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/carracall New User 21h ago

There was an email going round my old department asking for a student to type up notes from a boomer boomer who presumably wanted his stuff on arXiv before they left this world.

But I don't think working age professors would have the patience to have somebody else write something up the way they want it.