lines (and this is probably not the smart solution, anyway). Is there a way to create two versions of a document from a single file?

  • Space after mdenv and AddtoHook command
    by Olivier Ramaré on April 8, 2026 at 12:51 pm

    A strange space appears in the code below after the first \end{thmN}. The next line is slightly indented. I have a solution, see the code, by adding a "%" after \end{thmN}, but I would like my user not to have to care about that. Many thanks for you lights! Best, Olivier \documentclass{article} \usepackage{mdframed} \newcounter{mythmcnt} \setcounter{mythmcnt}{0} \newmdenv{ispecialthm} \newenvironment{thmenvN}[2][]{\refstepcounter{mythmcnt}% \begin{ispecialthm}[frametitle={#2\ \themythmcnt}]}{\end{ispecialthm}} \newenvironment{thmN}[1][]{\begin{thmenvN}[#1]{Theorem}}{\end{thmenvN}} \AddToHook{env/thmN/after}{\noindent} \begin{document} \begin{thmN} This is the first theorem. \end{thmN} we are the champions we are the champions we are the champions we are the champions we are the champions \begin{thmN} This is the first theorem. \end{thmN}% we are the champions we are the champions we are the champions we are the champions we are the champions \end{document}

  • Improvements to code used for a special heading
    by yannisl on April 8, 2026 at 11:51 am

    The following code snippet draws a box in box for a heading. I would like some help to improve the code so that only the top right corner of the bottom box is rounded. Most of the values are currently hardcoded, as this forms part of a larger code that calls the macro \tikzspecial defines keys that are passed as options. The height of the blue top box should be 3cm, I seem to be about a couple of mm out, any help with that I would also appreciate. \documentclass[10pt,twoside]{book} \usepackage[bottom=2cm,top=2cm, left=3cm, right=4cm,showframe]{geometry} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{kantlipsum} \ExplSyntaxOn \makeatletter \NewDocumentCommand{\tikzspecial}{s O +m}{ %% First band \begin{tikzpicture}[remember~picture,overlay,inner~sep=0pt,outer~sep=0pt] \draw[draw=none,fill=cyan,outer~sep=0pt,inner~sep=0pt, xshift={-2cm},yshift=-\dimexpr3cm+10pt] (current~page.north~west) rectangle (\paperwidth,2.5cm); \end{tikzpicture} %% Second band with rounded corners \begin{tikzpicture}[remember~picture,overlay] \node~at~(current~page.north~west)~[yshift=-\dimexpr3cm+5.4pt,xshift=-10pt,%.3 klls corners on left anchor=south~west,inner~sep=10pt, outer~sep=0,white,fill=black, draw=none,rounded~corners=10pt,align=left, text~width=\textwidth]{\leftskip10pt \large \sffamily\LARGE\bfseries \IfBooleanTF{#1}{}{\thechapter.\space} #3\par }; \end{tikzpicture} \vspace*{4\baselineskip} \par \@afterindentfalse \@afterheading } \makeatother \ExplSyntaxOff \begin{document} \parindent=2em % simulate chapter \stepcounter{chapter} \tikzspecial*{Some Special Layout\\ Format} \kant[1-9] \end{document}

  • Thickness and color of vertical line symbols
    by J.-E. Pin on April 8, 2026 at 9:33 am

    This is a follow up to this question, which asks for delimiters with thicker lines. I would like to add the option to choose the color of these delimiters, as in the following example \documentclass[]{amsart} \usepackage{color} \begin{document} \newcommand{\Red}[1]{\textcolor{red}{#1}} \newcommand{\mynorm}[1]{\Red{\lvert} #1 \Red{\rvert}} $\mynorm{v}$ \end{document} which produces this: Thus my question is how to add this color parameter to egreg's answer to the linked question. I tried to do it myself, with no success so far.

  • How Can I Speed Up LaTeX startup times? [closed]
    by ivo Welch on April 8, 2026 at 12:39 am

    I have been experimenting with an essentially empty tex file to see how long it takes pdflatex just to get started. On one of the fastest 2026 machines around, an Apple M4, here is what I get: Baseline (just \documentclass): 1.4s biblatex: +1.9s (the single biggest offender) microtype: +0.6s tikz: +0.6s hyperref: +0.5s All heavy packages combined: 4.8s total (3.4s of package overhead) I am now wondering whether I should regress to the older Bibtex (or Natbib??) and dump biblatex. More generally, I understand that there are formats that can replace the entire article class. Alas, what I really would like is a format that can replace just a set of style files --- or better yet, a way to "cache" a whole set of my standard style files that I am always including. Is this possible? Any ideas how to keep my beloved pidflatex output and have it move faster? pointers appreciated. /iaw

  • Section heading number periods and no hanging indent (sockets, plugs, templates... oh my!)
    by Alexander Perlis on April 7, 2026 at 9:12 pm

    A style guide demands: heading numbers end in a period; headings titles do not hang off the number. Example of desired output: In the past I could accomplish this by modifying \@seccntformat and \@hangfrom: \documentclass{article} \makeatletter \def\@seccntformat#1{\csname the#1\endcsname.\enskip} \def\@hangfrom#1{\noindent#1} \makeatother \begin{document} \section{My section title with an extremely long title spanning multiple lines} \subsection{My subsection title with an extremely long title spanning multiple lines} \end{document} But in TeX Live 2026 with \DocumentMetadata{tagging=on}, the hanging indent reappears! I believe the tagging code enables the socket sec/title/hang whose default plug does not call \@hangfrom. I could mimic the kernel plug with my own variant and assign it to the socket: % Put the following inside the `\makeatletter`/`\makeatother` block. \ExplSyntaxOn \cs_new_protected:Npn \__tag_set_title_NOHANG:nNnn #1 #2 #3 #4 %#1 level, %#2 boolean: nonumber? (will be later \l__head_nonumber_bool) %#3 formated number /hang space %#4 title { \protected@edef\l__tag_sec_tmpa_tl {#4} \tagstructbegin{tag=\UseStructureName{sec/#1/title},title-o={\l__tag_sec_tmpa_tl}} \cs_if_exist_use:N \__tag_gincr_para_begin_int: \bool_if:NF #2 { \tagstructbegin{tag=\UseStructureName{sec/#1/number}} } \setbox\@tempboxa\hbox{{#3}} \bool_set_false:N \l__tag_para_bool %\hangindent \wd\@tempboxa\noindent %%% <-- REMOVED \noindent %%% <-- INSERTED \bool_set_true:N \l__tag_para_bool \bool_if:NTF #2 { \box\@tempboxa } { \tagmcbegin{} \tag_mc_reset_box:N\@tempboxa \box\@tempboxa \tagmcend \tagstructend } \tagmcbegin{} } \NewTaggingSocketPlug{sec/title/hang}{myoverlay} { \__tag_set_title_NOHANG:nNnn #1 } \AssignTaggingSocketPlug{sec/title/hang}{myoverlay} \ExplSyntaxOff This feels fragile. Is there a better approach? Now the plot thickens. I am actually trying to use TeX Live 2026 lualatex-dev to benefit from a bug fix. But in lualatex-dev with \DocumentMetadata (with or without tagging=on), it seems \@seccntformat is no longer called, thus there is no longer a period after the section number. I believe lualatex-dev is bringing templates into play (in the file latex-lab-testphase-sec-template.sty). I am new to templates. How do I adjust the templates to put a period after the number? And do templates then perhaps also provide a less fragile way to eliminate \hangindent so I no longer need to replace \__tag_set_title_hang (earlier part of this post)?

  • Combining subfiles with different .sty packages into one main document (Overleaf)
    by Christopher Madec on April 7, 2026 at 8:35 pm

    I'm looking for a way to combine multiple .tex files that require different .sty packages, and need to be merged into a single output document within Overleaf and without manual PDF handling. For instance, I am working on a LaTeX project (on Overleaf) where I have multiple .tex files located in a section/ directory. Each file compiles correctly on its own and uses a specific .sty package. Each package works independently and cannot be merged into one common .sty. section/Flashcard.tex \documentclass[../test.tex]{subfiles} \usepackage{Flashcard} % specific to flashcards \begin{document} % Flashcard content \end{document} section/main.tex \documentclass[../test.tex]{subfiles} \usepackage{agrphy} % specific to my course \begin{document} % Course content \end{document} Each file compiles without any issue when compiled individually. I want to point out that the two .sty files are extremely different and fundamentally incompatible by design: for example, Flashcard.sty restructures each page into 8 minipages to generate flashcards, while agrphy.sty defines a very specific layout with custom margins and a grid-based background for lecture notes. As a result, merging their behaviors into a single preamble does not seem feasible. Goal I would like to combine both outputs into a single document to distribute to my students. test.tex \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,svgnames]{book} \usepackage{subfiles} \begin{document} \subfile{section/main} \subfile{section/Flashcard} \end{document} ze problem When compiling the main document, it fails. It seems that the individual .sty packages (Flashcard and agrphy) are not properly loaded or conflict with the main preamble. From my understanding, subfiles force all subdocuments to share the same main preamble, which prevents using different packages independently in each subfile. What I have tried (desperately) subfiles: works for individual compilation, but not for combining different styles standalone: I could not get it to work properly in this setup pdfpages: this would work easily, but on Overleaf, I cannot automatically reuse the generated PDFs from other .tex files without manually downloading and re-uploading them, and I have a looooooooot to compile

  • 3d Tikz Graph highlighting a specific interp line and axis problem
    by FishDrowned on April 7, 2026 at 2:43 pm

    I'm currently trying to graphically represent Feynman's technique. Specifically, I have the function rad(atan(sqrt(2-x*x)))/(1+x*x) which is being parametrized as rad(atan(t*sqrt(2-x*x)))/(1+x*x). I managed to create the graph for the function, \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz,pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.18} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ axis lines = center, axis on top, view={50}{30}, xlabel={$x$}, ylabel={$t$}, zlabel={}, xmin=-2, xmax=2, ymin=-2, ymax=2, zmin=-2, zmax=2, tick label style={font=\tiny} ] \addplot3[ surf, shader=faceted interp, faceted color=black!60, opacity=0.85, samples=22, samples y=18, domain=-1.4:1.4, domain y=-2:2, ] {rad(atan(y*sqrt(2-x*x)))/(1+x*x)}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} But I'm having trouble figuring out how to a) highlight the specific line along the function that represents rad(atan(sqrt(2-x*x)))/(1+x*x) and b) getting the axis lines to be above and below the 3d surface when the surface is above and below.

  • Difference between \def\R{{\mathbb{R}}} and \def\R{\mathbb{R}}
    by X3nius on April 7, 2026 at 2:14 pm

    I don't understand what the difference is between \def\R{{\mathbb{R}}} and \def\R{\mathbb{R}} When compiling \R (in math mode, obviously), I get ℝ in both cases and it doesn't show an error.

  • How to plot y = x^{2/3} + 0.8 cos(kx) √(3-x²) in LaTeX TikZ
    by hola on April 7, 2026 at 1:45 pm

    I would like to plot the following function in LaTeX using TikZ or pgfplots: \[ y = x^{2/3} + 0.8 \cdot \cos(kx) \cdot \sqrt{3 - x^2} \] The domain is \( - \sqrt{3} \leq x \leq \sqrt{3} \). I need to create a nice graph where: The curve looks smooth I can easily change the value of \( k \) (number of oscillations) The modulated amplitude (the \( \sqrt{3-x^2} \) part) is clearly visible I have tried basic \addplot but I have problems with the fractional power \( x^{2/3} \) and with making the cosine oscillation look good. MWE (Minimal Working Example): \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.18} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis} \addplot {x^(2/3)}; % this part works, but adding the rest is difficult \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} pgfplots tikz-pgf plot functions graphics

  • list of all packages included in a collection and remove particular packages
    by vrgovinda on April 7, 2026 at 10:14 am

    My wonderful TeX friends. I need to downsize my TeXLive installation. I would like to see a list of packages that are part of a collection and remove those packages which I don't need. What I have tried doing: tlmgr list --only-installed > installed_texlive_packages.txt I tried to uninstall a package only to get an error: tlmgr remove xstacks tlmgr: saving backups to /usr/local/texlive/2025/tlpkg/backups tlmgr: not removing xstacks, needed by collection-latexextra tlmgr: no packages removed. tlmgr: action remove returned an error; continuing. tlmgr: An error has occurred. See above messages. Exiting. But there are certain packages in collection-latexextra that I use. I want to remove only those packages which I don't use or don't need. Thanks.

  • How are uppercase Greek letters handled in T1?
    by Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz on April 7, 2026 at 7:01 am

    Does it auto-switch to OT1 internally, or is there another encoding specifically for these "missing" letters? I'm specifically talking about these specific letters: and not to the entire Greek alphabet. The reason why I'm asking about them is that these letters are included in OT1, but I don't see them anywhere in the definition of T1.

  • dashed arrows in AMScd [closed]
    by Quay Chern on April 7, 2026 at 6:37 am

    How can I draw a downward and dashed arrow by the AMScd package in MathJax (more exactly it is in Mathematics Stack Exchange)? $$ \begin{CD} U(X)\ @V\phi VV\ A \end{CD} $$ $$ \begin{CD} U(X)\\ @V\phi VV\\ A \end{CD} $$

  • Why can't I use \AddToHook{shipout/background} in conjunction with \@starttoc/\tableofcontents?
    by Elayson Abreu on April 7, 2026 at 12:22 am

    When I use \AddToHook{shipout/background} in conjunction with @starttoc, the content appears in first page, but not the following ones. Why? MWE: \documentclass{article} \makeatletter \AddToHook{shipout/background}{\lower .5\paperwidth \vtop{XYZ\@starttoc{toc}}} \makeatother \begin{document} \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{ABCDEFG} \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{HIJKLMN} \null\newpage\null \end{document} In the image below, XYZ appears on both pages, but @starttoc only appears on the first one. UPDATE I'll post a more complete example of what I'd like to do, following John Kormylo's response. I would like hyperlinks to work when hyperref is loaded. Unfortunately, they're not working here. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref} \usepackage[showframe,top=2cm]{geometry} \def\sec#1{\par\leavevmode\addcontentsline{dates}{sec}{#1}} \makeatletter \def\l@sec#1#2{#1\par\medskip} \def\structure{\@starttoc{dates}} \makeatother \AddToHook{shipout/background}{\lower\dimexpr2cm+\topskip \vtop{\usebox\structbox}} \AtBeginDocument{ \newbox\structbox \setbox\structbox=\vtop{\structure} } \begin{document} \sec{01/01/2026} \lipsum[1] \newpage \sec{02/01/2026} \lipsum[1] \sec{03/01/2026} \lipsum[1] \end{document}

  • Problem with cross-references in the Tufte class in MacTeX2026
    by Alejandro Munoz Ossa on April 6, 2026 at 9:31 pm

    I’m writing a book using the tufte class and compiling with LuaLaTeX. I recently updated to MacTeX 2026 and noticed that the class no longer works properly, especially with cross-references. So I decided to reinstall MacTeX 2025 to make sure it worked correctly in that version. Something changed in the update and is causing an error with these references. Using MacTeX2026, the first example I’m showing you is \documentclass[]{tufte-book} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \chapter{Capítulo 1} La figura \ref{figexample} es \begin{figure} \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-a}\label{figexample}\caption{text} \end{figure} La figura en margen es \ref{figexamplem} \begin{marginfigure} \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-b}\label{figexamplem}\caption{text} \end{marginfigure} \end{document} which produces this result As you can see, Figure 1 is referenced correctly, but the figure in the margin is not. Now see what happens if I load the mathtools and/or amsmath packages \documentclass[]{tufte-book} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{mathtools} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \chapter{Capítulo 1} La figura \ref{figexample} es \begin{figure} \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-a}\label{figexample}\caption{text} \end{figure} La figura en margen es \ref{figexamplem} \begin{marginfigure} \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-b}\label{figexamplem}\caption{text} \end{marginfigure} \end{document} which produces this result Thus, neither of the two figures is properly cited. While doing some research, I found that there is a new version of the tufte class called xtufte, so I decided to test it, and the result is the same—there are no correct cross-references. \documentclass[]{xtufte-book} \begin{document} \chapter{Capítulo 1} La figura \ref{figexample} es \begin{figure} \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-a}\label{figexample}\caption{text} \end{figure} La figura en margen es \ref{figexamplem} \begin{marginfigure} \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-b}\label{figexamplem}\caption{text} \end{marginfigure} \end{document}

  • How to draw an orientation link with tikzpicture
    by DLIN on April 6, 2026 at 5:14 pm

    I want to draw the above picture in the book Lecture on the topology of 3-manifold. So far, I can only draw the Hopf link: \documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{knots} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{knot}[flip crossing={2}] \strand (1.5,0) circle (1.0); \strand (2.5,0) circle (1.0); \end{knot} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} Q: I do not know what kind of command I should use to draw the above picture.

  • How to replicate these Word tables exactly in LaTeX? [closed]
    by Sananth on April 6, 2026 at 1:40 pm

    these are images of word document please help me with this

  • Creating a repeated text watermark gone wrong
    by user516076 on April 6, 2026 at 2:14 am

    the current document of mine has a messy watermark Code: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage[a4paper,margin=2.5cm]{geometry} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{background} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{cabin} \newcommand{\watermarkHsep}{4em} \newcommand{\watermarkVsep}{3ex} \newcommand*\watermarktext[1]{% \leavevmode\hbox to 2\textwidth{% \leaders\vbox to 2\textheight{% \leaders\hbox{#1\hspace{\watermarkHsep}}\vfil% \vspace{\watermarkVsep}% }\hfil% }% } \backgroundsetup{ scale=1, angle=0, opacity=1, contents={% \tikz[remember picture, overlay] \node [black, opacity=0.1, rotate=45, scale=4.0] at (current page.center) {\watermarktext{% {\cabinfamily\bfseries Arrohmah IIBS}% }};% } } \begin{document} \section*{Sample Document} \lipsum[1-12] \end{document} it has this output: Notice that it doesn't read the Cabin font and bfseries to bold I wish to have something similar to this one, smaller font, nicer and neater:

  • How to place some notes in one staff and others in the other
    by iago on April 6, 2026 at 12:14 am

    I am trying with MusixTEX \begin{music} \parindent10mm \instrumentnumber{1} \setstaffs1{2} \setclef1{6000} \nobarnumbers \startextract \notes \cchar{-15}{$C3$}\qu {'C} \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-15}{$D3$}\qu {'D} \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-15}{$E3$}\qu {'E} \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-15}{$F3$}\qu {'F} \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-15}{$G3$}\qu {'G} \en \notes \cchar{-5}{$C4$}\qu c \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-5}{$D4$}\qu d \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-5}{$E4$}\qu e \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-5}{$F4$}\qu f \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-5}{$G4$}\qu g \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-5}{$A4$}\qu {'a} \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-5}{$B4$}\qu {'b} \en \notes \cchar{30}{S} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-5}{$C5$}\qu {'c} \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-5}{$D5$}\qu {'d} \en \notes \cchar{30}{T} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-5}{$E5$}\qu {'e} \en \notes \cchar{30}{S} \empty \en \notes \cchar{-5}{$F5$}\qu {'f} \en \zendextract \end{music} I'd like two staves with bass and treble clefs, notes C3 to G3 in bass clef staff, notes D4 to F5 in treble clef staff and separate in such a way that C4 is in the middle and at the suitable distance of the two staves (so, as belonging to treble and bass clefs staves simultaneously). However, before the C4 possitioning, I am having multiple issues. This code shows the notes with respect to the bass clef staff, wrong with resect to the treble staff. If I introduce a \nextstaff in the middle, then the output fails completely. May you help me? Thanks!

  • how does \ipabar in tipa work internally? does it draw the bar with an equivalent of graphicx or tikz?
    by Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz on April 5, 2026 at 8:35 pm

    I am talking about the command \ipabar, in the tipa package. I need to ask a question. How does \ipabar in tipa work internally? does it draw the bar with an equivalent of graphicx or tikz? Will it work with custom fonts that have a different stroke thickness? Is there a way to make it thinner or thicker?

  • Diagrams in LaTeX
    by Ripsad on April 5, 2026 at 6:47 pm

    I am trying to tex a diagram. I use overleaf with the tikz-cd package. I am currently wrinting by Bachelor thesis and am using a LeTeX template of my university (TUM). Without this template everything worrks just fine but using this template the diagram does not compile. The problem seems to be that LaTeX interpretes the lable of the arrows as the color parameter. It seems to be a conflict with the pgfkeys and the xcolors package. The error message is the following Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/"f"'' and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it. Package xcolor Error: Undefined color `"g\circ f"'. Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/"g"'' and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it. My code is: \documentclass{report} \usepackage{tikz-cd} \usepackage[german]{babel} \begin{document} \begin{tikzcd} x \arrow[rr, "f"', ] \arrow[rrrr, "g\circ f", bend left] & & y \arrow[rr, "g"', ] & & z \end{tikzcd} \end{document} According to tikzcd.yichuanshen this code is correct and also works perfectly in a plain document without the TUM-template. Does anyone here have an idea of why this problem occurs and how I might fix it?

  • Arranging nodes to have a nice circle shape
    by user516076 on April 5, 2026 at 1:42 am

    I need your help to make the label, i.e. the numbers to be arranged circular nicely and spot-on (not estimating and guessing using rectangle coordinate, which is very difficult). i'm thinking of polar coordinate, but how to implement it so that it can be positioned exactly in the middle of each part? You see, I used manual and it looks ugly and messy... \documentclass[tikz,border=5pt]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.2, every node/.style={font=\Large}] % Radii \def\R{3} \def\r{1.75} % Outer circle (black) \draw[black, line width=1.2pt] (0,0) circle (\R); % Inner circle (cyan) \draw[cyan!70!black, line width=1.2pt] (0,0) circle (\r); % Straight dividing lines (green) \draw[green!60!black, line width=1.2pt] (-\R,0) -- (\R,0); \draw[green!60!black, line width=1.2pt] ({\R*cos(60)},{\R*sin(60)}) -- ({\R*cos(240)},{\R*sin(240)}); \draw[green!60!black, line width=1.2pt] ({\R*cos(120)},{\R*sin(120)}) -- ({\R*cos(300)},{\R*sin(300)}); % Outer ring numbers (red) % Top sector \node[red] at (-0.55, 2.35) {3}; \node[red] at ( 0.55, 2.35) {5}; % Upper-right sector \node[red] at (1.90, 1.65) {4}; \node[red] at (2.30, 0.65) {7}; % Lower-right sector \node[red] at (2.35,-0.65) {0}; \node[red] at (1.90,-1.65) {6}; % Bottom sector \node[red] at (-0.55,-2.35) {2}; \node[red] at ( 0.55,-2.35) {10}; % Lower-left sector \node[red] at (-1.90,-0.65) {4}; \node[red] at (-2.30,-1.65) {1}; % Upper-left sector \node[red] at (-2.30, 0.65) {8}; \node[red] at (-1.90, 1.65) {7}; % Inner circle numbers (red) \node[red] at ( 0.00, 0.95) {?}; \node[red] at ( 1.05, 0.25) {5}; \node[red] at ( 1.00,-0.65) {15}; \node[red] at ( 0.00,-1.10) {8}; \node[red] at (-0.95,-0.60) {11}; \node[red] at (-1.05, 0.25) {6}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} At least, I wish to have something similar to this:

  • Picking marbles probability course
    by Arne Timperman on April 4, 2026 at 1:21 pm

    For my probability course, I want to create the following figure with marbles. EDIT: red purple means, it could be red or purble I could create this in Tikz, placing each marble separately, but that does not seem like the correct method to me. AI returned the following (incorrect code). \documentclass[10pt,a4paper,svgnames,openleft,explicit]{book} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathreplacing} \begin{document} \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture} % Parameters \def\r{0.35} % radius \def\dx{1.0} % x distance \def\dy{1.0} % y distance % --- BOVENSTE 4 RIJEN: rood/paars half --- \foreach \row in {0,1,2,3}{ \foreach \col in {0,...,7}{ % paars rechts \fill[purple] (\col*\dx, -\row*\dy) arc[start angle=-45, end angle=135, radius=\r] -- (\col*\dx, -\row*\dy) -- cycle; % rood links \fill[red] (\col*\dx, -\row*\dy) arc[start angle=135, end angle=315, radius=\r] -- (\col*\dx, -\row*\dy) -- cycle; } } % --- ONDERSTE 4 RIJEN: geel --- \foreach \row in {4,5,6,7}{ \foreach \col in {0,...,7}{ \fill[yellow] (\col*\dx, -\row*\dy) circle (\r); } } % --- ACCOLADE + tekst --- \draw[line width=1pt] (8.5, -0.3) -- (8.5, -3.7) decorate[decoration={brace, amplitude=8pt}]{(8.5,-3.7) -- (8.5,-0.3)}; \node[right] at (8.7, -2) {geen 6 gele}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \end{document} Resulting in this figure Any suggestions?

  • Drawing a planar graph with loops [closed]
    by Trevor3 on April 4, 2026 at 11:57 am

    I have been trying to draw the following diagram in TikZ: I've tried my best to produce the above figure using Microsoft Paint but have no idea whatsoever how to do it in TikZ (though it doesn't look that complicated). Any help is greatly appreciated.

  • pgf-PeriodicTable: monochrome (black/white) Periodic table - problem with radiation symbol and 'Ra' shorthand
    by cis on April 4, 2026 at 6:57 am

    I want to create a perfect monochrome Periodic table (for black and white printing, etc.). 1/2. Instead of the colored "radioactive symbol" (which seems to be set hard-coded by the package), I'd like to use an asterisk '*' or a simple text character. 2/2. Secondly, the term 'Ra' in the legend must also be replaced by the star (or the other symbol used). Note: The aforementioned "radioactive symbol" seems to be (hard-coded) retrieved from the file /texmf-dist/tex/latex/pgf-periodictable/pgfPT_radio_symbol.pdf → which is located near the package file. One could therefore "hack" the problem by placing a PDF file with the same name in one's working directory. However, I'm wondering if there's a more elegant solution. PS: Since I'm not yet very familiar with the package, general suggestions for improvement are welcome. My progress so far: \documentclass[paper=a4, paper=landscape]{scrarticle} \usepackage[margin=11mm,showframe=false,]{geometry} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage{pgf-PeriodicTable} \begin{document} \pgfPT[ cell font=\sffamily,% normal LaTeX font (avoids font warnings of pgf-PeriodicTable) csSolid, show title=false, %Z list={1,...,36,87,88},% test Z backcolor=white, Z color=black, Z font=\footnotesize\bfseries, %CS render mode=fill and outline,% default CS outline color=black,% Outline always black CS solid=black, % Solid: black CS liquid=gray,% Liquid: gray CS synt=white,% Synthetic: white ("inline color") CS gas=lightgray,% Gaseous: white (only outline visible) light gray name color=black, name font=\fontsize{5.125pt}{6.125pt}\selectfont,% default: \tiny but seems to large Ar color=black, capitalize element names=true,% please! period label color=black,% Color of period numbers (left) group label color=black,% Color of group numbers (top) %legend radio color=red,% test MNM line width=1.4pt,% default: 0.8pt MNM line color=black,% default: red!80!black %show MNM line=false,% alternative ] \end{document} PPS: The star for "radioactive" is not that unusual.

  • How to create a four-line style arrow and apply the style of a native LaTeX font? (include⟰⟱) [duplicate]
    by 2023 Siri on April 4, 2026 at 4:43 am

    Example: ⭅⭆⟰⟱ The size of the 4-line arrow should be the same as the font size in mathematical format. Can only be used as a LaTeX mathematical format command Summary of requirements: The size must not differ from the original LateX symbols; it must maintain the native style.

  • Nicely organized graph representing Feynman
    by FishDrowned on April 3, 2026 at 1:26 pm

    I don't quite understand why the first node is no longer pointing toward $C_0$. How can I move $C_0$ to be on the far right side, still level with the first node (kind of looking like a trapezoid) while still connected to the first node? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{graphs} \begin{document} \begin{center} \scalebox{1.2}{ \tikz \graph [grow right sep]{ x1 [as =$\displaystyle \int_a^b{f(x)dx}$] -> {x2[as=$C_0$, red], x3[as=$F(t)$] -> x4[as=$F^\prime(t)$] -> x5[as=$\displaystyle \int{F^\prime(t)dt}$] -> x6[as=$C(t) + C_{1}$, red]->x2}; }; } \end{center} \end{document} This is what it currently looks like: This is the intended result (essentially, ignore the terrible drawing lol): Any help or a push toward some sort of useful resource is much appreciated.

  • How to correctly write \hom_{k\text{-alg}}?
    by Gargantuar on April 2, 2026 at 3:17 pm

    How do I write \hom_{k\text{-alg}} correctly? Semantically, this is incorrect since -alg is not text, so it shouldn't be in the normal text font but in math font. Using \mathrm however is also wrong as the - sign will become a minus sign, which has wrong spacing. What is the best way to write this? If possible, I want to avoid stuff like \mathchardef\hyph="2D and use \hyph instead of - (this is meant for a beginners course). Edit: As there is a lot of debate and confusion, here an MWE (with the "correct" command in one of my commands). \documentclass{article} \usepackage{newtxtext} \usepackage{amsmath} \newcommand{\alg}[1]{\mathord{#1\!\operatorname{-alg}}} \begin{document} \[ \hom_{k\text{-alg}}, \hom_{k\mathrm{-alg}}, \hom_{\alg{k}} \] \end{document}

  • Equation numbers with multiple alignments
    by lenskihe on April 2, 2026 at 3:11 pm

    I would like to typeset an equation with two alignment points, but also have an equation number on each line. What I am aiming for should look like this: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{align} a &= \text{Something very very long} \\ &\begin{aligned} {}\leq b\Bigl(&ccc \\ &+d \\ &+e \Bigr) \end{aligned} \end{align} \end{document} However, the inner aligned environment produces only a single equation number, whereas I would like one number per line. I tried to solve this is using alignat. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{mathtools} \begin{document} \begin{alignat}{3} a &= \mathrlap{\text{Something very very long}} \\ &\leq b\Bigl(&&ccc \\ &&& +d \\ &&& +e\Bigr) \end{alignat} \end{document} This gives me multiple equation numbers, but using \mathrlap causes the whole expression to become visually misaligned (no longer centered properly). My two tries are shown below. Is there a way to achieve what I am looking for?

  • How to colorized any line drawed with draw (nor with plot expression)?
    by Mika Ike on April 1, 2026 at 1:44 pm

    How to colorized any line drawed with draw (nor with plot expression)? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.18} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ axis lines = middle, %title={Cor baseada no valor de $y$}, title={Color depending on $y$ coordinate}, colormap/hot % Podes usar 'hot', 'cool', 'jet', etc. ] \addplot[ mesh, % Divide o trazo en segmentos para aplicar cores thick, domain=-3:3, samples=100, point meta=y % Indica que a cor depende do valor de y ] {x^2}; % A función matemática \draw[thick, xshift=0.5,rounded corners] (-2,0.5) .. controls (0,-1) and (0,7) .. (1,7.8) .. controls (2,1) and (2,4) .. (3,3) node[anchor=east,pos=0.95] {How to colorize black line with colormap?} node[anchor=north east,pos=0.95] {depending on $y$ coordinate}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}