math-typesetting-guide

npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill math-typesetting-guide --agent claude-code

Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.

# Math Typesetting Guide Comprehensive reference for typesetting mathematical notation, equations, and theorems in LaTeX with correct formatting, numbering, and cross-referencing. ## Essential Packages ```latex \usepackage{amsmath} % Core math environments (align, gather, etc.) \usepackage{amssymb} % Additional math symbols \usepackage{amsthm} % Theorem environments \usepackage{mathtools} % Extensions to amsmath (dcases, coloneqq, etc.) \usepackage{bm} % Bold math symbols (\bm{x}) \usepackage{bbm} % Blackboard bold for indicators (\mathbbm{1}) \usepackage{nicefrac} % Inline fractions (\nicefrac{1}{2}) \usepackage{siunitx} % SI units (\SI{9.8}{m/s^2}) ``` ## Inline vs. Display Math ### Inline Math Use `$...$` or `\(...\)` for math within text: ```latex The loss function $\mathcal{L}(\theta) = -\sum_{i=1}^{N} \log p(y_i | x_i; \theta)$ minimizes the negative log-likelihood. ``` ### Display Math (Unnumbered) Use `\[...\]` for centered, unnumbered equations: ```latex \[ \nabla_\theta \mathcal{L}(\theta) = -\frac{1}{N} \sum_{i=1}^{N} \nabla_\theta \log p(y_i | x_i; \theta) \] ``` ### Display Math (Numbered) Use the `equation` environment for numbered equations: ```latex \begin{equation}