Using LaTex for Math Typesetting

Just a quick post on typesetting mathematics with LaTex.  This summer, in the process of brushing up on a few things, I wanted to make a math study guide, and found that Microsoft Word doesn’t do a great job at math typesetting.  I looked at several other programs that do this (many of them require purchasing a license), and finally came upon the standard, “professional” (and free) solution – LaTex.

LaTex converts text markup (which is relatively simple) into beautifully-formatted formulas, and there are many great, free implementations of it.  You can learn about it generally at http://www.latex-project.org/ and there is a good free implementation at http://miktex.org/.  As an example I’ve also included the LaTex source and resulting pdf for my math study guide.