User talk:Marty/UCSC Math 110 Fall 2008/Homework 1

Just testing this out. Hey Marty, I was wondering how you can make a "{", "}", and "#" show up in the PDF file for HW 1? The # symbol didn't show up in line 38, and i couldn't get the brackets to show up in the theorem section of the texfile.
 * I'm not sure if I completely understand the question. Braces, like "{" and "}" are used in Tex code to enclose expressions.  Getting them to appear in PDF is a slightly different question.  Here are two examples of using braces in Tex (see the wiki-source to see how they were made):
 * In this example, braces are used to group the expression in the exponent: $x = y^{2 + z}.$
 * In this example, braces are "visible": $x = \{ 2,3,4 \}$.  Notice the backslash before the brace in the Tex code.
 * Similarly, using a backslash before a pound will make the number sign appear, as in: $\# \{2,3,4 \} = 3$.
 * Does this help? Marty 21:26, 29 September 2008 (PDT)

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot. Glad to see that this worked.

I had a problem with the template file trying to compile it in linux, getting the following error: ! LaTeX Error: File `xy.sty' not found. it looks to me like I'm missing the last library you're using and while this may or may not be easy to work out I probably won't be able to print the file because of it. I'll bring in my laptop tomorrow so you can check it out. --Mitchman 22:49, 30 September 2008 (PDT)
 * just took out the line and it compiled fine... so I have a piece of paper that is much lighter than a laptop for you instead. Yay! --Mitchman 23:16, 30 September 2008 (PDT)