7.60.1 Top new questions this week

7.60.1.1 Plotting a smooth function

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I want to plot the graph of the function given by: 
f(x)=abs(x - x^3/6 - sin(x)) for -1<= x <=1 
but a noise (near x-axis) curve is obtained: 
The code is the following: 
\documentclass[11pt,... 
[tikz-pgf] [pgfplots] [plot]
 

asked by Angelo Aliano Filho https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=205932 9 votes

answered by DJP https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6513 7 votes

7.60.1.2 How to put a symbol above another

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=616521

Following this question, I'm having problems when using the accepted answer on subscripts. 
\[ 
A_  {z {_{y}^{x}} {_{x}^{y}} } \qquad 
{z {_{y}^{x}} {_{x}^{y}} } 
\] 
I don't know why, when in a ... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [subscripts] [superscripts]
 

asked by SomeUser https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=218360 9 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 8 votes

7.60.1.3 In texlive's package update, why are some packages removed and reinstalled, while others are updated?

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Today, I used the command tlmgr update --self && tlmgr update --all to update the package in texlive2021, and then I found the following output. 
[  1/355] auto-remove: gatech-thesis ... done 
[ ... 
[texlive] [ieeetran] [tlmgr] [texlive-2021]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Clara https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=238422 6 votes

answered by moewe https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=35864 7 votes

7.60.1.4 Using polyglossia, microtype and newcomputermodern with LuaLaTeX results in "0.0.0.0.0" being added

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=616329

Using the packages polyglossia, microtype and newcomputermodern when compiling with LuaLaTeX leads to ".0.0.0.0.0" being added. This occurs at the beginning of the document and with section ... 
[luatex] [polyglossia] [microtype] [newcomputermodern]
 

asked by azur https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=216369 6 votes

answered by Rmano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38080 6 votes

7.60.1.5 How can I convert a TeX file to Microsoft Word or LibreOffice format?

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Ia^\200\231m trying to convert a report from LaTeX to OpenDocument (.odt) or Office Open XML (.docx) formats. But the programs give errors and stop, so in the end neither formats are written. 
Option 1: Pandoc 
... 
[pdftex] [tex4ht] [pandoc] [conversion] [latex-to-word]
 

asked by corie https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=251867 6 votes

answered by musarithmia https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=56233 6 votes

7.60.1.6 'loose' cells on top tabular

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=616948

I'm trying to create this table I've made in Word, but I can't seem to get those top two cells. Is there a way to create this table? 
Here's what I have so far: 
\begin{table}[h] 
\begin{tabular}{| ... 
[tables]
 

asked by Jaap https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=253465 5 votes

answered by Skillmon https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117050 5 votes

7.60.1.7 Increase the skip after a comma, in math mode

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I want to define a command \widecomma, so that $\widecomma{a,b}$ looks the same as $a,~b$.  The following is my attempt. 
\let\comma, 
\newcommand{\widecomma}[1]{\begingroup\catcode`,=\active\newcommand,... 
[math-mode] [punctuation] [catcodes]
 

asked by Tianren Liu https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=63179 5 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 7 votes