* writing physical quantities in maths mode
@ 2011-03-11 9:14 Ian Lawrence
2011-03-11 9:33 ` Mojca Miklavec
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From: Ian Lawrence @ 2011-03-11 9:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Morning all,
I have a need to write a lot of physical quantities - these should be
in text mode. Mostly I can manage, but subscripts are causing me grief
Eg
\startformula
\startmathalignment[n=3]
\NC \text{F}\NC =\NC {\text{GMm} \over \text r^2}\NR
\NC \text {force}_G \NC =\NC {\text{G} \times \text m_1 \times \text
m_2 \over \text r^2}\NR
\NC \text {force \low G} \NC =\NC {\text{G} \times \text m_1 \times
\text m_2 \over \text r^2}\NR
\stopmathalignment
\stopformula
In the second and third equantions I'd like force subscript G all in
roman, not italic, to follow the standard conventin.
The first one puts the G in the correct place, but in italic
The second one manages roman, but it's offset.
I suspect I could kludge this with hskips, but I think there should be
a more elegant solution.
If there is a paper on writing physics in ConTEXt (not maths... I have
found the helpful couple by Aditya Mahajan) that would save me time.
For most relationships I am planning to use predefine quantities, then
slot these in
Like this in the header
\define \forceQA
{{\sl F}/\Newton}
\define \forceQU
{{\tf force}/{\tf newton}}
\define \forceQ
{{\tf force}}
(etc)
And this in the body
\startformula
{\forceQA \over \massQA} = \accelerationQA
\stopformula
\startformula
{\forceQU \over \massQU} = \accelerationQU
\stopformula
\startformula
{\forceQ \over \massQ} = \accelerationQ
\stopformula
Any more elegant solutions out there?
Thanks
Ian
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* Re: writing physical quantities in maths mode
2011-03-11 9:14 writing physical quantities in maths mode Ian Lawrence
@ 2011-03-11 9:33 ` Mojca Miklavec
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From: Mojca Miklavec @ 2011-03-11 9:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:14, Ian Lawrence <physics.rooted@gmail.com> wrote:
> Morning all,
> I have a need to write a lot of physical quantities - these should be
> in text mode. Mostly I can manage, but subscripts are causing me grief
>
> Eg
> \startformula
> \startmathalignment[n=3]
> \NC \text{F}\NC =\NC {\text{GMm} \over \text r^2}\NR
> \NC \text {force}_G \NC =\NC {\text{G} \times \text m_1 \times \text
> m_2 \over \text r^2}\NR
> \NC \text {force \low G} \NC =\NC {\text{G} \times \text m_1 \times
> \text m_2 \over \text r^2}\NR
> \stopmathalignment
> \stopformula
>
> In the second and third equantions I'd like force subscript G all in
> roman, not italic, to follow the standard conventin.
> The first one puts the G in the correct place, but in italic
> The second one manages roman, but it's offset.
Is this ok?
\text{force}_{\rm G} (or \text{force}_{\text{G}})
With \rm you stay in math mode, but use roman. You should not use \rm
for "force" since you would get mathematical spacing instead of proper
kerning.
> \startformula
> {\forceQA \over \massQA} = \accelerationQA
> \stopformula
Try to use \frac{}{} instead of \over. There are discussions about
disabling \over in luatex (or at least in MKIV).
Mojca
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