Package mathcmd

# Package `mathcmd`
This is version 2.2, last revised 1997/12/20; documentation date 2005/04/09.

Author: F. Bosisio
E-mail: `fbosisio@bigfoot.com`
CTAN location: `macros/latex/contrib/bosisio`

### Abstract:

Documentation for the package `mathcmd`.

## Table of contents

- Introduction
- The options
- Math-mode commands
  - The `text` command
  - Commands for doing integrals
  - Commands for making sums
  - Derivatives symbols
  - Arrow-limits commands
  - Vector-operators commands

## Introduction

This package provides some useful math-commands which are simpler to use and prettier then their standard LaTeX counterpart.

In particular the ```\d`'' command is redefined, so care should be taken, expecially when including this package in an already existent LaTeX file.

The original work of ```\d`'' (i.e. place a dot under its argument) is now done by the ```\UnderDot`'' command.

## The options

At now, six options are available with the `mathcmd` package, which comes out in matched pairs.

The ```ThreeSubscrSum`'' and ```TwoSubscrSum`'' options control the placement of subscripts for the ```\Sum`'' command: the latter (which is the default) puts the index under the simbol toghether with the starting point, while the former puts the index on the lower right corner.

The ```ProdVettWedge`'' and ```ProdVettTimes`'' options select which symbol is to be used for the vector product: the first one uses a ```\wedge`'' (default), whilst the second uses a ```\times`".

Finally, the ```VectOpStr`'' and ```VectOpSymb`'' options controls whether the vector-operator commands ```\Grad`'', ```\Div`'' and ```\Rot`'' should produce a roman string (default) or a ```\nabla`" symbol followed by an operator, respectively.

## Math-mode commands

The `mathcmd` package defines a number of math-mode commands.

### The `text` command

The ```\text...`'' command is defined to be equivalent to ```\mbox`'' (except when the ```amstext`" package is also used, since this package already defines this command in a better way).

It is intended for inserting pieces of text in a formula.

### Commands for doing integrals

The ```\Int`'' (capitalized) differs from the LaTeX command ```\int`'' in that it is always printed in `displaystyle` and if it has only a subscript, this is somewhat lowered so that it looks better.

    		   \Int_{...}^{...}	  ...	   \d{...}

The ```\d...`'' command is for making the differential symbol at the end of integrals: it simply prints a ```d`'' followed by its argument and preceded by a little space, which seems prettier.

### Commands for making sums

The ```\Sum{...=...,...}`'' command works differently, depending on which option between ```TwoSubscrSum`'' (default) and ```ThreeSubscrSum`'' has been specified.

In the first case, it expands to ```\displaystyle\sum_{...}={...}^{...}`'', whereas in the second case the second and third argument are treated in the same way as before (i.e. as a subscript and superscript, respectively), but the first argument (the one before the ``='') is placed near the lower-left edge of the ```\sum`'' symbol and the ``='' is not printed.

There is also a ```\SUM...`'' command which is useful when only a subscript is desired, irrespectively of the option specified: in fact, it is equivalent to ```\displaystyle\sum_...`".

### Derivatives symbols

The commands ```\DerTot{...}{...}`'', ```\DerPar{...}{...}`'' and ```\DerNorm{...}`'' generate the symbols of total derivative, partial derivative and normal derivative, respectively.

In other words, they are the same as:

    		   \displaystyle\frac{d...}{d...}
    		   \displaystyle\frac{\partial ...}{\partial ...}
    		   \displaystyle\frac{\partial ...}{\partial n}

### Arrow-limits commands

The command ```\TendsTo[...,...]`'' generates a right-arrow with optionally an underscript wich is another smaller right-arrow between the two comma-separeted arguments inside the square brackets.

For example, the command ```f(x) \TendsTo[x,0] 1`'' generates the following output:

    		f(x) ----------> 1
    		       x --> 0

### Vector-operators commands

Finally, the commands ```\Grad`'', ```\Div`'' and ```\Rot`'' generates the strings ``grad'', ``div'' and ``rot'' in roman type and with small spaces added before and after, if the ``VectOpStr'' option is in effect (default). If, instead, the option ``VectOpSymb'' was specified, they generate ```\nabla`", ```\nabla\cdot`'' and ```\nabla\ProdVett`'' respectively.

The command ```\ProdVett`'' is intended for making the symbol of vector product, and evaluates to ```\times`'' with the option ``ProdVettTimes'' and to ```\wedge`'' with the (default) option ``ProdVettWedge''.