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LaTeX allows a very nice display of math equations.

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LaTeX Coding	Function	Comments
Codings may start & end with $$
Codings may also start & end with $%		Left justified
\therefore	$$\therefore$$
\ begin{array} {|c|c} --- & --- & \end{array}	$$\begin{array} {|c|c} --- & --- & \end{array} $$
\ begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} P & Q & P \land Q & P \lor Q \\ \hline T & T & T & T \\ T & F & F & T \\ F & T & F & T \\ F & F & F & F \\ \end{array}	$$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} P & Q & P \land Q & P \lor Q \\ \hline T & T & T & T \\ T & F & F & T \\ F & T & F & T \\ F & F & F & F \\ \end{array}$$
(\frac{a}{x})^2	$$(\frac{a}{x})^2$$
\left(\frac{a}{x}\right)^2	$$\left(\frac{a}{x}\right)^2$$	Big parenthesis
\cos^2 x +\sin^2 x = 1	$$\cos^2 x +\sin^2 x = 1$$
\angle30	$$\angle30 $$
t { i } = \frac{i V{0y}}{100}	$$ t { i } = \frac{i V{0y}}{100} $$
22^{\circ}	$$22^{\circ}$$
a^{lol}	$$a^{lol}$$
\vec{a}	$$\vec{a}$$
x_i	$$x_i$$
\dot{x} & = \sigma(y-x)\\ \dot{y} & = \rho x - y - xz \\ \dot{z} & = -\beta z + xy	$$\begin{aligned} \dot{x} & = \sigma(y-x)\\ \dot{y} & = \rho x - y - xz \\ \dot{z} & = -\beta z + xy \end{aligned}$$	Start & end with slash begin{aligned} & end{aligned} \\ causes new line
\dfrac{a}{b}	$$\dfrac{a}{b}$$	larger numerals
/,1/,2/,3/,4	$$1\,2\,3\,4$$	/, = Small space (comma)
/;1/;2:;3/;4	$$1\;2\;3\;4$$	/; = Larger space (semi-colon)
/quad1/quad2/quad3/quad4	$$1\quad2\quad3\quad4$$	/quad = Quite large space (quad)
\times	$$\times$$	instead of asterisk
\varpropto	$$\varpropto$$
\approx	$$\approx$$
\mbox{text}	$$\mbox{text}$$
s~p~a~c~e	$$s~p~a~c~e$$
\overbrace{E_{total-initial}}	$$\overbrace{E_{total-initial}}$$
\overbrace{E_{loss}}^?	$$\overbrace{E_{loss}}^?$$
\underbrace{E_{total-initial}}	$$\underbrace{E_{total-initial}}$$
\underbrace{E_{loss}}_?	$$\underbrace{E_{loss}}_?$$