Tips on Beamer, TikZ and BibTeXfacultysites.vassar.edu/mcohen/talks/CohenYeTexTips.pdfIntroduction to Beamer Tikz/PGF BibTeX The preamble Frames Some tips Frames The main input of

Introduction to BeamerTikz/PGF

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Tips on Beamer, TikZ and BibTeX

Fei Ye 1 and Moshe Cohen 2

1,2Department of MathematicsBar-Ilan University

March 28, 2012

Fei Ye and Moshe Cohen Tips on Beamer, TikZ and BibTeX


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1 Introduction to BeamerThe preambleFramesSome tips

2 Tikz/PGFA simple templateMore basic examples“foreach” allows for some inline coding

3 BibTeXWhat it isHow to use it



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Start to use LATEX

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) and many otherorganizations worldwide accept manuscripts in LATEX.

The best way to learn it is to start to use it. Examples:

homework

papers

official documents

\b e g i n{ i t e m i z e}\ i tem homework\ i tem p a p e r s\ i tem o f f i c i a l documents\end{ i t e m i z e}



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LATEX: made to type-set math

You can write math in-line. For all xi ∈ A, there exists some c ∈ Zsuch that x2

i ≡ f (xi + c)2 mod p, with p prime.

For a l l $ x i\ i n\mathca l{A}$ , t h e r e e x i s t s some $ c\ i n\mathbb{Z}$ such t h a t $ x iˆ2\cong f ( x i+c ) ˆ2 \mod p $ , w i t h $p$ pr ime .

You can also separate equations, as in the following:

a2+b2 =

{c2 when c is the hyp. of a right triangle,∑n

i=1 ∆(εsin(α)i ) when this makes no sense.

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\b e g i n{ e q u a t i o n}aˆ2+bˆ2=\b e g i n{ c a s e s}c ˆ2 & \ t e x t{when $ c $ i s t h e hyp . o f a r i g h t t r i a n g l e ,}\\\sum { i =1}ˆn\Delta (\ v a r e p s i l o n i ˆ{\ s i n (\ a lpha )}) & \ t e x t{when t h i s makes no

s e n s e } .\end{ c a s e s}\end{ e q u a t i o n}



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The preambleFramesSome tips

The preamble

A LaTeX file always starts with \documentclass{}, follows by thepreamble where you may put your customized globalcommands, and arrived the body where you write yourcontent on. The body of a LaTeX file should be placedbetween \begin{document} and \end{document}.

A simple example:\d o c u m e n t c l a s s{beamer}%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Preamble%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\usetheme{Warsaw}\u s e c o l o r t h e m e{d o l p h i n}\ t i t l e {Tips on Beamer , Tikz and B i b t e x}%\ s u b t i t l e {Tips on LaTeX}\a u t h o r{F e i Ye \ i n s t {1} and Moshe Cohen \ i n s t {2}}\ i n s t i t u t e [ Bar−I l a n U n i v e r s i t y ]{\ i n s t {1 , 2} Department o f Mathematics\\

Bar−I l a n U n i v e r s i t y}\d a t e{\ c o l o r{b l u e}March 28 , 2012}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Body%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\b e g i n{document}. . . . . .\end{document}



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Frames

The main input of beamer are frames.

Theorem (Author Year [Bol98])

Frames are back-bones of beamer slides.

This is a block [Kau83]

You can also use block environment for definitions, theorems, etc.

\b e g i n{ i t e m i z e}\ item<1−> The main i n p u t o f beamer a r e f r a m e s .\ item<2−> \b e g i n{theorem} Frames a r e back−bones o f beamer s l i d e s . \end{

theorem}\ item<3−> \b e g i n{b l o c k}{This i s a Block} b l o c k e n v i r o n m e n t f o r

d e f i n i t i o n s , theorems , e t c . \end{b l o c k}\end{ i t e m i z e}



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Title bar for this particular frame

It’s as easy as beginning and ending each frame. Titles are easy,too.%\beg in{ f rame} <−− take out %\ f r a m e t i t l e{T i t l e bar f o r t h i s p a r t i c u l a r f rame}I t ’ s as e a s y as b e g i n n i n g and e n d i n g each frame . T i t l e s a r e easy , too .%\end{ f rame} <−− take out %

When you give a presentation using slides, try to keep the textshort.

You should explain in more detail as you speak.

Don’t just read what’s on the slides.



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Some tips

Print out handouts of your beamer by using\documentclass[handout]{beamer}.

Include a university logo by adding\pgfdeclareimage[height=0.5cm]{university−logo}{biu−logo−en.pdf} and\logo{\pgfuseimage{university−logo}} .

Include graphics: e.g. \ includegraphics [ scale =0.3]{biu−logo−en.pdf} .

Output:

If you encounter strange errors, then you may try\begin{frame}[ fragile ].

A beamer quickstart http://www.math.umbc.edu/

~rouben/beamer/quickstart.html


http://www.math.umbc.edu/~rouben/beamer/quickstart.html



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Using color

Unlike in a research paper, colors are useful (if not overdone)!

gray \ definecolor{gray}{rgb}{.5,.5,.5}

blue \ definecolor{blue}{rgb}{0,0,1}

red \ definecolor{red}{rgb}{1,0,0}

green \ definecolor{green}{rgb}{0,1,0}

green \ definecolor{darkgreen}{rgb}{0,.5,0}

yellow \ definecolor{yellow}{rgb}{1,1,.4}

gold \ definecolor{gold}{rgb}{.5,.5,.2}

purple \ definecolor{purple}{rgb}{.5,0,.5}

\def\gray{\color{gray}}

\def\blue{\color{blue}}

\def\red{\color{red}}

\def\green{\color{green}}

\def\darkgreen{\color{darkgreen}}

\def\yellow{\color{yellow}}

\def\gold{\color{gold}}

\def\purple{\color{purple}}

You can define your own using RGB by including two lines before\begin{document} and then using {\blue TEXT HERE} in the document.



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A simple templateMore basic examples“foreach” allows for some inline coding

What is TikZ?

TikZ is a TeX package (use pgf as an engine) allow we drawnice 2D pictures.

A cool example:

Ft (x) F (x)

At A

BX

Bt

BT

∃

BT

Figure: A simple commutativediagram by Stefan Kottwitz

\b e g i n{ t i k z p i c t u r e } [ f o n t=\t i n y ]\matr i x (m) [ m a t r i x o f math nodes

, row sep=3em , column sep=4em ,minimum width=2em ]

{F t ( x ) & F ( x ) \\ A t & A \\};\path[− s t e a l t h ]

(m−1−1) edge node [ l e f t ] {$\mathca l{B} X$} (m−2−1)

edge [ d o u b l e ] node [be low ] {$\mathca l{B} t $} (m−1−2)

(m−2−1. e a s t |−m−2−2) edge node [be low ] {$\mathca l{B} T$}

node [ above ] {$\ e x i s t s$} (m−2−2)

(m−1−2) edge node [ r i g h t ] {$\mathca l{B} T$} (m−2−2)

edge [ dashed ,−] (m−2−1);

\end{ t i k z p i c t u r e }

More cool examples:http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/.


http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/commutative-diagram-tikz/

http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/


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A cool example:

Ft (x) F (x)

At A

BX

Bt

BT

∃

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A cool example:

Ft (x) F (x)

At A

BX

Bt

BT

∃

BT

















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A simple template

To use TikZ, we first need to add \usepackage{tikz} to the preamble.The following is example to plant TikZ picture in pdf byintegrating TikZ sources into TeX files.

x

y

y = x2

o

\b e g i n{ f i g u r e } [ htbp ]\ c en t e r i n g\b e g i n{ t i k z p i c t u r e } [ s c a l e =0.8 , domain

=−2:2]\draw [ b lue , −>] (−2, 0)−−(2, 0) node [

r i g h t ]{$ x $} ;\draw [ red , −>] p l o t ( 0 , \x ) node [ r i g h t

]{$ y $} ;\draw [ domain =−1:1] p l o t (\x , {\x∗\x})

node [ above ]{$ y=x ˆ2$} ;\draw ( 0 , 0) node [ below r i g h t ]{$ o $} ;\end{ t i k z p i c t u r e }\end{ f i g u r e}



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TikZ uses a grid system to create lines, circles, and other shapes.

(0, 0) Text Block

\b e g i n{ f i g u r e}\b e g i n{ c e n t e r}\b e g i n{ t i k z p i c t u r e }\draw ( 0 , 0 ) node [ l e f t ] {$(0 ,0) $} ;\draw ( 0 , 0 )−−(1,1)−−(2,0)−−(3,1)−−(4,0)−−(2,−1)−−c y c l e ;\draw ( 2 , 1 ) c i r c l e (3 pt ) ;\ f i l l [ c o l o r=g r e e n ] (5 ,− .5) r e c t a n g l e ( 7 , . 5 ) ;\draw ( 6 , 0 ) node {Text Block } ;\end{ t i k z p i c t u r e }\end{ c e n t e r}\end{ f i g u r e}



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The \foreach \x command lets you repeat several steps

\ f o r e a c h \x / \y i n {0/3 ,1/2 ,3/0}{\draw (\x ,\ y ) −− (\ x+1,\y+1) ;\draw [ c o l o r=white , l i n e width =10] (\ x+1,\y ) −− (\x ,\ y+1) ;\draw (\ x+1,\y ) −− (\x ,\ y+1) ;}

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What it isHow to use it

What is BibTeX

BibTeX stands for a tool and a file format used to processreferences in LaTex

A BibTeX tool that I love very much is called JabRefhttp://jabref.sourceforge.net/.

BibTeX format consists of entries and tags: e.g.

@ a r t i c l e{A12 ,a u t h o r = ”A, B” ,T i t l e = {Something Great } ,p u b l i s h e r = {S p r i n g e r } ,Year = 2012 ,}

You can find bibtex formatted references online very easilyand store (e.g. through JabRef) the information in a fileyourfilename.bib. A bib file is like a database.


http://jabref.sourceforge.net/


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How to use BibTeX

Change display style of the bibliography: \ bibliographystyle {} (put inpreamble). Some packages (e.g. bibunits, natbib etc.) cancreate more fancy styles.

To cite references: get the citation key and cite using \cite{A12}.Citation keys can be self-defined or automatically generated(if you use JabRef).

Generate bibliography: L-B-L-L. Put your bib file (e.g.bibliography.bib) in the same folder. Input the command\bibliography{bibliography} at the right place. Compile your LaTeX file

in the order: latex/pdflatex→bibtex→latex/pdflatex →latex/pdflatex.



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Obtaining bibliographies from MathSciNet

If you are on a departmental computer, you can access MathSciNetthrough the AMS: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/

From here you can look up any published article or book.

Click the MR number to take you to the reference and “Selectalternative format” from the drop-down menu to choose “BibTeX”

Copy and paste into your .bib file, change the reference tag, anddelete (or comment out using %) the MRNUMBER line.


http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/


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Creating your .bib file

Open a new file in a TeX editor and save as bibliographyname.bib

If you read an article off arXiv.org, you can prepare your ownreference:@ u n p u b l i s h e d{KroMro ,

AUTHOR = {Kronheimer , P . B . and Mrowka , T . S .} ,TITLE = {Khovanov homology i s an unknot−d e t e c t o r } ,

NOTE = {a r X i v : 1 0 0 5 . 4 3 4 6} ,YEAR = {2010} ,a r c h i v e P r e f i x = arXiv ,

e p r i n t = 1 0 0 5 . 4 3 4 6 ,p r i m a r y C l a s s = math . GT,

}

Make sure you put this file in the same folder as your .tex file.

Keep this .bib file updated with every book and paper you read,and you will never have to look for the references!



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\ b i b l i o g r a p h y s t y l e{amsalpha}\ b i b l i o g r a p h y {11 D e c e m b e r B i b l i o g r a p h y}

Bela Bollobas, Modern graph theory, Graduate Texts inMathematics, vol. 184, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998.

Louis H. Kauffman, Formal knot theory, Mathematical Notes,vol. 30, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1983.


Documents

Tips on Beamer, TikZ and BibTeXfacultysites.vassar.edu/mcohen/talks/CohenYeTexTips.pdfIntroduction to Beamer Tikz/PGF BibTeX The preamble Frames Some tips Frames The main input of