Jan 13, 2015 · A minimal xy axis is great and useful, but maybe next month you need something more specific. ;-) So think of that when you choose one of the answers.

That's why I said \rowcolor{maroon}. The optional argument of \color (or \rowcolor) is a color model and if used then the mandatory argumnet takes a color syntax in that model so the [gray] model takes a …

Jun 17, 2022 · In TeX, how is a “computing zero” sign written, with a slanted vertical line through it?

May 13, 2013 · @Werner I don't think this is really a duplicate; in a comment to my answer Fabricio specified that he needed a manual way to represent the division, so the xlop option (which is the …

What is the "best LaTeX practices" for writing absolute value symbols? Are there any packages which provide good methods? Some options include |x| and \\mid x \\mid, but I'm not sure which is best...

What do you mean by “a more mathematical approach (rather than using a defined floor/ceil function)”? I don't see how having predefined modulo is more mathematical than having predefined floor or …

Jun 21, 2017 · I have a rectangular room that has square linoleum tiles. When the tiles were put in the contractor said that it would take twice as many cuts to have the tiles at a 45 degree angle from the …

You should use \pmod (from amsmath), perhaps utilizing the redefinition as in Removing extra space with \pmod command.

I often used \\boxed{...} from the AMS math package to place a box around important equations. However, this approach often produces somewhat awkward looking output. Consider …

The second problem (mentioned in the comments) about centering the 0 within the parenthesis requires a bit more crafting in terms of where \phantom spaces are introduced and how large the \makebox is …