6.48.1 Top new questions this week

6.48.1.1 High entropy alloy in TikZ

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I'm trying to reproduce this illustration of a high entropy alloy (HEA) in TikZ: 
What I have so far looks quite bland because I can't find a way to randomly assign one out of a list of colors. 
\... 
[tikz-pgf] [color] [rotating] [tikz-3d]
 

asked by Casimir https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=62340 11 votes

answered by A~\221ako https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=89320 8 votes

6.48.1.2 How can I draw a graph like the diagram below?

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I'm trying, but something is wrong with my code in LaTeX: 
\begin{asy} 
pair dynkinMark(real x, real y, string s = "", pen p = defaultpen, pair B = dir(45)) { 
if (s != "") { dot(&... 
[graphics] [diagrams] [asymptote]
 

asked by Fatlum https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=223536 8 votes

answered by O.G. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=56157 9 votes

6.48.1.3 Extract a list of distinct values from another list (remove dupes)

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Suppose I have a list defined via \def\zList{0,0,1,1,1,2,2,10}. 
How can I obtain a (comma-separated) list 0,1,2,10 that contains the unique/distinct values in 0,0,1,1,1,2,2,10? 
Is there perhaps a way ... 
[tikz-pgf] [lists] [foreach] [pgfmath]
 

asked by cis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=46023 8 votes

answered by Joseph Wright https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=73 10 votes

6.48.1.4 Plotting a random trajectory

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I am trying to recreate a trajectory plot to demonstrate stability. The image I have in mind is something similar to this following figure: 
The problem is, I do not really known how to generate the ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Bakr https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=205591 7 votes

answered by Bakr https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=205591 4 votes

6.48.1.5 Typesetting \varepsilon (I^\[Micro]) in normal text

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I have a pretty arcane problem, I know, but here we are: 
I reference and cite a project called Exodus a^\200\223 companies own spelling: I^\[Micro]xodus, i.e.: 
I^\[Micro] [GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON (\varepsilon)] + "odus&... 
[symbols] [typography]
 

asked by rugk https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=98645 7 votes

answered by Cael Warner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=222949 9 votes

6.48.1.6 latex3 use function by name

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I have several functions defined by similar way, and they will be used later by the name base + argument. 
I do not find \cs_use:c, but there is \use:c and \cs_if_exist_use:c. Is this the correct way ... 
[expl3]
 

asked by ZhiyuanLck https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=201158 6 votes

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

6.48.1.7 How can I create a diagram in tikz that contains both images, blocks of text and tikzpictures, which are all connected by arrows?

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I would like to draw a diagram that contains both an image, two blocks of text and a tikzpicture. More precisely, it should look as follows 
Image -> Rectangle with text -> Tikzpicture -> ... 
[diagrams] [tikz-arrows] [technical-drawing] [tikz-graphdrawing] [research]
 

asked by nbro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=63097 6 votes

answered by ZhiyuanLck https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=201158 3 votes