Category: LaTex
ten computer codes that transformed science
In a “Feature” article of 21 January 2021, Nature goes over a poll on “software tools that have had a big impact on the world of science”. Among those, the...continue reading.
wrong algebra for slice sampler
Once more, and thrice alas!, I became aware of a typo in our “Use R!” book through a question on X validated from a reader unable to reproduce the slice...continue reading.
sans sérif & sans chevron
{\sf df=function(x)2*pi*x-4*(x>1)*acos(1/(x+(1-x)*(x<1)))} As I was LaTeXing a remote exam for next week, including some R code questions, I came across the apparent impossibility to use < and > symbols in...continue reading.
Make an abstract booklet with R and LaTeX
Want to automate abstract booklet making? This is the post for you.continue reading.
My book’s pdf generation workflow
The process used to generate the pdf of my evidence-based software engineering book has been on my list of things to blog about, for ever. An email arrived this afternoon,...continue reading.
What is the probability that in a box of a dozen donuts picked from 14 flavors there’s no more than 3 flavors in the box?
Dave’s Donuts offers 14 flavors of donuts (consider the supply of each flavor as being unlimited). The “grab bag” box consists of flavors randomly selected to be in the box,...continue reading.
2018-08 Revisiting Mathematical Equations in R: The ‘dvir’ package
This report describes an R package called ‘dvir’ that aims to use TeX as a layout engine, but performs all rendering within R. The package …continue reading.
