ChatGPT Teaches LaTeX
Description
George Grätzer, the author of 30 books and over 300 papers, began writing about LATEX in 1992. His widely used Math into LATEX , now in its sixth edition, has become a standard reference in the field.
In this book, he introduces a new way to learn LATEX: working with ChatGPT. The reader learns how to ask effective questions, interpret answers, and evaluate the reliability of AI assistance.
Organized around clear principles and carefully chosen examples, this concise introduction demonstrates how AI tools can support high-quality document preparation while preserving accuracy and typographical standards.
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George Grätzer is a distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He has authored three other books on LaTex: First Steps in LaTeX and Math into LateX, and Practical LaTeX. Math into LaTeX was chosen by the Mathematics Editor of Amazon.com as one of the ten best books of 2000. Grätzer has also written over 300 articles articles and more than 30 books on the subject of lattices and universal algebra. In addition, Grätzer is the founder of the international mathematical journal, Algebra Universalis.
Content
Preface.- Introduction.- I LaTeX: a very short course.- 1 Getting started.- II. Guided tutoring with ChatGPT.- 2. ChatGPT as a LaTeX tutor.- 3 Document classes.- 4 Packages and the preamble.- 5 Sectioning and cross-references.- 6 Commands and environments.- 7 Mathematics.- 8 Figures and tables.- 9 Common beginner errors.- III Multiline mathematics.- 10 An overview.- 11 The building blocks of mathematical formulas.- 12 Aligned displays.- 13 The cases environment.- 14 Matrices as multiline mathematics.- IV Documents beyond the page.- 15 PDF documents.- 16. Presentations.- 17 Illustrations and diagrams.- 18 TikZ: a diagram language.- V Long Documents.- 19 Why long documents fail.- 20 LaTeX as a workflow system.- 21 BibTEX: the classic workflow.- 22 BibLaTEX and the modern bibliographies.- 23 Indexes and terminological control.- A LaTeX Commands.- B Quick Lookup.- C A Brief Introduction to ChatGPT.