Dreaming In Latex
Coding The Scores Of The Tune Of Mathematics
9 min readNov 28, 2023
There are many beautiful equations we can compose from the scribbly and seemingly obscure scripts of Latex.
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\text{Gou-Gu theorem, 勾股定理 (Pythagorean Theorem):}
\quad & a^2 + b^2 = c^2 \\
\text{Pythagorean, 570 BC} \\
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\text{Logarithms:}
\quad & \log_b(xy) = \log_b(x) + \log_b(y) \\
\quad & \log(xy) = \log(x) + \log(y) \\
\text{ John Napier, 1610} \\
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\text{Calculus: Derivative:}
\quad & \frac{d}{dx}(f(x)) \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{f(x + \Delta x) - f(x)}{\Delta x}\\
\text{Integral:}
\quad & \int_{a}^{b} f(x) \,dx \\
\text{ Isaac Newton, 1668} \\
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\text{Law of Gravity:}
\quad & F = G \frac{m_1 m_2}{r^2} \\
\text{ Isaac Newton, 1667} \\
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\text{The square root of -1 (Imaginary Unit):}
\quad & i = \sqrt{-1} \\
\text{ Euler, 1750} \\
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\text{Euler's Polyhedra Formula:}
\quad & V - E + F = 2 \\
\text{ Euler, 1751} \\
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\text{Normal Distribution:}
\quad & f(x|\mu,\sigma^2) = \frac{1}{\sigma \sqrt{2\pi}} e^{ -\frac{(x-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2} } \\
\text{ C.F. Guass, 1810} \\
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\text{Wave Equation:}
\quad & \frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial t^2} = c^2 \frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x^2} \\
\text{ J. d'Almbert, 1746} \\
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\text{Fourier Transform:}
\quad & \hat{f}(\xi) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(x)…