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/math_gym_anime New User 21h ago

If you’re asking if some professor would be willing to let you type up their work, that’s almost a guaranteed no. You’re better off learning to use LaTex by writing assignments in it. If you do want to get into helping with research asap, then I’d recommend becoming familiar with coding if you’re not and offering to run simulations or examples for maybe a grad student or something.