10.12.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

10.12.2.1 Nice scientific pictures show off

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=158668

Task 
Show off your best scientific illustration ! 
The main purpose of this question is to share beautiful scientific pictures, preferably with an educational aspect. 
Content 
Your post must ... 
[diagrams] [3d] [technical-drawing] [fun] [big-list]
 

asked by Thomas https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=42660 Score of 571

answered by Charles Staats https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=484 Score of 343

10.12.2.2 How do I turn off equation auto numbering

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I have an equation like this: 
\begin{align} 
P(A \cup B) = \sum_{\omega \in A \cup B} P(\omega) = \sum_{\omega \in A} P(\omega) + \sum_{\omega \in B} P(\omega) 
= P(A) + P(B) 
\end{... 
[equations] [numbering]
 

asked by user1046 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1046 Score of 185

answered by levesque https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10 Score of 214

10.12.2.3 Big Parenthesis in an Equation

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I have an equation contained inside \[...\], which automatically makes a \sum with sub- and superscripts turn big--so that the summation sign looks awkward inside parenthesis.  Any idea how to make ... 
[math-mode] [delimiters]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9757 Score of 260

answered by qubyte https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9043 Score of 384

10.12.2.4 Error in TeX Live a^\200\223 Font ... not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found

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I freshly installed 'basic' version of TeX Live 2012 (not full, only basic version). 
I have following line in my code: 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
I get following error: 
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-... 
[fonts] [errors] [packages] [texlive] [font-encodings]
 

asked by abhinavkulkarni https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12992 Score of 151

answered by mpg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1239 Score of 117

10.12.2.5 Underscores in words (text)

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How can I produce the text Word_one_two in LaTeX? 
I tried: 
Samp\_Dist\_Corr 
But, it doesn't quite look right. Also, I want it in the typewriter font, so actually, I'm doing: 
\texttt{Samp\_Dist\... 
[characters] [typewriter]
 

asked by Flux Capacitor https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=11728 Score of 245

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 204

10.12.2.6 Force figure placement in text

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I have a problem when a lot of figures are in question. Some figures tend to "fly around", that is, be a paragraph below, although I placed them before that paragraph. I use code: 
\begin{figure}[ht] 
\... 
[floats] [positioning] [captions]
 

asked by Marin https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2755 Score of 666

answered by Juan A. Navarro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=169 Score of 813

10.12.2.7 Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=10863

I have a table that is just a little too wide for a 3.33" column. Is there a way to simply shrink the table a little to make it fit? I'm OK if the 10pt font becomes 9pt-something. Here is an example. 
... 
[tables] [scaling]
 

asked by Nathan Farrington https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3504 Score of 200

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 291