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| tensor: a package for typesetting objects with | mixed upper, lower and preposed indices |

(including nuclides)
Philip G. Ratcliffe - version 2.2 (2023/07/18)

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  • tensor.ins to produce tensor.sty
  • Copy tensor.sty to one of your input directories.
  • tensor.dtx for usage instructions and documentation.

This is a complete revision and extension of the original "tensor" package by Mike Piff; it defines commands for typesetting tensors with mixed upper and lower indices. Correct pre-pending of indices is now possible while backwards compatibility is maintained. A command to typeset nuclides is also defined.

The use of tensors with mixed upper and lower indices, in which the relative horizontal positions and spacing are significant, is common in both physics and mathematics. The commands defined in this package automatically maintain correct positioning. Spaces in an index list may optionally be filled with dots or other suitable symbols. Another usage addressed by this package is the pre-pending of indices.

Two math-mode commands, tensor and indices, are defined (one of which, tensor, remains backward compatible with the original definition by Mike Piff). A new text-mode command, nuclide, to typeset nuclides is also defined.

Change history:

v2.2 corrected problem with the 'underscore' package, added vertical alignment capability and independent mass/atomic-no. font control.

v2.1 corrected problem with the 'color' package, added dotting capability, added starred form of indices, minor spacing and code improvements.

v2.0 first official release of extended version.

v1.0 last official release of original version.

Download the contents of this package in one zip archive (329.8k).

tensor – Typeset tensors

A package which allows the user to set tensor-style super- and subscripts with offsets between successive indices. It supports the typesetting of tensors with mixed upper and lower indices with spacing, also typset preposed indices. This is a complete revision and extension of the original ‘tensor’ package by Mike Piff.

Packagetensor
Version2.2
LicensesThe Project Public License
MaintainerPhilip G. Ratcliffe
Mike Piff (inactive)
Contained inTeX Live as tensor
MiKTeX as tensor
TopicsSubsup position
Maths
See alsotensind
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