7.28.1 Top new questions this week

7.28.1.1 How to define von Neumann natural numbers (newcommand, with for loop)?

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How can I define a new command, \natset[1]{#1}, which gives an output as follows? 
(a^\210\205 = \varnothing); intended use is in math-mode, e.g. $\natset[1]{#1}$. The braces are the things one usually gets ... 
[loops] [variable] [renewcommand]
 

asked by Linear Christmas https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=116907 15 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 25 votes

7.28.1.2 What is the appropriate methodology to deal with figures in LaTeX to prevent fighting it all the time?

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I am writing a two-column paper and am trying to add images into it. I have been advised to just let LaTeX do its thing with the figures, but I find it generates large blank sections in many parts of ... 
[floats] [formatting] [multicolumn]
 

asked by Makogan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134599 13 votes

answered by Nayunis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=116497 24 votes

7.28.1.3 TeXbook for a "future" LaTeX3 developer

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What should I read in the TeXbook that is necessary to try to be proficient in LaTeX3 coding? 
[latex3]
 

asked by projetmbc https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6880 10 votes

answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134574 9 votes

7.28.1.4 How to manually define the center of a node in Tikz?

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I would like to ask the following question. 
How can I define the center of a node in Tikz? 
In the following example, I would like to define the respective bullets to be the respective centers (such ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Bernhard Boehmler https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=25950 9 votes

answered by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10995 6 votes

7.28.1.5 Tikz Graph How to drop shadow like in figure

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I'm able to generate a tikz node with shadow (lower right) on the node, but this is different than shading not the entire node, but just the circle and edges like in the picture below. 
The shadow on ... 
[tikz-pgf] [graphs] [shadows]
 

asked by Antonio Caruso https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=215903 8 votes

answered by hpekristiansen https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8650 8 votes

7.28.1.6 Single-width "10" for card game presentation

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I play and teach bridge, and the shape of hands is very important.  For instance: 
KJ854 
Q9842 
8 
A3 
is easy to recognize as equal-length majors (top two rows).  But then there's the ten. 
Various style ... 
[characters] [layout]
 

asked by Mycroft https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=214187 7 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 8 votes

7.28.1.7 How to Produce This Chapter Ornament Using PDFLATEX

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I would like to know how (if possible) to produce the following ornament using PDFLatex. 
I obtained the image from a book that was published over one hundred years ago and would like to make use of ... 
[graphics] [pdftex] [chapters]
 

asked by mlchristians https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192836 6 votes