6.14.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

6.14.2.1 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]
 

asked by Cost https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=17205 222 votes

answered by Qrrbrbirlbel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16595 306 votes

6.14.2.2 What are the available "documentclass" types and their uses?

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Some of the available classes of documents in LaTeX are well known and widely used, such as the article and beamer classes, while others are not so well known, such as the standalone class. 
I found  ... 
[document-classes] [big-list]
 

asked by Vivi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14 406 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 144 votes

6.14.2.3 Tabular: title above and caption below?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=15282

I have a table that I would like to put the Title above and a caption below. Intuitively (though I know how troublesome intuition can be in something like LaTeX), I should be able to do as below: 
... 
[tables] [captions]
 

asked by Alec https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2457 68 votes

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2693 42 votes

6.14.2.4 Using multicolumn in latex

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I want to create a table like this using Latex 
|               sets            | 
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |  ... 
[multicolumn]
 

asked by mahmood https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=36294 70 votes

answered by m0nhawk https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9790 98 votes

6.14.2.5 How can I get bold math symbols?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=595

To make Latin-letter variables bold I can use e.g. \mathbf{a}, but while putting Greek letters or symbols such as \nabla inside \mathbf doesn't cause any errors or warnings, it also doesn't do  ... 
[fonts] [math-mode] [symbols] [bold]
 

asked by Michael Underwood https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=32 448 votes

answered by Mark Meckes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=206 388 votes

6.14.2.6 How to write two dot above a letter?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=152951

the two dots above a letter represents two derivative of varible t. 
My method: 
\documentclass[UTF8]{ctexart} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{amssymb} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\usepackage{epstopdf} 
... 
[math-mode] [accents]
 

asked by mma https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=43727 90 votes

6.14.2.7 How can I make an enumerate list start at something other than 1?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=142

Sometimes, I want to have enumerate lists in LaTeX start at other than the first value (1, a, i, etc.) How can I make an enumerate list start at an arbitrary value? 
[lists] [numbering] [enumerate]
 

asked by vanden https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=93 405 votes

answered by ShreevatsaR https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=48 488 votes