%% skmath improved math commands %% %% Copyright (C) 2012 by Simon Sigurdhsson %% %% This work may be distributed and/or modified under the %% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 %% of this license or (at your option) any later version. %% The latest version of this license is in %% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt %% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX %% version 2005/12/01 or later. %% %% This work has the LPPL maintenance status `maintained'. %% %% The Current Maintainer of this work is Simon Sigurdhsson. %% %% This work consists of the file skmath.tex %% and the derived file skmath.sty. \PassOptionsToPackage{intlimits}{amsmath} \documentclass[commonsets,load]{skdoc} \usepackage[intlimits]{amsmath} \usepackage{csquotes} \ProvideDocumentCommand\d{m}{#1} \ProvideDocumentCommand\abs{m}{#1} \ProvideDocumentCommand\norm{m}{#1} \ProvideDocumentCommand\abs{m}{#1} \ProvideDocumentCommand\P{m}{#1} \ProvideDocumentCommand\given{}{} \ProvideDocumentCommand\E{m}{#1} \ProvideDocumentCommand\var{m}{#1} \ProvideDocumentCommand\cov{mm}{#1#2} \ProvideDocumentCommand\N{}{} \ProvideDocumentCommand\Z{}{} \ProvideDocumentCommand\Q{}{} \ProvideDocumentCommand\R{}{} \ProvideDocumentCommand\C{}{} \ProvideDocumentCommand\sfrac{mm}{#1#2} % Declare the target files \SelfPreambleTo{\mypreamble} \DeclareFile[key=package,preamble=\mypreamble]{skmath.sty} % This is where the documentation begins \begin{document} % Change & version info \version{0.1g} \changes{0.1}{Initial version} \changes{0.1c}{Moved package from \pkg{docstrip} to \pkg{skdoc}} \changes{0.1d}{Fixed fatal documentation and package errors} \changes{0.1e}{Added statistics commands} \changes{0.1g}{Documentation fixes} % Metadata \package[ctan=skbundle,vcs=https://github.com/urdh/skmath]{skmath} \author{Simon Sigurdhsson} \email{sigurdhsson@gmail.com} % First page \maketitle \begin{abstract} The \thepackage\ package provides improved and new math commands for superior typesetting with less effort. \end{abstract} \section{Introduction} This package intends to provide helpful (re-)definitions of commands related to typesetting mathematics, and specifically typesetting them in a more intuitive, less verbose and more beautiful way. It was originally not intended for use by the public, and as such there may be incompatibilities with other packages of which I am not aware, but I figured it could be useful to other people as well. \section{Usage} \subsection{Options} As of version \theversion, there is only one option: \opt{commonsets}. By default, it is disabled but if the option is given the package will define \cs{N}, \cs{Z}, \cs{Q}, \cs{R} and \cs{C} as blackboard variants of the respective letters, to represent the common sets of numbers. \subsection{New commands} The package defines a number of new commands that aid in typesetting certain mathematical formulae. \DescribeMacro\N \DescribeMacro\Z \DescribeMacro\Q \DescribeMacro\R \DescribeMacro\C These commands are only available if the \opt{commonsets} option is given. They typeset the set of natural, integer, rational, real and complex numbers respectively. \begin{example} \begin{equation*} \N, \Z, \Q, \R, \C. \end{equation*} \end{example} \DescribeMacro\norm{} \DescribeMacro\abs{} The commands \Macro\norm and \Macro\abs, quite expectedly, typeset the norm ans absolute value of an expression, respectively. They have one mandatory argument (the expression), and different norms can be achieved by appending a subscript after the argument of \Macro\norm. \begin{example} \begin{equation*} \norm{\vec{x}}_p = \left(\sum_{i=1}^n \abs{x_i}^p\right)^{\sfrac{1}{p}} \end{equation*} \end{example} \DescribeMacro\d{} There is also a command \Macro\d, with one mandatory argument, that typesets the differential part of an integral. \begin{example} \begin{equation*} \int_{\R}\! \frac{\sin{x}}{x} \d{x} \end{equation*} \end{example} \DescribeMacro\E{} The command \Macro\E typesets the expectation of a random variable. \begin{example} \begin{equation*} \E{\hat{\mu}} = \mu \end{equation*} \end{example} \DescribeMacro\P{\AlsoMacro\given } The \Macro\P command typesets a probability. The \Macro\given command can be used to typeset conditional probabilities, within \Macro\P. \begin{example} \begin{equation*} \P{A\given B} = \frac{\P{B\given A}\P{A}}{\P{B}} \end{equation*} \end{example} \DescribeMacro\var{} \DescribeMacro\cov{}{} The commands \Macro\var and \Macro\cov typeset the variance and covariance of an expression. \begin{example} \begin{gather*} \var{X} = \E{(X-\mu)^2}\\ \cov{X}{Y} = \E{XY}-\E{X}\E{Y} \end{gather*} \end{example} \subsection{Improved commands} In addition to adding new commands, this package also redefines already existing commands in a mostly backwards-compatible way to improve their usefulness. \DescribeMacro\sin[]{} \DescribeMacro\arcsin{} \DescribeMacro\cos[]{} \DescribeMacro\arccos{} \DescribeMacro\tan[]{} \DescribeMacro\arctan{} \DescribeMacro\cot[]{} The trigonometric functions have been redefined to typeset more easily. They typeset \meta{expression} as an argument of the expression, and (if applicable) \meta{power} as a superscript between the function and its argument, \emph{e.g.} \(\sin[2]{\phi}\). \DescribeMacro\ln{} The natural logarithm macro \Macro\ln has also been redefined to require an argument which is typeset as the argument of the logarithm. \DescribeMacro\log[]{} The related macro \Macro\log is redefined in a similar way, but also accepts an optional argument denoting the base of the logarithm: \(\log[2]{x}\). \DescribeMacro\exp{} The exponential, \Macro\exp, is redefined to typeset its argument as a superscript of \(e\) in some display styles, and as an argument of \(\mathrm{exp}\) otherwise: \begin{equation*} \exp{\sqrt{2}\exp{x}} \end{equation*} \subsection{Stylistic changes} Some commands have been redefined in a completely backwards-compatible way to improve the end result of their typesetting. \DescribeMacro\frac{}{} The \Macro\frac command has been changed to improve typesetting, allowing displaystyle math in some settings. \DescribeMacro\bar{} \DescribeMacro\vec{} The \Macro\bar command has been changed to cover the entire \meta{expression} (\emph{i.e.} \(\bar{uv}\)), and \Macro\vec has been changed to match the \cs{vectorsym} command provided by \pkg{isomath}. \section{Known issues} A list of current issues is available in the Github repository of this package\footnote{\url{https://github.com/urdh/skmath/issues}}, but as of the release of \theversion, there is only one known issue: \begin{description} \item[\#4] When using both \pkg{fontspec} and \thepackage, sometimes \LaTeX\ bails out saying that \enquote{\cs{bar} is already defined}. This is probably due to fonts defining their own \cs{bar}, and will happen with other font packages as well, but I haven't figured out a suitable solution yet. \end{description} If you discover any bugs in this package, please report them to the issue tracker in the \thepackage\ Github repository. \section{Implementation} The package implementation is very simple. First, we do the standard \LaTeXe\ preamble thing, then we require some dependencies. \changes{0.1b}{Load \textsf{amsmath} with \texttt{intlimits} option} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1999/12/01] \ProvidesPackage{skmath}% [2013/02/18 v0.1e skmath improved math commands] \RequirePackage{xparse} \PassOptionsToPackage{intlimits}{amsmath} \RequirePackage{kvoptions,amssymb,mathtools,xfrac,isomath} \end{MacroCode} We begin by declaring an option. \begin{MacroCode}{package} \SetupKeyvalOptions{family=skmath,prefix=skmath@} \DeclareBoolOption[false]{commonsets} \ProcessKeyvalOptions* \end{MacroCode} We optionally provide commands to typeset common sets. \begin{MacroCode}{package} \ifskmath@commonsets \end{MacroCode} \begin{macro}{\N} \changes{0.1b}{Moved to \textsf{xparse} command definition} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \NewDocumentCommand\N{}{\ensuremath{\mathbb{N}}} \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\Z} \changes{0.1b}{Moved to \textsf{xparse} command definition} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \NewDocumentCommand\Z{}{\ensuremath{\mathbb{Z}}} \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\Q} \changes{0.1b}{Moved to \textsf{xparse} command definition} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \NewDocumentCommand\Q{}{\ensuremath{\mathbb{Q}}} \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\R} \changes{0.1b}{Moved to \textsf{xparse} command definition} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \NewDocumentCommand\R{}{\ensuremath{\mathbb{R}}} \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\C} \changes{0.1b}{Moved to \textsf{xparse} command definition} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \NewDocumentCommand\C{}{\ensuremath{\mathbb{C}}} \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \fi \end{MacroCode} This is followed by commands to typeset the norm and absolute value. \begin{macro}{\abs} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \DeclarePairedDelimiter\abs{\lvert}{\rvert} \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\norm} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \DeclarePairedDelimiter\norm{\lVert}{\rVert} \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} Next come the statistical commands. \begin{macro}{\E} \changes{0.1e}{Added \cs{E} command} \changes{0.1f}{Fixed \enquote{Command \cs{E} already defined!} error} Here, we define \cs{E} after the preamble since it may break otherwise. \begin{MacroCode}{package} \AtBeginDocument{ \DeclareDocumentCommand\E{m}{% \ensuremath{\mathop{\mathrm{E}}\left[#1\right]}% } } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} The \Macro\P command saves any old \Macro\given command, replacing it locally with the new \Macro\given command provided by the package. \begin{macro}{\P} \changes{0.1e}{Added \cs{P} command} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \DeclareDocumentCommand\P{m}{% \ensuremath{\mathop{\mathrm{P}}% \left(% \let\skmath@given\given% \end{MacroCode} \begin{macro}{\given} \changes{0.1e}{Added \cs{given} command} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \DeclareDocumentCommand\given{}{\mid}% \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{MacroCode}{package} #1% \let\given\skmath@given% \right)% }% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\var} \changes{0.1e}{Added \cs{var} command} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \DeclareDocumentCommand\var{m}{% \ensuremath{\mathop{\mathrm{Var}}\left(#1\right)}% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\cov} \changes{0.1e}{Added \cs{cov} command} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \DeclareDocumentCommand\cov{mm}{% \ensuremath{\mathop{\mathrm{Cov}}\left(#1,#2\right)}% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} We replace all trigonometric functions and some other common functions with alternatives that take an argument (or optionally, several arguments). \begin{MacroCode}{package} \let\skmath@sin\sin \let\skmath@cos\cos \let\skmath@tan\tan \let\skmath@cot\cot \let\skmath@arcsin\arcsin \let\skmath@arccos\arccos \let\skmath@arccos\arctan \let\skmath@ln\log \let\skmath@log\log \let\skmath@exp\exp \end{MacroCode} \begin{macro}{\sin} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\sin{om}{% \IfNoValueTF{#1} {\ensuremath{\skmath@sin\left(#2\right)}} {\ensuremath{\skmath@sin^{#1}\left(#2\right)}}% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\cos} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\cos{om}{% \IfNoValueTF{#1} {\ensuremath{\skmath@cos\left(#2\right)}} {\ensuremath{\skmath@cos^{#1}\left(#2\right)}}% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\tan} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\tan{om}{% \IfNoValueTF{#1} {\ensuremath{\skmath@tan\left(#2\right)}} {\ensuremath{\skmath@tan^{#1}\left(#2\right)}}% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\cot} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\cot{om}{% \IfNoValueTF{#1} {\ensuremath{\skmath@cot\left(#2\right)}} {\ensuremath{\skmath@cot^{#1}\left(#2\right)}}% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\arcsin} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\arcsin{m}{% \ensuremath{\skmath@arcsin\left(#1\right)}% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\arccos} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\arccos{m}{% \ensuremath{\skmath@arccos\left(#1\right)}% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\arctan} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\arctan{m}{% \ensuremath{\skmath@arctan\left(#1\right)}% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\ln} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\ln{m}{% \ensuremath{\skmath@ln\left(#1\right)}% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\log} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\log{om}{% \IfNoValueTF{#1} {\ensuremath{\skmath@log\left(#2\right)}} {\ensuremath{\skmath@log_{#1}\left(#2\right)}}% } \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{macro}{\exp} \changes{0.1b}{Moved to \textsf{xparse} command definition} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\exp{m}{\ensuremath{\mathchoice% {e^{#1}}% {\skmath@exp\left(#1\right)}% {\skmath@exp\left(#1\right)}% {\skmath@exp\left(#1\right)}% }} \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} The fraction command is modified to improve typesetting. \begin{macro}{\frac} \changes{0.1b}{Moved to \textsf{xparse} command definition} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\frac{mm}{\genfrac{}{}{}{}% {\displaystyle #1}{\displaystyle #2}} \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} The \cs{bar} command is also modified to impove typesetting. \begin{macro}{\bar} \changes{0.1b}{Added \cs{bar} replacement} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \RenewDocumentCommand\bar{m}{% \ensuremath{\mkern 1.5mu\overline{\mkern-1.5mu{#1}\mkern-1.5mu}\mkern 1.5mu}} \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} We introduce a command to typeset the differential part of integrals, shamefully stolen from an answer on \TeX.SE. Definition is deferred until after all packages are loaded to avoid collisions with other \cs{d} commands. \begin{MacroCode}{package} \AtBeginDocument{% \end{MacroCode} \begin{macro}{\d} \changes{0.1a}{Fixed obtuse errors} \changes{0.1b}{Moved to \textsf{xparse} command definition} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \DeclareDocumentCommand\d{m}{\ensuremath{\,\mathrm{d}#1% \@ifnextchar\d{\!}{}}} \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{MacroCode}{package} } \end{MacroCode} Finally, we define a nicer way to denote vectors. \begin{macro}{\vec} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \let\vec\vectorsym \end{MacroCode} \end{macro} \begin{MacroCode}{package} \endinput \end{MacroCode} \PrintChanges \PrintIndex \end{document}