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Topic 4.10 of Writing Up Research

Technical Writing with LaTeX

LaTeX is the standard document-preparation system for conference papers, journal articles, and theses in computing, mathematics, and engineering. This article covers enough to produce a correctly formatted research paper: document structure, mathematics, tables, figures, and bibliography management.

~35 min total·4 quadrants of structured content

By the end of this topic, you will

Describe what LaTeX is and why it is preferred over word processors for research documents in computing and engineering
Write a minimal LaTeX document with correct preamble, section structure, and compiled bibliography
Format inline and display mathematics correctly using LaTeX math mode
Insert a figure and a table with captions and cross-references, and produce a correctly formatted reference list using BibTeX

Quadrant 1 · e-Tutorial

Video lectures and walkthroughs

Quadrant 2 · e-Content

Articles and case studies

research-methodology

Technical Writing with LaTeX

LaTeX is not a word processor. It is a typesetting system — you write markup, and the compiler produces a formatted document. Once learned, it handles mathematics, figures, tables, cross-references, and bibliographies with a consistency that word processors cannot match at journal-submission quality.

18 min read

Quadrant 3 · Web Resources

Downloadable material and curated external links

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Quadrant 4 · Self-Assessment

Test your knowledge — earn a certificate on first pass

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