Abstract Latexify.jl allows you to create and render LaTeX code from not only simple types, but also arrays and even systems of equations. In this talk, I will introduce what Latexify.jl can do, how Julia’s metaprogramming makes it possible and how the underlying philosophy can be leveraged for other things.
Description In this talk, I will both introduce
Latexify.jl and explain how Julia enabled the creation of this package in a way that few other languages could.
Latexify.jl allows you to convert Julia objects, and even equations, to LaTeX and Markdown. While Latexify.jl is useful for typesetting a matrix to a latex array, its practical value extends far beyond that. In this talk, I will: - describe how Julia’s metaprogramming facilities allows for not only create clever ways of inputting information to our programs, but also for extracting that information; - demonstrate how Latexify.jl uses this to latexify and render things ranging from strings to systems of differential equations and symbolically calculated Jacobians; - showcase how this has become an addictive and ubiquitous part of my work as an applied mathematician;
and finally, I will reflect upon how the Julia features that allowed the making of Latexify.jl could be leveraged for other things.
