Intro to $\LaTeX$

As we've already mentioned on the syllabus, in our course we will also learn a bit of programming in a language called LaTeX (pronounced as "late-tech".)

• This is a high-quality typesetting language that is widely used for producing professional-looking documents, particularly those containing mathematical formulas and symbols, scientific notations, and complex formatting.
• It is built on top of TeX (pronounced as "tech"), an earlier typesetting language created by Donald Knuth in the late 1970s, and provides structured document preparation features.
• Fun fact: the beautified symbol $\LaTeX$ is written in LaTeX!
  All you need to write in LaTeX code to create this stylized symbol is:

  \LaTeX

  anywhere in your source code! The same is true for $\TeX$ and

  \TeX

  .