LaTeX Tip: Dynkin Diagrams using Tikz

Hi everyone, I’ve include the code for drawing Dynkin diagrams using Tikz package in LaTeX \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.4] \draw (-1,0) node[anchor=east] {$A_n$}; \foreach \x in {0,…,5} \draw[xshift=\x cm,thick] (\x cm,0) circle (.3cm); \draw[dotted,thick] (0.3 cm,0) — +(1.4 cm,0); \foreach \y in {1.15,…,4.15} \draw[xshift=\y cm,thick] (\y cm,0) — +(1.4 cm,0); \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.4] \draw (-1,0) node[anchor=east] [...]

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Fluid Flows and Infinite-Dimensional Manifolds I

Reblogged from Azimuth: Or: waves that take the shortest path through infinity guest post by Tim van Beek Water waves can do a lot of things that light waves cannot, like “breaking”: In mathematical models this difference shows up through the kind of partial differential equation (PDE) that models the waves: • light waves are [...]

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The Education of a Scientist

Reblogged from Azimuth: Why are scientists like me getting so worked up over Elsevier and other journal publishers? It must seem strange from the outside. This cartoon explains it very clearly. It’s hilarious—except that it’s TRUE!!! This is why we need a revolution. (It’s true except for one small thing: in math and physics, Elsevier [...]

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A Noether Theorem for Markov Processes

Reblogged from Azimuth: I’ll start you off with two puzzles. Their relevance should become clear by the end of this post: • Puzzle 1. Suppose I have a box of jewels. The average value of a jewel in the box is $10. I randomly pull one out of the box. What’s the probability that its [...]

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LaTeX Tip: New name after compilation

If you want to compile a file, say Base.tex, and get the PDF with other name, use the -jobname option $ pdflatex -jobname MyBook Base.tex In the example you’ll get a PDF file called MyBook.pdf Enjoy

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