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<h3>Text inside maths</h3>
<p/>When we type maths in (La)TeX, the letters from which we make up
ordinary text assume a special significance: they all become
-single-letter variable names. The letters appear in italics, but it&rsquo;s
-not the same sort of italics that you see when you&rsquo;re typing ordinary
-text: a run of maths letters (for example &ldquo;here&rdquo;) looks oddly
-&ldquo;lumpy&rdquo; when compared with the word written in italic text. The
+single-letter variable names. The letters appear in italics, but it&#8217;s
+not the same sort of italics that you see when you&#8217;re typing ordinary
+text: a run of maths letters (for example &#8220;here&#8221;) looks oddly
+&#8220;lumpy&#8221; when compared with the word written in italic text. The
difference is that the italic text is kerned to make the letters fit
-well together, whereas the maths is set to look as if you&rsquo;re
+well together, whereas the maths is set to look as if you&#8217;re
multiplying <em>h</em> by <em>e</em> by <em>r</em> by <em>e</em>. The other
way things are odd in TeX maths typing is that spaces are ignored:
at best we can write single words in this oddly lumpy font.
-<p/>So, if we&rsquo;re going to have good-looking text in amongst maths we&rsquo;re
-writing, we have to take special precautions. If you&rsquo;re using
+<p/>So, if we&#8217;re going to have good-looking text in amongst maths we&#8217;re
+writing, we have to take special precautions. If you&#8217;re using
LaTeX, the following should help.
<p/>The simplest is to use <code>\</code><code>mbox</code> or <code>\</code><code>textrm</code>:
<blockquote>
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ $z = a_{\textrm{other end}}$
</blockquote><p>
does the same as <code>\</code><code>mbox</code>, by default.
<p/>(The maths-mode instance of your roman font (<code>\</code><code>mathrm</code>) gets the
-size right, but since it&rsquo;s intended for use in maths, its spaces get
-ignored &mdash; use <code>\</code><code>mathrm</code> for upright roman alphabetic variable
+size right, but since it&#8217;s intended for use in maths, its spaces get
+ignored &#8212; use <code>\</code><code>mathrm</code> for upright roman alphabetic variable
names, but not otherwise.)
<p/>You can correct these problems with size selectors in the text, as:
<blockquote>
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ $z = a_{\mbox{\scriptsize other end}}$
</blockquote><p>
which works if your surrounding text is at default document size, but
gives you the wrong size otherwise.
-<p/>The <code>\</code><code>mbox</code> short cut is (just about) OK for &ldquo;occasional&rdquo;
+<p/>The <code>\</code><code>mbox</code> short cut is (just about) OK for &#8220;occasional&#8221;
use, but serious mathematics calls for a technique that
relieves the typist of the sort of thought required. As usual, the
-AMSLaTeX system provides what&rsquo;s necessary &mdash; the <code>\</code><code>text</code>
+AMSLaTeX system provides what&#8217;s necessary &#8212; the <code>\</code><code>text</code>
command. (The command is actually provided by the <i>amstext</i>
-package, but the &ldquo;global&rdquo; <i>amsmath</i> package loads it.) Thus
+package, but the &#8220;global&#8221; <i>amsmath</i> package loads it.) Thus
anyone using AMSLaTeX proper has the command available, so even
this author can write:
<blockquote>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ $z = a_{\text{other end}}$
</blockquote><p>
and the text will be at the right size, and in the same font as
surrounding text. (The <i>amstext</i> package also puts
-<code>\</code><code>textrm</code> to rights &mdash; but <code>\</code><code>text</code> is easier to type than
+<code>\</code><code>textrm</code> to rights &#8212; but <code>\</code><code>text</code> is easier to type than
<code>\</code><code>textrm</code>!)
<p/>AMSLaTeX also makes provision for interpolated comments in the
middle of one of its multi-line display structures, through the
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ middle of one of its multi-line display structures, through the
\end{align}
</pre>
</blockquote><p>
-places the text &ldquo;and&rdquo; on a separate line before the last line of the
+places the text &#8220;and&#8221; on a separate line before the last line of the
display. If the interjected text is short, or the equations
themselves are light-weight, you may find that <code>\</code><code>intertext</code> leaves
too much space. Slightly more modest is the <code>\</code><code>shortintertext</code>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ command from the <i>mathtools</i> package:
</blockquote><p>
To have the text on the same line as the second equation, one can use
the <code>flalign</code> environment (from <i>amsmath</i>)
-with lots of dummy equations (represented by the double <code>&amp;</code>
+with lots of dummy equations (represented by the double <code>&#38;</code>
signs):
<blockquote>
<pre>
@@ -107,18 +107,13 @@ signs):
\end{flalign}
</pre>
</blockquote><p>
-<p/>Comprehensive documentation of AMSLaTeX is to be found in
-<i>amsldoc</i>, in the distribution; it is also available on the web
-at <a href="ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/doc/amsmath/amsldoc.pdf">ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/doc/amsmath/amsldoc.pdf</a>
<dl>
-<dt><tt><i>amsldoc.tex</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of AMSLaTeX
- <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex.zip">macros/latex/required/amslatex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex/">browse the directory</a>)
<dt><tt><i>amsmath.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of AMSLaTeX
- <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex.zip">macros/latex/required/amslatex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex/">browse the directory</a>)
+ <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex.zip">macros/latex/required/amslatex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/amsmath.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>amstext.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of AMSLaTeX
- <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex.zip">macros/latex/required/amslatex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex/">browse the directory</a>)
+ <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex.zip">macros/latex/required/amslatex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/amstext.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>mathtools.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of the <i>mh</i> bundle
- <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mh.zip">macros/latex/contrib/mh</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mh/">browse the directory</a>)
+ <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mh.zip">macros/latex/contrib/mh</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mh/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mathtools.html">catalogue entry</a>
</dl>
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