Directory macros/latex/contrib/tensor

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

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• LaTeX tensor.ins to produce tensor.sty

• Copy tensor.sty to one of your TeX input directories.

• LaTeX 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 LaTeX code improvements.

v2.0 first official release of extended version.

v1.0 last official release of original version.