7.67.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.67.2.1 making appendix for thesis
7.67.2.2 How to write cases with LaTeX?
7.67.2.3 Making the bibliography appear in the table of contents
7.67.2.4 How to change certain pages into landscape/portrait mode
7.67.2.5 Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned
7.67.2.6 "inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8" error while trying to write a degree symbol (invisible character)
7.67.2.7 Align equation left
7.67.2.1 making appendix for thesis

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I need some help with creating an appendix for my thesis. I have about 10 figures which need to be in the appendix. I have a good appendix with the following code: 
\appendix 
\addcontentsline{toc}{... 
[appendices] [thesis]
 
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answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3954 232 votes
7.67.2.2 How to write cases with LaTeX?

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The code i used to write 
is this one 
$$ 
X(m,n)= 
\begin{cases} 
x(n),\\ 
x(n-1)\\ 
x(n-1) 
\end{cases} 
$$ 
But I don't know how to write this one 
I appreciate any help. 
Edited: I'm sorry to add this ... 
[math-mode] [cases]
 
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answered by Ignasi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1952 126 votes
7.67.2.3 Making the bibliography appear in the table of contents

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I need to make my (BibTeX) references section appear in the table of contents of my LaTeX document (documentclass: article), with section numbering too. 
My approach until now has been making a new ... 
[sectioning] [table-of-contents] [bibliographies]
 
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answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 166 votes
7.67.2.4 How to change certain pages into landscape/portrait mode

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How can I change the orientation of some pages of my document into landscape mode, while leaving the others in portrait mode (or vice versa)? 
[landscape]
 
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answered by rcs https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=118 395 votes
7.67.2.5 Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned

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Is there any package or a method to force LaTeX to keep floating environments like table and figure closer to where they are declared? 
[floats] [positioning]
 
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answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 367 votes
7.67.2.6 "inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8" error while trying to write a degree symbol (invisible character)

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No matter how I try to do it I always get the following error : 
! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen] not set up for use with LaTeX. 
I have tried using A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]$^{\circ}$, \deg, \textdegree, ... 
[symbols] [unicode]
 
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answered by Antal Spector-Zabusky https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1425 93 votes
7.67.2.7 Align equation left

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Here is my split equation: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{equation} 
\begin{split} 
a_{ijk} =& \frac {Pr(M_{I} =2  \&  M_J=1 \& M_K =1 | I=i , J=j , K=... 
[equations] [align]
 
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answered by Ludovic C. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=31058 93 votes