AMS-TeX

AMS-LaTeX is a collection of LaTeX document classes and packages developed for the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Its additions to LaTeX include the typesetting of multi-line and other mathematical statements, document classes, and fonts containing numerous mathematical symbols.

It has largely superseded the plain TeX macro package AMS-TeX. AMS-TeX was originally written by Michael Spivak, and was used by the AMS from 1983 to 1985.

MathJax supports AMS-LaTeX through extensions.

The following code of the LaTeX2e produces the AMS-LaTeX logo:

%%% -- AMS-LaTeX_logo.tex -------
\documentclass
\usepackage

\begin
\AmS-\LaTeX
\end

The package has a suite of facilities to format multi-line equations. For example, the following code,

\begin
y &= (x+1)^2 \\
&= x^2+2x+1
\end

causes the equals signs in the two lines to be aligned with one another, like this:

:$\begin y &= (x+1)^2 \\ &= x^2+2x+1 \end$

AMS-LaTeX also includes many flexible commands for formatting and numbering theorems, lemmas, etc. For example, one may use the environment

\begin ythagorasSuppose $a\leq b\leq c$ are the side-lengths of a right triangle.\\ Then $a^2+b^2=c^2$.\end
\begin. . . \end

to generate

Theorem (''Pythagoras'') ''Suppose'' $a\leq b\leq c$ ''are the side-lengths of a right triangle. ''
''Then'' $a^2+b^2=c^2$.

Proof. . . □

See also

* List of TeX extensions
* AMSRefs
* Tombstone (typography)

References

External links

AMS TeX ResourcesTeX FAQ on AMS-TeX

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