LaTeX
Packages
- article; package for article typesetting
- amsmath; package for math
- graphicx
- amsfonts; package with extra math fonts
- bm; package for bolding symbols
- tikz-cd; package for complex commutative diagrams
Command
Typesetting instruction
Environment
Area in document with specific typesetting rules
article
BibTeX
amsmath
See official documentation here
Equation environments
- equation; simple mathematical equation
- multline; mathematical equation spanning multiple lines
- gather; group of simple mathematical equation
- align
- flalign
'\\' is used for a new line in multiline equation environments
'\['='\begin{equation*}'
'\]'='\end{equation*}'
'&' is used for a column in an equation envrionment
Matrix environments
- pmatrix; rounded brackets
- bmatrix; square brackets
- Bmatrix; curly brackets
- vmatrix; bar
- Vmatrix; double bar
Case environment
Math commands
Font commands
- mathbf; bold
- mathrm; bold
- mathcal;
- mathbb
- mathfrak
- mathscr
Slash functions
$
Begins or ends a block of mathematics
\[
Begins a block of mathematics
\]
Ends a block of mathematics
\(
Begins a block of mathematics
\)
Ends a block of mathematics