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LaTeX is a document preparation and markup language often used in academia to format scientific articles, theses, and dissertations.  Its strength is formatting mathematical formulas, tables, and figures, and it can automatically create tables of contents, citations, section references, and more.

For example, the following snippet of LaTeX code on the left resolves into the equation on the right:

To learn more about LaTeX and how to use it, visit http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/latex