mathsoftware

A course about LaTeX and SageMath
git clone https://git.tronto.net/mathsoftware
Download | Log | Files | Refs | README | LICENSE

5-Beamer.tex (5486B)


      1 \documentclass[11pt]{beamer}
      2 \usetheme{Madrid}
      3 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
      4 \usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, amsfonts, amsthm}
      5 \usepackage{xcolor}
      6 
      7 \usepackage{tikz-cd}
      8 
      9 \author[\texttt{sebastiano.tronto@uni.lu}]{Sebastiano Tronto}
     10 \title{Presentations in LaTeX with Beamer}
     11 \logo{\includegraphics[scale=0.1]{img/unilu.jpg}} 
     12 %\institute{University of Luxembourg} 
     13 
     14 \newcommand{\bs}{\textbackslash}
     15 
     16 \date{2021-03-26} 
     17 
     18 \begin{document}
     19 
     20 \begin{frame}
     21   \titlepage
     22 \end{frame}
     23 
     24 \begin{frame}{Why presentation with LaTeX?}
     25   Pros:
     26 
     27   \vspace{0.2cm}
     28   \begin{itemize}
     29     \item Easy to include formulas and theorems
     30     \item Portability: \texttt{pdf} = \textbf{portable} document format
     31     \item Very fast to get ``good enough'' results (subjective)
     32   \end{itemize}
     33 
     34   \vspace{0.5cm}
     35   Cons:
     36 
     37   \vspace{0.2cm}
     38   \begin{itemize}
     39     \item Advanced animations not possible with pdf
     40     \item Lack of other presentation-specific features
     41   \end{itemize}
     42 \end{frame}
     43 
     44 \begin{frame}{Structure of a Beamer document}
     45   \includegraphics[scale=0.35]{img/beamer.png}
     46 \end{frame}
     47 
     48 \begin{frame}{The \texttt{frame} environment}
     49   \texttt{\bs begin\{frame\}[options]\{Title\} \,\dots\, \bs end\{frame\}}
     50 
     51   \vspace{0.5cm}
     52   Useful options:
     53   \begin{itemize}
     54     \item \texttt{plain}: no bars on bottom or side
     55     \item \texttt{shrink}: content is shrunk to fit in the slide
     56     \item \texttt{fragile}: when you have \texttt{tikzpicture},
     57           \texttt{listings} or similar 
     58   \end{itemize}
     59 \end{frame}
     60 
     61 \begin{frame}{Basic animations}
     62   \begin{itemize}
     63     \item \texttt{\bs pause} for a simple break
     64 
     65     \vspace{0.3cm}
     66     \item \texttt{\bs only<start-(end)>\{\emph{stuff}\}} to show
     67           \emph{\texttt{stuff}} only on some slides
     68           
     69           Shortcut for lists: \texttt{\bs item<\dots>} or
     70           \texttt{\bs begin\{itemize\}[<+->]}
     71 
     72     \vspace{0.3cm}
     73     \item Optional:
     74           \texttt{\bs setbeamercovered\{transparent\}} (see end of slides)
     75 
     76     \vspace{0.3cm}
     77     \item \texttt{\bs uncover<\dots>} does not take space when invisible
     78   \end{itemize}
     79 \end{frame}
     80 
     81 \begin{frame}{Theorems and lists}
     82   \begin{theorem} This is a Theorem \end{theorem}
     83   \begin{proof} With proof \end{proof}
     84   
     85   \begin{itemize}
     86     \item \texttt{theorem}, \texttt{proof} and \texttt{definition} already
     87           included with beamer.
     88     \item Define new theorems as usual (they get a box automatically)
     89   \end{itemize}
     90 \end{frame}
     91 
     92 \begin{frame}[fragile]{Custom blocks}
     93 
     94   {
     95     \setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=blue,bg=green}
     96     \setbeamercolor{block body}{fg=black,bg=pink!50}
     97     \begin{block}{A custom block, with ugly colors}
     98       \begin{verbatim}
     99 {
    100     \setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=blue,bg=green}
    101     \setbeamercolor{block body}{fg=black,bg=pink!50}
    102     
    103     \begin{block}{A custom block, with ugly colors}
    104         ...
    105     \end{block}
    106 }
    107       \end{verbatim}
    108     \end{block}
    109   }
    110 \end{frame}
    111 
    112 
    113 \begin{frame}{Multiple columns}
    114   \begin{columns}
    115   \column{0.3\textwidth}
    116     \texttt{\bs begin\{columns\}}
    117 
    118     \texttt{\qquad\bs column\{\emph{width}\}}
    119 
    120     \texttt{\qquad(stuff)}
    121 
    122     \texttt{\qquad\bs column\{\emph{width}\}}
    123 
    124     \texttt{\qquad(more stuff)}
    125 
    126     \texttt{\qquad\qquad\vdots}
    127 
    128     \texttt{\bs end\{columns\}}
    129   \column{0.7\textwidth}
    130     \begin{itemize}
    131       \item \texttt{\emph{width}} is a length (example:
    132             \texttt{0.7\bs textwidth})
    133       \item Example: picture on the left, text on the right
    134       \item Not specific to Beamer
    135       \item Alternative: \texttt{tabular}
    136     \end{itemize}
    137   \end{columns}
    138 
    139 \end{frame}
    140 
    141 \begin{frame}{Some advice}
    142   \begin{itemize}
    143     \item Do not prepare too many slides (1-2 minutes per slide)
    144     \item Do not write too much in each slide (split if necessary)
    145     \item Pictures and \texttt{itemize}s are great, sentences are not
    146     \item Animations are ok (but are they worth the effort?)
    147   \end{itemize}
    148 \end{frame}
    149 
    150 \begin{frame}{Examples}
    151   Three examples will follow:
    152   \begin{itemize}
    153     \item A horrible slide
    154     \item A better slide with the same content
    155     \item A better better slide that took a little more time to write
    156   \end{itemize}
    157 \end{frame}
    158 
    159 \begin{frame}{Diophantine equations (bad)}
    160   Diophantine equations are a very old problem, dating back to Diophantus of
    161   Alexandria (III century A.D.).
    162 
    163   Despite this, they are still today a very hard problem, and there is
    164   no general method or algorithm to solve them.
    165 
    166   A notable example is \emph{Fermat's Last Theorem}, stated for the first time
    167   in 1637 but proved to be true only in 1995, after more than 350 years!
    168 \end{frame}
    169 
    170 
    171 \begin{frame}{Diophantine Equations (better)}
    172   \begin{itemize}
    173     \item Very old problem
    174     
    175     \vspace{0.3cm}
    176     \item Very simple formulation, but very hard to solve!
    177     
    178     \vspace{0.3cm}
    179     \item ``Fermat's Last Theorem'': stated in 1637 - proved in 1995
    180   \end{itemize}
    181 \end{frame}
    182 
    183 \setbeamercovered{transparent}
    184 \begin{frame}{Diophantine Equations (better better)}
    185   \begin{columns}
    186   \column{0.45\textwidth}
    187     \begin{figure}
    188       \begin{center}
    189         \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{img/diophantus.jpg}
    190         {\footnotesize Diophantus of Alexandria\\ (III century A.D.)}
    191       \end{center}
    192     \end{figure}
    193   \column{0.55\textwidth}
    194     \begin{itemize}
    195       \item<1-> Very old problem
    196       \item<2-> Very simple formulation, but very hard to solve!
    197       \item<3-> \emph{Fermat's Last Theorem}: stated in 1637 - proved in 1995
    198     \end{itemize}
    199   \end{columns}
    200 \end{frame}
    201 
    202 
    203 \end{document}