Math in LaTeX | Complete guide for beginners | STEM Skills with Dr. Sally

Maths in LaTeX can look horrifying, but it's way easier than you think! In this LaTeX/Overleaf tutorial we don't just cover how to do all the basic math you might need, but also, how to make it gorgeous! After this tutorial, you'll be able to face any lab report, assignment, journal article or thesis with confidence. I recommend using the timestamps below to skip to the parts that you need, as not all of this will be relevant to every degree stream.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction
0:09 Setup: create new file, call math packages
2:01 Method 1: the "Equation" environment & labelling
3:28 Hot tip #1: suppress equation numbering
4:55 Method 2: the "Inline" environment
6:25 Subscript, superscript
8:06 Definitions (creating your own commands)
9:55 Hot tip #2: Spacing
10:33 Fractions
11:58 Hot tip #3: non-derpy brackets
12:30 Matrices
13:30 Hot tip #4: Aligning matrices
14:22 Hot tip #4 (cont.): Aligning equations
14:51 Aligning equations worked example
16:35 Formatting text, upright Greek characters
17:24 Making it gorgeous! Full worked example


USEFUL LINKS
https://overleaf.com
The following link contains a lot more math than can be covered in one video - if there's something you want to know how to do, I recommend checking here first!
https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX...
This link will take you to the official CTAN list of all mathematical (and other) symbols! It helpfully comes in PDF form so you can download it and keep it with you for reference.
https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info...

CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) PACKAGES
https://ctan.org/pkg/mathtools
https://ctan.org/pkg/amsmath
https://ctan.org/pkg/upgreek
https://ctan.org/pkg/siunitx

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All still images and videos are used under license and were obtained from pexels:
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Audio recording and cleanup was done in Audacity:
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Screen capture was done using OBS Studio:
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Video production was done using Canva...:
https://www.canva.com/
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https://kdenlive.org/en/

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