4.28.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.28.2.1 Command for argmin or argmax?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=5223

How can you get the argmin or argmax in Latex? Two solutions I found are: 
\underset{x}{\operatorname{argmax}} 
\DeclareMathOperator*{\argmin}{arg\,min} 
Any other ideas? 
[1]  ... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [math-operators]
 

asked by Alejandro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1128 168 votes

answered by Jan Hlavacek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=396 161 votes

4.28.2.2 Superscript outside math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=47324

What is the easiest way to superscript text outside of math mode? 
For example, let's say I want to write the $n^{th}$ element, but without the math mode's automatic italicization of the th.  And what  ... 
[superscripts]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=9757 304 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5764 441 votes

4.28.2.3 Why do the less than symbol (<) and the greater than symbol (>) appear wrong as upside down exclamation (A^\[DownExclamation]) or question mark (A^\[DownQuestion])?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=2369

When typing < or > in LaTeX and compiling with pdflatex, the less than and greater than symbols appear at upside down exclamation points. I'm not in math mode. 
[symbols] [punctuation] [font-encodings]
 

asked by biased_estimator https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=996 211 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 183 votes

4.28.2.4 Table with multiple lines in some cells

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=40561

What is the easiest way to have 2 lines in some of the cells in a table? 
The only way I can think right now is to actually have 2 separate rows (without the line in the middle) and use \multirow on  ... 
[tables]
 

asked by Grzenio https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3329 85 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5764 76 votes

4.28.2.5 How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=94889

I wrote a book about LaTeX, and my proud grandma wanted to have a copy. So she got it, said "What a beautiful picture on the cover!" and - "What is this, LaTeX?". 
She doesn't know Word, never used a  ... 
[latex-misc]
 

asked by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 707 votes

answered by Paul Dulaney https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=17054 415 votes

4.28.2.6 TexMaker - "File not found" when viewing as pdf

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=45900

At the moment I'm having a problem when trying to view my LaTeX file as a PDF. Whether I do it internal or external I both the error "File not found.". 
I have no idea what file it means. I've read  ... 
[errors] [pdf] [texmaker]
 

asked by Floris Devriendt https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=12124 31 votes

answered by TorbjA~,rn T. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=586 29 votes

4.28.2.7 Show equation number only once in align environment

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=17528

I want the equation number to be shown only at the last line, or better, somewhere in the middle of all. So instead of (1), (2), ... only (1). 
I use \begin{align} ... \end{align} 
[equations] [align]
 

asked by Theta30 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5350 131 votes

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3954 115 votes