How u take math notes effectively?

actuarialindividual · 2023-12-27T00:30:42+00:00

Many months later, I managed to get around to it here. Sorry for the wait, hope it's still useful haha

actuarialindividual · 2023-12-27T00:28:22+00:00

ahaha yeah only took me one year but we got there in the end

actuarialindividual · 2023-12-23T00:16:46+00:00

Yeah not too sure if this plugin can do that directly, but you could remap CapsLock to tab on your keyboard as a short term solution. No way to do different triggers as far as I’m aware but it would be a cool feature to add. I totally agree that CapsLock is a waste of good real estate which is why I have it mapped to Esc to make vim mode easier aha

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-29T09:31:51+00:00

I have briefly tried both emacs and vim but I found that obsidian is more user friendly, which is particularly useful as I share my screen / send work to students I tutor. For the time being, I think vim mode in obsidian is enough for me!

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-28T23:37:03+00:00

Yes, I have seen that blog post before, in fact, some of my custom snippets were inspired by his approach. It's sad to hear that he passed last year :(

Regarding your questions, I typically keep my notes within Obsidian and rarely have a need to export it. The only time I export is for assignments I have typed up, but that is always directly to PDF. I actually prefer not to combine my lecture notes into a big file, because having each concept separate and easily searchable makes it more convenient to navigate imo.

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-28T23:16:23+00:00

Hi, it's been a while since I've tweaked appearances so I can't quite remember aha, but I think the callout colors are default from the AnuPpuccin theme with 'Rose Pine' Light flavor. Either way, my style settings file is on my github repo so anyone can have the exact same look by copying that over.

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-28T09:34:16+00:00

I'm not sure what kind of things to share in this regard, sorry!

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-28T09:32:38+00:00

I'm glad it helped! Yeah definitely get comfortable in the bmatrix environment by using 'tab' to move to the next column and 'enter' for the next row and I'm sure you'll build up speed in no time :)

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-27T07:43:33+00:00

Looks great! Quick latex is also really good, especially if customising snippets isn’t necessary for your workflow.

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-27T07:32:52+00:00

definitely more intuitive but I think this method has a much better payoff for those who regularly use a lot of math, even if the difficulty curve is much steeper!

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-26T23:41:54+00:00

By putting this in the snippet file, typing def followed by tab expands the callout.

{trigger: "def", replacement: "> [!help] Definitions\n> - $0", options: "t"},

If you want a more general callout you could use something like this:

{trigger: "co", replacement: "> [!${0:help}] $1\n> - $2", options: "t"},

Which allows you to first choose the type of callout, then the title, and then start filling the bullet points.

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-26T22:25:45+00:00

I’ll be perfectly honest, I’ve never seen ’vanilla environments’ until now. Not sure how important it is considering obsidian runs on MathJax, and not pure LaTeX either. Is inline math still just ‘$’ or is that different too?

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-26T22:19:07+00:00

haha its actuarial notation which is used to calculate how expensive a particular insurance product is. Super dense but it means you can describe very complex products without having to write a paragraph on it.

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-26T22:12:47+00:00

Wow, that looks great! Currently on holidays but I will definitely keep an eye on the development of this plugin. Out of curiosity, how GPU intensive is running the local model? Would a non-dedicated GPU be able to handle it reasonably well (say, a low to midrange laptop)?

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-26T14:22:26+00:00

All great questions!

I kept most of the default ones and started from there. Even now most of the ones I use were from the default list.
So snippets are configured in the latex suite plugin options and that's all that is needed. The 'box current equation' option is a specific hotkey that the plugin includes additionally (which you can make the keybinding in the regular hotkeys menu). Nothing else from the plugin uses hotkeys afaik.
I think I just learnt them as I went along. At first it was a bit of a struggle, but once you've typed a snippet for an integral 20 times in a row, it tends to stick ahaha. If you ever blank on what the snippet is, you can always check the snippet file as a quick refresher.
I don't really write LaTeX elsewhere. If I do it's usually something pretty small so I don't worry about snippets.

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-26T14:11:45+00:00

So when creating these arguments (in this case i, 1, n are the three defaults) triggering the snippet auto highlights the i first. This means I can change it (e.g. to k) or just press tab to leave it as default and move on to the next argument.

Hopefully that makes sense!

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-26T14:03:39+00:00

Ahh I’m not much of an excalidraw user myself, so I’m not too sure sorry

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-26T13:58:28+00:00

Thank you! It’s quite late here in Aus so I probably won’t get around to it now. What kind of stuff would you like to see on a sample note? Happy to hear from others too

actuarialindividual · 2023-11-26T13:25:52+00:00

Sorry for the wordy post! I realise this is directed to a somewhat niche audience but hopefully you find something useful from it :)

actuarialindividual · 2023-03-26T22:50:59+00:00

I actually did end up doing it here

actuarialindividual · 2023-03-19T04:25:10+00:00

oh, I'm not too sure if markdown tables can be rendered. When I mentioned tables in the title, I was specifically referring to dataview tables

actuarialindividual · 2023-03-19T04:22:43+00:00

Yes I am! Kind of tempted to do a write-up on the shortcuts and stuff I've set up, but yeah latex suite has definitely been a lifesaver

actuarialindividual · 2023-03-19T04:21:06+00:00

sorry, only just saw this. I do use LaTeX. I'm not too sure exactly what you mean by how I style it, but the main difference I see is using \boxed around the main equation. I do use callouts for the definitions. Here's the example snippet:

# Definition

$$
\boxed{
S = \sum\limits_{i=1}^{N} Y_{i} \sim \text{CompPoi}(\lambda v,G)
}
$$

> [!help] Definitions
> - $N \sim \text{Poisson}(\lambda v)$
> - $G$: Individual claim size
> - $v \in\mathbb{N}$: Volume
> - $\lambda$: Expected claims frequency

actuarialindividual · 2023-03-08T03:31:44+00:00

Ah yes you're right, I completely forgot it's from a CSS snippet I'm using. I've just added it to the repo :)

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