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Published: 10 January 2019

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SageMath does not provide native Windows binary installer anymore. There are two options: compile SageMath in the WSL2 environment, or install Docker Desktop and pull Sagemath image to run in a container. The first option is really challenging: it requires a lot of space (the required packages, and they may (usually do) need a bit of tries. The second option is easier in my opinion. Let me demonstrate here how to do it.

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Published: 07 May 2011

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MathJax is now enabled for this site.  For example, here are the Lorenz's equations:

\begin{aligned} \dot{x} & = \sigma(y-x) \\ \dot{y} & = \rho x - y - xz \\ \dot{z} & = -\beta z + xy \end{aligned}

which is created by

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Published: 06 August 2006

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Since I have updated Joomla to 1.5x, moslatex does not work here.  The TeX codes in this post will not show. The instructions are still valid.  For Joomla 1.5x, some good plug-in and module for LaTeX are available.  See this blog for some information.  One nice thing is that I can simply copy $\TeX$ code and paste into my article. 

Now I am on Joomla 1.6 3.x 5.x with Cassiopeia template, and new MathJax.  I am using MathJax to render $\LaTeX$ formula:

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Published: 16 January 2012

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TikZ, like pstricks, can make good drawing for LaTeX.  One difference is that using TikZ with pdflatex is good to get PDF output directly while using pstrick, a route of DVI -> Postscript -> PDF is needed.  Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.  It is possible to export from Inkscape drawings to either TikZ or pstricks codes ready to be included in LaTeX file.

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