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Identifier mathtools
Caption Mathematical tools to use with amsmath.
Description

Mathtools is part of the mh bundle, which provides a series of packages designed to enhance the appearance of documents containing a lot of mathematics. The main backbone is amsmath, so those unfamiliar with this required part of the LaTeX system will probably not find the packages very useful.

Mathtools provides many useful tools for mathematical typesetting. It is based on amsmath and fixes various deficiencies of amsmath and standard LaTeX. It provides:

  • Extensible symbols, such as brackets, arrows, harpoons, etc.;
  • Various symbols such as \coloneqq (:=);
  • Easy creation of new tag forms;
  • Showing equation numbers only for referenced equations;
  • Extensible arrows, harpoons and hookarrows;
  • Starred versions of the amsmath matrix environments for specifying the column alignment;
  • More building blocks: multlined, cases-like environments, new gathered environments;
  • Maths versions of \makebox, \llap, \rlap etc.;
  • Cramped math styles; and more...

Mathtools requires mhsetup .

Version 1.03
License LaTeX Project Public License, any version
Home None known
Maintainers
Name Active?
Morten Høgholm True
Location on CTAN /macros/latex/contrib/mh
Documentation on CTAN
In English: Package README
In English: Package documentation
Documentation off CTAN None known
Related packages mh
Keywords None known
Primary function Top > Macro packages > LaTeX > Subject-specific (including Mathematics) > Mathematics
Secondary functions None known