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TUGboat volume 45, number 3, has been mailed to TUG members. It is also available online and from the TUG store. In addition, prior TUGboat issue 45:2 is now publicly available. Submissions for the next regular issue are welcome and… Continue Reading →
University Putra Malaysia has an updated thesis LaTeX template by Sina Abdipoor! Available as an Overleaf template here. See also: Original Source by LianTze Lim
When the LaTeX Project team took over maintenance of LaTeX from Leslie Lamport, LaTeX2e was planned as an intermediate release to resolve immediate issues with the then-current LaTeX2.09. The ‘e’ (or properly ε) was meant to indicate a small change… Continue Reading →
On X/Twitter, I saw a drawing by 黄餅もち. It is pretty easy to do in TikZ, so I quickly made this drawing, using LuaLaTeX: The code is: \documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{luatexja-fontspec} \usetikzlibrary{trees} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[edge from parent fork right, grow=east, every node/.style={draw}] \node… Continue Reading →
On X/Twitter, I saw a drawing by toshᴉzumi. It’s pretty complex, well made, I like it very much. I had a few thoughts how I would adjust it a bit to my taste. toshᴉzumi shared the code, so I played… Continue Reading →
The latest release of LaTeX went to CTAN on Friday, and moves us forward in truly automatic tagging for PDFs, particularly for mathematics. As part of the work, we have been looking at the capabilities of different engines. Here, I… Continue Reading →
Hier ein Beispiel aus der gridpapers Doku, wie man mit LaTeX isometrische Papiere gestalten kann. \documentclass{article} \usepackage[pattern=iso, %tri für senkrecht patternsize=0.5cm, textarea, bgcolor=white, %majorcolor={green}, minorcolor={lightgray}, geometry={a4paper, margin=1cm}]{gridpapers} \begin{document} \thispagestyle{empty} ~ \end{document} gridpapers-iso gridpapers-tri Uwe Uwe Ziegenhagen likes LaTeX and Python,… Continue Reading →
Hier ein erster Entwurf, wie man mit LaTeX Drum Patters setzen kann. \documentclass[12pt,ngerman]{scrartcl} \usepackage[margin=1cm]{geometry} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{babel} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} % Define the pattern as a comma-separated list \def\pattern{x,-,-,-,-,x,x,-,-,-,x,x,-,-,-,x} \def\cellsizex{1cm} \def\cellsizey{0.5cm} \node[draw, rectangle,minimum width = \cellsizex, align=left,minimum height=\cellsizey] (a)… Continue Reading →
We sent the 2024-11-01 release of the LaTeX kernel to CTAN yesterday. By tomorrow it should be available to most users via TeX Live or MiKTeX. Thirty years of LaTeX2e This release marks 30 years since the first release of… Continue Reading →
I saw a question on X/Twitter by とと about drawing certain circles, partially filled, together with aligned equations. So, I quickly wrote some TikZ code to demonstrate how such drawings can be done. This is the result: And this is… Continue Reading →
I saw a question on X/Twitter by @ritsudesu_yoro about drawing arrows and adding labels to chemical equation. @RARARARAICHUUU recommended doing it in TikZ, and I fully agree with this suggestion. So I wrote quickly some TikZ code to demonstrate how… Continue Reading →
Below are some code examples of Feynman diagrams showing hard processes in proton-proton collisions. Click on a diagram to jump to the code & download links below: Inelastic hard process: \documentclass[11pt,border=4pt]{standalone} \usepackage{feynmp-auto} \begin{document} \begin{fmffile}{feyngraph} \fmfframe(-2,44)(0,44){ % padding (L,T)(R,B) \begin{fmfgraph*}(160,80) %… Continue Reading →
TUGboat volume 45, number 2, the proceedings of the TUG’24 conference, has been mailed to TUG members. It is also available online and from the TUG store. In addition, prior TUGboat issue 45:1 is now publicly available. Submissions for the… Continue Reading →
This posts shows code examples of Feynman diagrams of ttbar production in proton-proton collisions, like those at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). For a nice overview from the experimental point of view, have a look at this review article by… Continue Reading →
Illustration of a back-to-back event topology of two τ leptons (to define acoplanarity or azimuthal separation Δφ in the transverse plane), and multiplicity of pileup (PU) and hard scattering (HS) tracks in a small window along the beam axis (z)…. Continue Reading →
The TUG conference 2024 in Prague was a hybrid conference, i.e., all talks were recorded and also streamed. The recordings have been cut and cleaned up by Norbert Preining and are now available on YouTube. All in all, there are… Continue Reading →
The LaTeX Project have been working for about 4 years now on creation of automatically tagged PDFs from (more-or-less) unmodified LaTeX documents. We’ve been reporting regularly in LaTeX News, and things are moving forward nicely. We (Frank, Ulrike and I)… Continue Reading →
In an earlier post, I described the considerations that go into creating a training dataset for Computer Vision, including how read more How to create your own fine-tuning or training dataset for computer vision using Supervisely See also: Original Source… Continue Reading →
Below are some code examples of photon-induced processes in proton-proton collisions. See for example this CMS observation of γγ → ττ and the constrains on the τ anomalous electromagnetic moments, which I worked on. I presented some of the diagrams… Continue Reading →
Below are some code examples the leading contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment (g-2), which is the one-loop diagram that was famously calculated by Julian Schwinger in 1948. Some of the diagrams below were presented in this seminar talk (UZH,… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy} settings.render=0; unitsize(1cm); import three; draw(Label(“$x$”,EndPoint,align=SW),O–2.5X,Arrow3); draw(Label(“$y$”,EndPoint),O–4Y,Arrow3); draw(Label(“$z$”,EndPoint),O–3Z,Arrow3); triple A=(1,sqrt(3),0), B=2Z; path3 p=plane(A,B); draw(surface(p),magenta+opacity(.2)); draw(p,magenta+.6pt); label(“$x\sqrt{3} -y =0$”,A+B,NE,magenta); draw(Label(scale(.6)*”$1$”,EndPoint,align=NW,black),A–(A.x,0,0),gray+dashed); draw(Label(scale(.6)*”$\sqrt{3}$”,EndPoint,align=.4dir(60),black),A–(0,A.y,0),gray+dashed); \end{asy} \end{document} Source: TeX.SE Author: Black Mild (License) See also: Original Source
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy} settings.render=0; import graph3; currentprojection=orthographic(2,2,.5,zoom=.9); unitsize(1cm); pen plane1=red, plane2=cyan, plane3=blue,pcone=yellow; real a=1.8,h=3; surface c=scale(a,a,h)*shift(0,0,-1)*unitcone; draw(zscale3(-1)*c,pcone+opacity(.5)); draw(c,pcone+opacity(.3)); real b=2.2; path3 g=scale3(b/a)*unitcircle3; draw(shift(0,0,b)*g,plane1+1pt); draw(shift(0,0,-b)*g,plane3+1pt); surface pl=shift(-3,-4,0)*scale(6,8,0)*unitplane; draw(shift(0,0,b)*pl,plane1+opacity(.3)); draw(pl,plane2+opacity(.3)); draw(shift(0,0,-b)*pl,plane3+opacity(.3)); draw(Label(“$\eta_1$”,EndPoint),O–4*X,Arrow3); draw(Label(“$\eta_2$”,EndPoint),O–5*Y,Arrow3); draw(Label(“$\eta_3$”,EndPoint,align=E),-3Z–4*Z,Arrow3); \end{asy} \end{document} Source: TeX.SE Author: Black Mild… Continue Reading →
This posts shows code examples of Feynman diagrams of Higgs pair production in proton-proton collisions, like those at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). For a nice overview from the experimental point of view, have a look at this article by… Continue Reading →
This posts shows code examples of Feynman diagrams of Higgs boson decay. For a nice overview from the experimental point of view, have a look at this article by the CMS collaboration, published in Nature. For an overview of the… Continue Reading →
This posts shows code examples of Feynman diagrams of single Higgs boson production in proton-proton collisions, like those at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). For a nice overview from the experimental point of view, have a look at this article… Continue Reading →
In 2017, I had an internship at the German Historical Institute in Paris, where my task was to annotate around 1,200 regests. My job was to get them from source data in a Word document to TEI-XML in the end,… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[inline=true] import math; import graph; struct construct{ pair[] loc; string[] name; pair[] namePos; guide[] straight; pen[] straightPen; guide[] circ; pen[] circPen; pen thinpen; bool pqr(pair p, pair q, pair r){ return (p.x*(q.y-r.y)+(r.y-p.y)*q.x+r.x*(p.y-q.y))>0; }; pair lastpoint(){ assert(loc.length>0); return… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[inline=true] settings.tex=”pdflatex”; import graph; import math; import palette; size(12cm); import fontsize;defaultpen(fontsize(8pt)); real xmin=-3.6, xmax=5; real ymax=1.6, ymin=-ymax; real dxmin=0, dxmax=0.1; real dymin=0.1, dymax=dymin; xaxis(“$x$”,xmin-dxmin,xmax+dxmax,RightTicks(Step=1,step=0.2,OmitTick(0,2.2)),above=true); yaxis(“$y$”,ymin-dymin,ymax+dymax,LeftTicks (Step=1,step=0.2,OmitTick(0,1.4)),above=true); real[] n={-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3}; pen[] p=Gradient(n.length, blue,red);… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[inline=true] import graph; import contour; import palette; defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)); size(14cm,8cm,IgnoreAspect); pair xyMin=(1,74); pair xyMax=(3,86); real f(real x, real y) {return -2.051^3*1000/(2*3.1415*(2.99*10^2)^2)/(x^2*Cos(y)^2);} int N=200; int Levels=16; defaultpen(1bp); bounds range=bounds(-3,-0.10); // min(f(x,y)), max(f(x,y)) real[] Cvals=uniform(range.min,range.max,Levels); guide[][] g=contour(f,xyMin,xyMax,Cvals,N,operator –); pen[] Palette=Gradient(Levels,rgb(0.3,0.06,0.5),rgb(0.9,0.9,0.85));… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] settings.outformat=”pdf”; settings.render=0; settings.prc=false; size(7cm); import graph; import patterns; import fontsize; defaultpen(fontsize(9pt)); texpreamble(“\usepackage{lmodern}”); pen hatchPen=orange+0.4bp; pen borderPen=deepblue+1bp; pen arrPen=red+1bp; pen areaBG=palegreen; pair[] dots={ (25,280), (60,280), (25,140), }; pair star=(60,137); guide[] arrows={(25,265)–(25,160), (60,265){dir(-90)}..(60,200)..(40,160), }; guide[] markedArrows={ (150,280)–(200,280), (150,140)–(200,140),… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] settings.outformat=”pdf”; settings.render=0; settings.prc=false; import solids; import graph3; usepackage(“newtxmath”); size(200,400); real r=3; real h=2.5pi; currentprojection=orthographic(8,2,4); revolution R=cylinder(O,r,h); // The circular helix triple f(real t){ real a=r*cos(t); real b=r*sin(t); real c=t; return (a,b,c); } real k=7; path3 plane=(k,k,0)–(k,-k,0)–(-k,-k,0)–(-k,k,0)–cycle;… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] settings.render=8; settings.prc=false; size(8cm); import three; import graph; import fontsize; defaultpen(fontsize(9pt)); pen[] fillpen={ red, orange, yellow, green, lightblue, blue, darkblue }; real xmin=0, xmax=20, ymin=0, ymax=20; xaxis(xmin,xmax,RightTicks(Step=10,step=5)); yaxis(ymin,ymax, LeftTicks(Step=10,step=5)); real ra(real t, real a){return 3*a*sin(t)*cos(t)/(sin(t)^3+cos(t)^3);}; real r(real);… Continue Reading →
Drawing a radar-like diagram. Text can be added with the function putText; the legend is written next to the data sector. \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{asydef} struct RadarPlot{ real[] data; string[] Legend; pen[] Pens; pen gridPen; pen axisPen; pen labelPen; pen legendPen;… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] import graph3; currentprojection=orthographic(-5,-4,2,center=true); guide3 sphere_x_cyl(real a, real r, real R, int n=10){ // return a closed curve of the Sphere–cylinder intersection (top part) // only for the case when a cylinder is completely inside // except… Continue Reading →
The boundary of a Reuleaux triangle is a constant width curve based on an equilateral triangle. All points on a side are equidistant from the opposite vertex. (Wikipedia) \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] path triangle = scale(1/2)*polygon(3); pair a = point(triangle,… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] pen lineAb=black+3pt; pen lineAt=white+1.2pt; pen lineB=dashed+darkblue+1.3pt; pen circA=lightyellow; pen circB=darkblue; pen rimA=red; pen rimB=blue; pen shade=springgreen; guide circ=unitcircle; real d=5; pair a,b,c,u; a=(0,-d); b=(d,-d); c=(d,0); u=1.618b; guide ga=shift(a.x,a.y)*circ; guide gc=shift(c.x,c.y)*circ; guide garc=a{dir(-45)}..u..{dir(135)}c; pair xa=intersectionpoint(ga,c–a); pair xc=intersectionpoint(gc,a–c);… Continue Reading →
This example plots a spiral of roots. \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asydef} unitsize(2cm); import fontsize; defaultpen(fontsize(9pt)); pen linepen=deepblue+0.8bp; pen labelpen=black; pen markpen=gray+0.6bp; void spiralOfRoots(int n){ assert(n>0); real w=0.15; pair O=0E,a=E,b; pair p,q,r; for(int i=1;i<=n;++i){ draw(O–a,linepen); label(“$\sqrt{“+string(i)+”}$”,O–a,O,labelpen,UnFill); b=a+dir(degrees(a)+90); draw(a–b,linepen); p= w*dir(b-a); r=-w*dir(a);… Continue Reading →
This example plots a lattice of points on the surface of a torus. \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] settings.outformat=”pdf”; settings.render=0; settings.prc=false; import graph3; pen surfPen=rgb(1,0.7,0); pen xarcPen=deepblue+0.7bp; pen yarcPen=deepred+0.7bp; currentprojection=perspective(5,4,4); real R=2; real a=1; triple fs(pair t) { return ((R+a*Cos(t.y))*Cos(t.x),(R+a*Cos(t.y))*Sin(t.x),a*Sin(t.y)); }… Continue Reading →
This solution illustrates (a+b)^3 = a^3 + 3a^2b + 3ab^2 + b^3. \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] settings.outformat=”pdf”; settings.render=0; settings.prc=false; unitsize(1cm); import three; currentprojection=orthographic(3,2,1,center=true,zoom=.8); //currentprojection=orthographic(0,10,0,zoom=.8); light White=light(new pen[] {rgb(0.38,0.38,0.45),rgb(0.6,0.6,0.67), rgb(0.5,0.5,0.57)},specularfactor=3, new triple[] {(5,5,5),(0,5,5),(-0.5,0,2)}); currentlight=White; real a=3.2, b=1.5; path3[] p=unitbox; surface q=unitcube;… Continue Reading →
A fish for fun \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] settings.outformat=”pdf”; settings.render=0; settings.prc=false; real w=600,h=400; size(h,w); pen bgPen=rgb(0,0.647,1), bodyPen=rgb(0.847,0.196,0.133), whitePen=rgb(1,1,1), eyePen=rgb(0.004,0.18,1)+opacity(0.01), mouthPen=rgb(1,1,1), scalesPen=rgb(0.98,1,0)+12pt; pair[][] bBody={ {(454,270),(436,252),(443,251),},{(433,269),(424,286),(398,322),}, {(361,352),(324,382),(276,405),},{(218,394),(160,382),(92,334),}, {(55,295),(18,256),(12,226),},{(13,187),(14,149),(21,102),}, {(65,66),(109,30),(189,3),},{(243,2),(296,1),(322,24),}, {(348,46),(374,68),(398,89),},{(414,109),(430,129),(437,149),}, {(450,143),(463,137),(481,105),},{(504,80),(526,55),(552,37),}, {(568,40),(585,43),(592,66),},{(584,97),(576,128),(553,166),}, {(542,181),(531,197),(531,189),},{(543,204),(555,218),(579,256),}, {(585,286),(591,316),(578,339),},{(571,349),(563,359),(561,356),}, {(538,338),(515,320),(472,287),}, }; pair[][] bWhite={ {(223,261),(227,278),(209,303),},{(192,312),(174,321),(156,315),}, {(141,304),(127,293),(115,276),},{(116,260),(118,244),(132,228),}, {(143,222),(155,215),(162,220),},{(179,227),(195,234),(220,244),}, };… Continue Reading →
The Möbius strip, as a parametric surface. \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] settings.outformat=”pdf”; settings.render=0; settings.prc=false; import graph3; size(200,IgnoreAspect); size3(200,IgnoreAspect); currentprojection=orthographic(camera=(1.5,0.3,2),up=Z,target=(0.5,0,0),zoom=0.8); real r=2, w=1; real x(real u, real v){return (r+v/2*cos(3pi*u))*cos(2pi*u);}; real y(real u, real v){return (r+v/2*cos(3pi*u))*sin(2pi*u);}; real z(real u, real v){return (v/2*sin(3pi*u));};… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] settings.outformat=”pdf”; settings.render=0; settings.prc=false; import graph3; import tube; size(200,0); currentlight.background=paleyellow+opacity(0.0); currentprojection=orthographic(camera=(-40,9,70), up=Z); real x(real t){return sin(t)+2sin(2t);} real y(real t){return cos(t)-2cos(2t);} real z(real t){return -sin(3t);} guide3 g=graph(x,y,z, 0, 2pi,operator..); draw(tube(g,circle((0,0),0.618)),white); \end{asy} \end{document} Source: TeX.SE Author: g.kov (License) See… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] settings.outformat=”pdf”; settings.render=0; settings.prc=false; import graph3; import tube; size(200,0); currentlight.background=paleyellow+opacity(0.0); currentprojection=orthographic(camera=(-10,49,-58),up=(0.92,0.36,0.14)); real x(real t){return sin(2pi*t)+2sin(2*2pi*t);} real y(real t){return cos(2pi*t)-2cos(2*2pi*t);} real z(real t){return -sin(3*2pi*t);} guide3 g=graph(x,y,z, 0, 1,operator..); pair[][] p={ {(-40, 20),( -56.8421, 23.4210),( -78.9473, 28.6842),(-90, 20)}, {(-90,… Continue Reading →
The following image illustrates the blowup of a plane at a point–an important construction in algebraic geometry. \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[inline]{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] settings.outformat=”pdf”; settings.render=0; settings.prc=false; usepackage(“lmodern”); usepackage(“fontenc”,”T1″); usepackage(“amssymb”); // for the \mathbb command defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)); import graph3; size(400,400); currentprojection=orthographic(5,-10,4); real R=8; struct… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asy}[width=\the\linewidth,inline=true] settings.outformat=”pdf”; settings.render=0; settings.prc=false; size(7cm); import fontsize; defaultpen(fontsize(9pt)); real wd=0.6bp; pen dotPen=deepblue+wd; pen dotFill=dotPen; pen dotPenB=blue+wd; pen dotPenC=red+wd; pen linePen=deepblue+wd; pen fillPen=lightgreen+opacity(0.5); pen thinLinePen=black+wd/2; guide[] g; g=texpath(“$\Omega$”); filldraw(g,fillPen,linePen); pair a,b,c,d; pair labdir; int pointNo=0; for(int i=0;i<g.length;++i){ for(int… Continue Reading →
\documentclass[margin=10pt,convert]{standalone} \usepackage{asymptote} \begin{document} \begin{asydef} // Global Asymptote definitions real linkLen=1, linkWidth=2pt; real rl=2+linkLen; // distance between beads guide link=(1,0)–(1+linkLen,0); // a link pen beadColor=orange; pen linkColor=beadColor; void bead(transform t){ draw(t*link,linkColor+linkWidth); radialshade(t*unitcircle, beadColor,shift(t)*(-0.4,0.3),0.01 ,black,shift(t)*(-0.4,0.3),1.5); } pair operator>(pair pos=(0,0), real phi){ transform… Continue Reading →
Some leading-order diagrams of basic QCD processes, inspired by Table 7.1 of Griffith’s Introduction to Elementary Particles (2008). Electron-muon scattering Electron-electron scattering Electron-positron scattering Compton scattering Inelastic scattering Click on a diagram to jump to the code & download links… Continue Reading →
% chain.tex : % \begin{filecontents*}{chainofrings.asy} struct chainOfRings{ int n; // number of rings real w; pair origin; pen[] clrA={deepgreen,deepblue}; pen[] clrB={white,lightyellow,palered}; guide qring; real Rscaled(int); real rscaled(int); real eps; void drawHalf(int i,real Rt,real rt, pair p,real phi){ qring=rotate(phi)*(arc((0,0),Rt,-eps,90+eps)–reverse(arc((0,0),rt,-eps,90+eps))–cycle); radialshade(shift(p)*qring ,clrA[i%clrA.length],… Continue Reading →