Questions tagged [diffcoeff]
{diffcoeff} allows the easy and consistent writing of ordinary, partial and other derivatives of arbitrary order. https://ctan.org/pkg/diffcoeff
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Force displaystyle math mode for `diff` inside `array` environment
I'm using the diffcoeff package to write differential coefficients. However, when writing some code, I noticed that the diff command doesn't result in a display-mode fraction when used inside an align ...
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Error with diffcoeff
When I try to compile this code \documentclass{article} \usepackage[def-file=diffcoeff5]{diffcoeff} \begin{document} $$\diff.n.{v^i}t$$ \end{document} I get an error : ! LaTeX template Error: The ...
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Partial derivatives with "n" variables in diffcoeff
Is there an idiomatic way to write a partial derivative like with the package diffcoeff? I couldn't find it in the package documentation. Here's a mwe that shows how not to achieve what I want with ...
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Diffcoeff version 5 tilde
my distribution updated diffcoeff to version 5.3 and now a lot of stuff is broken: Powers of \dl, e.g. \dl^2 x don't work anymore (See Powers of \dl with diffcoeff) Symbols with a tilde on them don't ...
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Highlight with alert in math mode and diffcoeff (incompatibility with TeX Live 2023)
I would like to highlight the each term of the sum only with \alert command, but with TeX Live 2023 is not working. Let's look the below code. \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage{diffcoeff} \begin{...
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Diffcoeff \dl command with indices
I'm trying to typeset a differential form using the diffcoeff package. However, I'm getting errors when trying to typeset variables with indices. Here's a code snippet that doesn't work: \...
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Diffcoeff package - Higher order derivatives
I would like to use diffcoeff package version 5.1 for writing sort of the derivates, like in example below. Although the example is simple, it can't be compiled. The problem is with the expression \...
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Powers of \dl with diffcoeff
In version 4, I used to be able to write the equivalent of \mathrm{d}^4 x as \dl^4 x. However in version 5 I get and error about a "Missing { inserted". Is there a way to fix the problem? ...
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diffcoeff \dl not upright
this is my first time posting here. Following general advice, I decided to dump the physics package and replace it with alternatives like diffcoeff. diffcoeff is working fine so far, however the ...
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Upright (rather than italic) 'd' using Diffcoef
My understanding of the documentation of package Diffcoeff is that it uses upright 'd's as default. e.g. at the top of page 10 you are referred to section 3.4 to change the default to math-italic. ...
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Write a derivative operator without denominator using diffcoef
I recently discovered the diffcoef package and the power of xtemplate. The first one encompasses almost everything I was doing with personal macros for derivative operators. However, I was wondering ...
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Error with package diffcoeff
When loading the diffcoeff package, even in very basic examples, I'm getting a repeated error that wasn't there a few weeks ago. Does anyone know what the problem is? Thanks! Here is the MWE: \...
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Removing parentheses in partial derivative from diffcoeff package
From a post and comment from this question Is there a way to remove the parenthesis in the denominator of the partial derivative? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{mathtools, diffcoeff} \...
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Diffcoeff turns ordinary derivative into partial derivative
I recently started using the diffcoeff package for writing derivatives, and I came across the following issue, which I don't know how to solve. By following the syntax presented in the package, I ...
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How to compile a document which uses a modern TL2019 package (relying on new l3kernel and l3packages) under an older kernel (TL 2017)?
I am in a tricky situation as explained below. I have just finished writing a (rather long) math-heavy article which makes use of the package diffcoeff for easy writing of (partial & ordinary) ...