10.55.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

10.55.2.1 Force figure placement in text
10.55.2.2 Using \footnote in a figure's \caption
10.55.2.3 How to typeset the symbol '^' (caret/circumflex/hat)
10.55.2.4 How can I split an equation over two (or more) lines
10.55.2.5 "Correct" way to bold/italicize text?
10.55.2.6 Write pseudo code in latex
10.55.2.7 Why is \newpage ignored sometimes ?
10.55.2.1 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]
 
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10.55.2.2 Using \footnote in a figure's \caption

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=10181

Maybe this is an easy one, but I struggled with this now too long :) 
I want to have a footnote in a caption of a figure, see the example. 
\begin{figure}[!ht] 
\caption{a figure caption\footnote{... 
[floats] [footnotes] [captions]
 
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10.55.2.3 How to typeset the symbol '^' (caret/circumflex/hat)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=77646

I need to display the symbol '^' 
d <- dist(fascores, method = "euclidean")^2 
How do I do that? 
[symbols]
 
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10.55.2.4 How can I split an equation over two (or more) lines

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3782

I am having the following equation: 
\begin{equation} 
Q(\lambda,\hat{\lambda}) = -\frac{1}{2} P(O \mid \lambda ) \sum_s \sum_m \sum_t \gamma_m^{(s)} (t) \left( n \log(2 \pi ) + \log \left| C_m^{(s)} ... 
[math-mode] [equations] [line-breaking] [breqn]
 
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answered by Will Robertson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=179 Score of 221
10.55.2.5 "Correct" way to bold/italicize text?

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Is either of these considered better/more readable/more "proper"/more conventional than the other for making text bold? If so, what is the reason? 
I like my text \textbf{bold} 
versus: 
I like my ... 
[best-practices] [bold] [italic]
 
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answered by Todd Lehman https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8499 Score of 490
10.55.2.6 Write pseudo code in latex

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I am trying to write pseudo code in my paper. Here is the snippet and image like what I want.  Can some one please help me to format it. 
\begin{algorithm} 
\caption{Euclida^\200\231s algorithm}\label{euclid} 
\... 
[algorithms]
 
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10.55.2.7 Why is \newpage ignored sometimes ?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2958

I have the following towards the end of an article. The bibliography is short (4 entries). 
What's happening is that on the very last page of document I get the chart and immediately afterwards the ... 
[floats] [page-breaking]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 
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