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
font
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In mod ...
s 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It has largely superseded the plain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:
:
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'' ''are the side-lengths of a right triangle. ''
''Then'' .
Proof. . . □
See also
*
List of TeX extensions
*
AMSRefs
*
Tombstone (typography)
References
External links
AMS TeX ResourcesTeX FAQ on AMS-TeX
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