Equations in LaTeX: A Quick Start Guide

Rhett Allain
8 min readSep 7, 2021
Screen Capture: Keynote Equation Editor

It’s just part of writing in science and maths — you are going to have to include some equations at some point. Of course, there are many options:

  • Write out the equation on paper and take a picture.
  • Type out the equation in plain text (like F = ma).
  • Use a graphical equation editor (MS Word and Google Docs both have graphical editors).

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Rhett Allain

Physics faculty, science blogger of all things geek. Technical Consultant for CBS MacGyver and MythBusters. WIRED blogger.