11.64.1 Top new questions this week

11.64.1.1 Why is my Student's t distribution plotting incorrectly in pgfplots?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=751504

I am trying to plot a Student's t distribution without using gnuplot. Here is what I have been trying: 
\documentclass{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usepackage{pgfplots} 
\begin{document} 
\... 
[tikz-pgf] [pgfplots]
 

asked by lane-h-rogers https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=283356 Score of 9

answered by Rmano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38080 Score of 10

11.64.1.2 How can I draw this box in 3D ? I am unhappy with that I have

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=751445

I need to draw a 3D box comprising two half cylinders on either side attached to a cuboid with square holes. I have managed to accomplish this. But I am not happy with what I have now. For  one, it ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-3dplot]
 

asked by Shyamhs https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=308458 Score of 9

answered by Juan CastaA~+-o https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=231368 Score of 18

11.64.1.3 How to typeset the complete structure of deeply nested formulas?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=751318

I have some formulas with a deeply nested structure that I would like to typeset combined in a single setting, similar to the following graphic I made in Paint. 
There are multiple nested ... 
[typography] [trees] [nesting] [formulas]
 

asked by MaxD https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=45734 Score of 9

answered by cfr https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=39222 Score of 12

11.64.1.4 TikZ bounding box not calculated properly for rotated circle nodes in standalone class

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=751224

I'm using tikz to create a figure with a ring and n nodes on it equally separated by an angle of 360A^Degree / n. Since I want the number of nodes to be arbitrary I defined a command which creates the ... 
[tikz-pgf] [rotating] [standalone] [circles] [bounding-box]
 

asked by TheFox https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=269361 Score of 8

answered by Jasper Habicht https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47927 Score of 12

11.64.1.5 An enumeration with apostrophes

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=751242

I'm trying to set up an enumeration that would produce two items P_3' and P_3''. My attempt 
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem} 
\newcommand{\apostrophes}[1]{% 
\ifcase\numexpr#1\relax 
\or ' \or '' \... 
[enumerate]
 

asked by Leandro Caniglia https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=102342 Score of 8

answered by cfr https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=39222 Score of 9

11.64.1.6 Drawing vertical and horizontal vectors along a BA~(c)zier curve (without local rotation)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=751203

Ia^\200\231m trying to annotate a quadratic BA~(c)zier*  curve in TikZ with vectors. Right now I can draw normal vectors (red arrows) at multiple points along the curve using the decorations.markings library. 
Here ... 
[tikz-pgf] [decorations] [bezier]
 

asked by lukewarn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=415378 Score of 8

answered by cfr https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=39222 Score of 8

11.64.1.7 Why can't I use \StrLeft for this macro?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=751195

I'd like to have a macro which returns the first two letters of a weekday given a certain date (DD.MM.YYYY). 
For example "16.09.2025" would be "Tu". 
\documentclass{article} 
\... 
[macros] [datetime]
 

asked by haifisch123 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=292785 Score of 7

answered by Marijn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=89417 Score of 9