Pressbooks – First Part – What your book might contain
2 Equations are in LaTeX
Simple equations can be used with the word processing features.
ax2 + bx + c = 0 or x = a/b
34 = 81
You can add special characters such as the Greek alphabet
sin θ = 1.00 θ = 45.0 degrees = 45.0° 5.67 Ω ¼€
LaTeX
For more complex equations you want to use LaTeX.
https://www.latex-project.org/
Free, open source software that writes equations that look good on the web and in print.
x=ab
You can bold them.
x=abc
x=√y
Forcegravity=Gm1m2r2
∫bax2dx
∫bax2dx
b∫ax2dx
F=md2xdt2
→Ax=∂f(x)∂x
tanθ=sinθcosθ
This is what it looks like in the Admin mode. I just did a screen capture and then cut and pasted it into the book.
There is a LaTeX cheat sheet.