LaTeX
From Encyclopedia Dramatica
While it may first appear as possibly illicit and fun, LaTeX is actually a formatting system for typesetting. Basically it's a highly-evolved version of Microsoft Word. Sometimes referred to as the leetspeak that mathematicians use.
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[edit] How to break LaTeX and make mathematicians angry
Go into the source, it will look something like this:
[; \mathbb{I}=\mathbb{T}\cup\left(\underset{n\in\mathbb{N}}{\bigcup}\overline{\mathbb{Q}}_{n}\right) ;]
Now, make the following replacements:
Replace every instance of \frac with either \atop or \choose. For super lulz, use \nicefrac instead of \frac
Replace every instance of \in with \subset.
Replace every instance of \subset with \in.
Replace every \mathbb with \mathcal.
Replace every \mathcal with \mathfrak.
Replace every \mathfrak with \mathbb.
Wherever you see \xxxxx, where xxxxx is some greek letter spelled out, capitalize the first letter \Xxxxx.
Wherever you see \Xxxxx, where Xxxx is some greek letter spelled out with the first letter capitalized, change it to \xxxxx.
Change every \exists to \nexists.
Change every = sign to \neq.
Change every \cup to \cap and vice-versa.
Change every \bigcup to \bigcap and vice-versa.
Replace \aleph with \pi.
Replace \int with \sum.
Replace \sum with \int.
Search for derivatives \frac{d}{d x} and change them into partial derivatives \frac{\partial}{\partial x}.
Replace \left( with \left] and \right) with \left[. Also replace \left[ with \left) and \right[ with \right(. This will REALLY cause headaches.
In articles with lots of \sum and \prod, switch \sum and \prod.
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Profit!
Read up on more 'esoteric' symbols, like \geqq and \leqq and throw them in in places where it's completely inappropriate.
[edit] Mathspeak (Replace one term with another from each group)
[edit] Parts of Math
- Analysis
- Algebra
- Arithmetic
- Number Theory
[edit] Things...
- Group
- Field
- Ring
- Set
- Groupoid
- Algebra
- Calculus
- Quaternation
[edit] Types of Numbers
- Ordinal
- Cardinal
- Real
- Imaginary
- Gaussian
[edit] List of things that do not have LaTeX installed on them
[edit] List of things that DO have LaTeX installed on them
- TOW
- MathWorld
