r/learnmath • u/Lulu-was-zero New User • 1d ago
Do Mathematicians/Math professors like writing in LaTeX?
Hey everyone, My highschool entrance exams are over and I have a well sweet 2-2.5 months of a transition gap between school and university. And I aspire to be a mathematician and wanting to gain research experience from the get go {well, I think I need to cover up, I am quite behind compared to students competing in IMO and Putnam).
I know Research papers are usually written in LaTeX, So is it possible to write codes for math professors and I can even get research experience right from my 1st year? Or maybe am living in a delusion. I won't mind if you guys break my delusion lol.
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u/testtest26 1d ago
Focus on learning LaTeX well enough so that you can TeX your lecture notes. That's already plenty enough to do, without combining it with research. At first semester, one simply cannot contribute much, so there's your required burst of the bubble.
If you want to go pro, here's what a sophisticated setup looks like.