When I was initially learning to use LaTeX, the professor who taught me the basics instructed me to use \\ as a way to end a previous line and start a new line of text.  However, many of the veteran users on this forum are opposed to this method.  Is there a method that is objectively better (and not just preferred) over the others and why?
What is the difference between \par, \newline, \\ and blank lines? When should I use which one?
Floor function in complex plane My question is very simple. How would one take the floor of a complex number and what is the floor of i? Photoshop CS6 Resize Rectangle with Rounded Corners This question is about Photoshop CS6. Hopefully the feature was added in this version. Before posting I looked up Google and  and  but didn't find an answer for CS6.  So the question is: Is there a feature within CS6 or a script that allows to resize a vector element with rounded corners without using the Direct Selection Tool (white arrow tool) and not changing the border radius? What would be great would be something like simply using the transform tool or something like a grid resize tool. It's the first time I'm using Tikz on Latex. I have to draw this block diagram (this is a low resolution snip from a paper)   In Tikz I have done this:   That is very similar but I need some adjustments, like the u_i arrow and the node sum after the H(s) block.  Is there anybody that can help me with this?  my code:      \tikzstyle{block} = [draw, fill=white, rectangle,  minimum height=2em, minimum width=3em] \tikzstyle{sum} = [draw, fill=white, circle, radius=1mm, node distance=1.5cm] \tikzstyle{input} = [coordinate] \tikzstyle{output} = [coordinate] \tikzstyle{pinstyle} = [pin edge={to-,thin,black}]  \begin{tikzpicture}[auto, node distance=2cm,&gt;=latex'] \node [input, name=input] {}; \node [input, above of=input](input1) {}; \node [sum, right of=input] (sum) {}; \node [block, right of=sum] (controller) {$K(s)$}; \node [sum, right of=controller] (sum1) {}; \node [block, right of=sum1] (filterinv) {$H^{-1}(s)$}; \node [block, right of=filterinv] (system) {$G(s)$}; \node [output, right of=system] (output) {}; \node [output, above of=output] (output1) {}; \node [block, below of=filterinv] (filter) {$H(s)$}; \node [block, above of=controller] (delay) {$D(s)$}; \node [sum, below of=sum1] (sum2) {};  \draw [-&gt;] (filterinv) -- node[name=u] {$u_{i}$} (system); \draw [draw,-&gt;] (input) -- node {$s_{i-1}$} (sum); \draw [-&gt;] (sum) -- node {$e_{i}$} (controller); \draw [-&gt;] (system) -- node [name=q] {$q_{i}$}(output); \draw [-&gt;] (q) |- (filter); \draw [-&gt;] (filter) -- node {} (sum2); \draw [-&gt;] (controller) -- node {} (sum1); \draw [-&gt;] (sum1) -- node[name=xi] {$\xi_{i}$} (filterinv); \node [input, below of=sum1](input2) {}; \draw [draw,-&gt;] (input2) -- node {$r_{i}$} (sum2); \draw [-&gt;] (sum2) -| node[pos=0.99] {$-$}      node [near end] {$\tilde{s}_i$} (sum); \draw [-&gt;] (delay) -| node[] {}      node [near end] {} (sum1); \draw [draw,-&gt;] (input1) -- node[pos=0.15] {$u_{i-1}$} (delay); \draw [-&gt;] (u) |- node[pos=0.99] {$u_i$}      node [near end] {} (output1);  \end{tikzpicture} Is there an (easy) way to create or personalize .bst files? When you prepare an article for a journal (in my case, Quantum Information and Computation, Rinton Press), often they ask you to use some format for your references; in my case, the following:     [1] R. Calderbank and P. Shor (1996), Good quantum error          correcting codes exist,  Phys. Rev. A, 54, pp. 1098-1106.      [2] M.A. Nielsen and J. Kempe (2001), Separable states   are  more disordered globally than locally, quant-ph/0105090.      [3] A.W. Marshall and I. Olkin (1979), Inequalities:   theory of majorization and its applications, Academic Press (New   York).   The issue is, sometimes (and this is the case) they do not provide a .bst style file for bibtex users. I (and I guess many other people) prefer not to copy all the references of a bibtex file one by one into a tex document. So here is the question I am trying to answer:     What is the easiest way to create a .bst file? (for Rinton or any other publisher)   At first sight, I thought this would be very easy to do: after all, a .bst file is just a mere script to give format to a list. Strangely to me, after a long search I have been unable to find a simple clean solution to this problem. These are the the options I have been looking at:   I have tried to adapt a previous .bst file: concretely, apsrev4-1.bst, which has a similar format. Other people have tried this solution before , . However, it is an ugly option. First, it requires going through the script of the .bst and understanding it. Second, the script format used in different .bst files differs (quite annoyingly), so it is not easy to modify them unless you do understand what's written. The above solution is quite hideous and you really lose time on it, so I was wondering: isn't there any software tool (hopefully with a GUI) that does this job? It should, after all, pretty easy to program for a .bst script expert some sort of program to generate .bst files. There are some related questions in this site asking for something similar , ; there I have seen a couple of proposed apps, but going through their manuals they seem not so easy to use. Isn't there some software tool available to generate a .bst in less than 1 hour of work?   Remarks: ideally I would like to use/personalize/create .bst styles that support eprint fields (e.g. aps4-1.bst). How do I properly install a system app given its .apk? I removed a system app (com.android.mms) and I have the .apk needed to restore it, however it won't install through the standard channels (running the .apk gives me "application not installed"). What's the proper way to install a system app's .apk? Proof Check: Every Cauchy Sequence is Bounded Sorry if I keep asking for proof checks. I'll try to keep it to a minimum after this. I know this has a well-known proof. I understand that proof as well but I thought I'd do a proof that made sense to me and seemed, in some ways, simpler. Trouble is I'm not sure if it's totally correct. It's quite short though. I was just hoping someone could look it over and see if it is a valid proof. Thank you!  Lemma: Every Cauchy sequence is bounded.  Proof: Let $(a_{n})$ be Cauchy. We choose $ 0&lt;\epsilon_{0}$. So $ \forall \; n&gt;m\geq N_{0}$ we have that $\vert a_{n}-a_{m} \vert &lt; \epsilon_{0}$. Therefore $(a_{n})$ is bounded for all $ m \geq N_{0} $ by $ \epsilon_{0} $. Since $ \mathbb{N}_{N_{0}}$ is finite, it is bounded. So, for all $ m&lt;N_{0} $, $ (a_{n})$ is bounded. Therefore $(a_{n})$ is bounded.  I realize I haven't said what the bounds are but I think that's sort of irrelevant. So long as we know it's bounded. Any help is much appreciated! Is there any Stack Exchange site where the main topic is literature?  I have tried the English Language site, but it seems that it is not the appropriate site.  Perhaps the writers site would work? But, then again, the main point is different than the one I am searching for. Name for the center amplitude of a sine wave I am trying to find the name for the value at the center of a sine wave $$ y(t) = A\sin (kx \pm \omega t+\varphi) + D $$ i.e. the offset $D$ of the wave in the $y$-direction.  calls it Center Amplitude, but further googling this name is difficult and does not provide any further sources. I also found the expression , but I'm not sure that it refers to the same thing. Is there a commonly used name for the $y$-direction-offset of a sine wave? Find weak form of linear transport equation I am stuck on the following problem that says:       a) Find a weak formulation for the partial differential equation $${\partial u\over\partial t\ }+ c{\partial u \over \partial x\ }=0$$    b) Show that $u=f(x-ct)$ is a generalized solution of $${\partial u\over\partial t\ }+ c{\partial u \over \partial x\ }=0$$ for any distribution $f$    My Attempt:   I know that in order to find a weak form of a pde, we need to multiply it by a test function, then integrate it. Also, to find a generalized solution, we need to find a weak solution and just multiply it by the Heaviside function.  Let's take any test function $\phi $, then we have (integrating by parts second part of the integral) $$\int_{\Omega } ( {\partial u\over\partial t\ }+ c{\partial u \over \partial x\ })*\phi(x) dx= \int_{\Omega } {\partial u\over \partial t}\phi(x) dx - c\int_{\Omega } u(x,t)\phi'(x)dx$$ where $\phi $ vanishes at boundaries. So, is it the final form or can we proceed further? And how am I supposed to find a generalized solution?  Can someone help me out? Thanks in advance for your time. Best method for short time-series I have a question related to modeling short time-series. It is not a question , but how. What method would you recommend for modeling (very) short time-series (say of length $T \leq 20$)? By "best" I mean here the most robust one, that is the least prone to errors due the fact of limited numbers of observations. With short series single observations could influence the forecast, so the method should provide a cautious estimate of errors and possible variability connected to the forecast. I am generally interested in univariate time-series but it would be also interesting to know about other methods. How to update Wine to the latest version? I asked this question  but I haven't gotten a useful answer. Could you tell me the difference in meaning between these sentences?        Do you think you will visit them next week?     Will you visit them next week?     Are you going to visit them next week?     Are you visiting them next week?     Are you going to be visiting them next week?     Are you planning to be visiting them next week?     Do you plan to visit them next week?      Will there be any difference in the answers?        I think I will visit them next week.     I will visit them next week.     I am going to visit them next week.     I am visiting them next week.     I am going to be visiting them next week.     I am planning to be visiting them next week.     I plan to visit them next week.      Can I use "planning to" instead of "going to"?  (E.g. "Are you planning to visit them next week? — Yes, I am planning to visit them next week.") Which of these sentences show that the subject of conversation has already been discussed? For example, I talked with a friend of mine about my plans to visit somebody. So my friend is aware of my plans.  And my last question. Which of these seven sentences express that the action will certainly take place? Several lines of formulas to the left of one curly brace pointing to equation number How to make several lines of equations under one curly brace from the left side, such that it point to a reference number.  Now I do something like this:  \begin{align} \left. \begin{array}{ll} a = b + c \\ &amp; \dots  \\ a = b + c \\ &amp; \dots  \\ a = b + c  \end{array} \right\} \label{formulas}\\ \end{align}   But equation number appears in the bottom of curly brace. 'Loading the question failed.' on a question I just posted Evaluating: $\lim\limits_{x\to0}\left(\frac{\sin x}{x}\right)^{{6}/{x^{2}}}$ I am trying to evaluate the following but without result.  $$\lim_{x\to0}\left(\frac{\sin x}{x}\right)^{{6}/{x^{2}}}$$  Can you please give me some hints? I have tried to put log to both sides but it hasn't lead me somewhere... Thanks a lot On , I have my favorite tags filter. I setup email notifications for it and now I'm thinking I overdid it on the frequency. Trying to change the settings, I clicked on the edit link in the email notifications box to the right, except nothing happens. There are no JavaScript errors and the HTML for the link is simply &lt;a class=&quot;edit&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;. This seems like unfinished planned feature. Update: Using Chrome Version 29.0.1547.66 m Same on Firefox 23.0.1  Both edit links are not working. Further Update Events capture:  Update 2014-02-03: Here's what the subscription tab in the network profile looks like. Auto-sort column Google Spreadsheet on incoming Google Form response How can I get the Google Spreadsheet to automatically order the incoming form responses alphabetically (2nd column)?   I know how to do this manually or by going in and editing a cell, but cannot get it to do this as an onevent for incoming response. Linux - Help, I'm running out of inodes! Predicate Calculus Practice I've been doing some practice questions in the textbook for an upcoming predicate calculus lecture and I think I've managed to get A and B (possibly C) correct but I am clueless on how I can manage D and E.   For A I got: ∃x(R(x)∧¬B)  For B I got: ∀x(¬R(x)∧B)  For C I got: ∃x(R(x)∧(x=y))   - Not sure if this is even remotely correct    R(X) : ”X is rich”  X = Y : ”X equals Y”  B : ”Bill Gates”  a) Someone besides Bill Gates is rich.  b) Bill Gates alone is rich.  c) At least two people are rich.  d) Exactly one person is rich.  e) Exactly two persons are rich.  The universe of discourse is the set of all people. I have had several business loans and understand that this is not by any means typical.  I noticed that for a year my payments were not decreasing the principal on the loan. When I asked the bank why, I found out that at some point my payments were getting applied to principal only. Now I am paying interest off that was not paid for 6 months or so.  My banker states that he can change all the interest payments to principal payments. I am confused to why this would be. If I make all my principal payments first then would the bank lose a substantial amount of interest?  This has happened on 2 of the 3 loans I have looked at so far.  If they are willing to change all the payments to principal only, would this be beneficial to paying less interest ultimately? I assume there would be an interest account accruing somewhere that would need to be paid off at the end of the loan.  I understand that typically you have a loan balance that would include interest and principal. My balance owed did not change when I continued to make same payment? It gets applied to interest. The balance on the statement must not be a true balance. There must be interest owed above the balance showed but why would they do this to start with? They applied full payments to principle only first in order for interest to get to be more than several payments