Latex Code Snippets

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Curl of a Vector

 (\frac{\partial}{\partial x} \mathbf{i}+\frac{\partial}{\partial y} \mathbf{j}+ \frac{\partial}{\partial k} \mathbf{k}) \times (v_1 \mathbf{i} + v_2 \mathbf{j} + v_3 \mathbf{k}) 


\[ (\frac{\partial}{\partial x} \mathbf{i}+ \frac{\partial}{\partial y} \mathbf{j}+ \frac{\partial}{\partial z} \mathbf{k}) \times (v_1 \mathbf{i} + v_2 \mathbf{j} + v_3 \mathbf{k}) \]


 \left| \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{i} & \mathbf{j} & \mathbf{k} \\ \frac{\partial }{\partial x} & \frac{\partial }{\partial y} & \frac{\partial }{\partial z} \\ v_1 & v_2 & v_3 \end{array} \right| 


\[ \left| \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{i} & \mathbf{j} & \mathbf{k} \\ \frac{\partial }{\partial x} & \frac{\partial }{\partial y} & \frac{\partial }{\partial z} \\ v_1 & v_2 & v_3 \end{array} \right| \]


Cross Product of two Vectors

 \left| \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{i} & \mathbf{j} & \mathbf{k} \\ v_1 & v_2 & v_3 \\ w_1 & w_2 & w_3 \end{array} \right| 


\[ \left| \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{i} & \mathbf{j} & \mathbf{k} \\ v_1 & v_2 & v_3 \\ w_1 & w_2 & w_3 \end{array} \right| \]


Jacobean Matrix

 \left| \begin{array}{ccc} \frac{\partial f}{\partial x} & \frac{\partial g}{\partial x} & \frac{\partial h}{\partial x} \\ \frac{\partial f}{\partial y} & \frac{\partial g}{\partial y} & \frac{\partial h}{\partial y} \\ \frac{\partial f}{\partial z} & \frac{\partial g}{\partial z} & \frac{\partial h}{\partial z} \end{array} \right| = \frac{\partial {f,g,h)}{\partial(x,y,z)}


\[ \left| \begin{array}{ccc} \frac{\partial f}{\partial x} & \frac{\partial g}{\partial x} & \frac{\partial h}{\partial x} \\ \frac{\partial f}{\partial y} & \frac{\partial g}{\partial y} & \frac{\partial h}{\partial y} \\ \frac{\partial f}{\partial z} & \frac{\partial g}{\partial z} & \frac{\partial h}{\partial z} \end{array} \right| = \frac{\partial (f,g,h)}{\partial (x,y,z)}\]


Aligning With an Equals Sign

 \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} ds^2 &= d \mathbf{r} \cdot d \mathbf{r} \\ &=(\frac{\partial d \mathbf{r}}{\partial \alpha} d \alpha +\frac{\partial d \mathbf{r}}{\partial \beta} d \beta) \cdot (\frac{\partial d \mathbf{r}}{\partial \alpha} d \alpha +\frac{\partial d \mathbf{r}}{\partial \beta} d \beta) \\ &=\frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \alpha} \cdot \frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \alpha} d \alpha^2 +2 \frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \alpha} \cdot \frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \beta} d \alpha d \beta +\frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \beta} \cdot \frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \beta} d \beta^2 \end{aligned} \end{equation}


\[ \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} ds^2 &= d \mathbf{r} \cdot d \mathbf{r} \\ &=(\frac{\partial d \mathbf{r}}{\partial \alpha} d \alpha +\frac{\partial d \mathbf{r}}{\partial \beta} d \beta) \cdot (\frac{\partial d \mathbf{r}}{\partial \alpha} d \alpha +\frac{\partial d \mathbf{r}}{\partial \beta} d \beta) \\ &=\frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \alpha} \cdot \frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \alpha} d \alpha^2 +2 \frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \alpha} \cdot \frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \beta} d \alpha d \beta +\frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \beta} \cdot \frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial \beta} d \beta^2 \end{aligned} \end{equation}\]
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Curly Brackets Notation for Sets, and Vectors

\left\{ \begin{pmatrix}1\\0\\2\end{pmatrix} , \begin{pmatrix}0\\1\\1\end{pmatrix} \right\}


\[\left\{ \begin{pmatrix}1\\0\\2\end{pmatrix} , \begin{pmatrix}0\\1\\1\end{pmatrix} \right\}\]


Use of underbrace for Repeated Terms

\mathbf{M}^n =\underbrace{ \mathbf{P} \mathbf{D} \mathbf{P}^{-1} \mathbf{P} \mathbf{D} \mathbf{P}^{-1} ...\mathbf{P} \mathbf{D} \mathbf{P}^{-1}}_{n \: times}=\mathbf{P} \mathbf{D}^n \mathbf{P}^{-1}


\[\mathbf{M}^n =\underbrace{ \mathbf{P} \mathbf{D} \mathbf{P}^{-1} \mathbf{P} \mathbf{D} \mathbf{P}^{-1} ...\mathbf{P} \mathbf{D} \mathbf{P}^{-1}}_{n \: times}=\mathbf{P} \mathbf{D}^n \mathbf{P}^{-1}\]


Conditional Outcomes

\int \int_S \frac{\mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{n}}{r^3} dS = \left\{ \begin{array}{cc} 0 & (0,0,0) \notin S \\ 4 \pi & (0,0,0) \in S \end{array} \right.  


\[\int \int_S \frac{\mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{n}}{r^3} dS = \left\{ \begin{array}{cc} 0 & (0,0,0) \notin S \\ 4 \pi & (0,0,0) \in S \end{array} \right. \]


Function defined piecewise

f(x)= \left\{ \begin{array}{c} x \; x \lt 0 \\ 1 \; x=0 \\ x \; x \gt 0  \end{array} \right. 


\[f(x)= \left\{ \begin{array}{c} x \; x \lt 0 \\ 1 \; x=0 \\ x \; x \gt 0 \end{array} \right. \]