[OS X TeX] Binomial Expansion

Claus Gerhardt gerhardt at math.uni-heidelberg.de
Thu Nov 23 14:31:13 CET 2006


Sorry Alain,

I thought you had difficulty finding the manual. Now I see that you  
want a manual for reading the manual.

Claus


On Nov 23, 2006, at 14:27, Claus Gerhardt wrote:

> Typing texdoc polynom in the terminal opens the corresponding pdf  
> file from 2004/08/12 Version 0.16.
>
> Richard Koch's MacTeX will offer the full TeXLive in a few days,  
> then can do it yourself, unless of course your are too afraid of  
> typing texdoc polynom in the terminal.
>
> Claus
>
>
> On Nov 23, 2006, at 3:52, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>> If the following is OT, I would very much appreciate being  
>> redirected to some more appropriate list.
>>
>> If only to learn a little bit about how LaTeX works, I thought I  
>> would try over the Christmas break to work on defining something like
>>
>>    \Evaluate{Polynomial in x}{some number}
>>
>> and/or
>>
>>    \Expand{a}{b}{some degree}              (i.e. binomial expansions)
>>
>> Of course I have no hope whatsoever to succeed with either one but  
>> I started to read Appendix 1 of Companion 2ed and that doesn't  
>> look like very relevant.
>>
>> Is there something readable on the subject? For instance,  
>> something that would help me read the awesome polynom.sty?
>>
>> Hopeful regards
>> --schremmer
>>
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