6.33.1 Top new questions this week

6.33.1.1 Is it OK to use '\ ' after initials in BibTeX files?

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We share a large BibTeX files at work and I have noticed that there are many entries with \  after initials, for ex. author = {D.P.\ Bertsekas} or author = {D.\ P.\ Bertsekas}. 
Is there any benefit to  ... 
[bibtex]
 

asked by Michal Kaut https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10760 12 votes

answered by moewe https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=35864 18 votes

6.33.1.2 How to use \NewDocumentCommand

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I came across this function in xparse and have some questions about its usage: 
The doc says it defines a robust function. So I guess if a function defined with \NewDocumentCommand calls an inner  ... 
[expl3] [latex3] [xparse]
 

asked by Cyker https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4288 7 votes

answered by Skillmon likes topanswers.xyz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117050 6 votes

6.33.1.3 Small p with dot below

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Is it at all possible to place a dot below p? I am referring to the dots as the one in a',\[Yen]. 
For what I am aware, this character is not in unicode (should be in Latin Extended Additional, by having a  ... 
[luatex] [unicode]
 

asked by jschiavon https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=202311 7 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 8 votes

6.33.1.4 arXiv is not word-wrapping long bibliography entries the way Overleaf and my local installation do, for precisely the same Minimum Working Example

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After extensive discussion with Barbara Beeton in the chat room, and later with David Carlisle in the same place, I was recommended by both to write my question here; it has just taken some hours to  ... 
[bibliographies] [formatting] [natbib] [revtex] [arxiv]
 

asked by user1271772 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14527 7 votes

answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 2 votes

6.33.1.5 Typeset saturation function

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For the thesis that I'm writing I'm dealing a lot with input saturation, for which I would like to define a saturation function. To do so, I would like to have a symbol that represents saturation, as  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [symbols] [typography]
 

asked by Steven Horstink https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=177841 6 votes

answered by Steven B. Segletes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=25858 10 votes

6.33.1.6 Custom Symbol Creation   Union and Intersection

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I am a beginner in LaTeX and was wondering if someone could help me with the following problem. 
I will be soon embarking on a re-formatting journey of a certain article and believe that I have most of  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [symbols] [relation-symbols] [mathematics]
 

asked by Michal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=219222 5 votes

answered by Vincent https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=201628 6 votes

6.33.1.7 LaTeX3 floating point sqrt() doesn't seem to work when ^ or ** is used on negative operands

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I'm working on a parser to calculate a vector's magnitude and it seems the sqrt() function throws an error when acting on an expression containing the ^ or ** operator operating on a negative number.  ... 
[expl3] [latex3]
 

asked by LaTeXereXeTaL https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=218142 5 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 7 votes