Tutorial Brief

This covers the basics of using markdown cells. You can think of markdown cells as documention for your code with extended features.

Finding Help:

• http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/2/interactive/tutorial.html
• http://nbviewer.ipython.org/

Markdown Cells

This cell can contain markdown language and render it.

A good reference for markdown is in this link: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet

Most common markdown codes:

Head 1

Head 2

Head 3

Head 4

Alt Heading 1

Alt Heading 2

Font Styles:

• Italic
• Italic
• Bold
• Bold
• Throught

Lists:

• Item 1
• Item 2

Numbered List:

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
   1. Sub Item 1
   2. Sub Item 2
3. Item 3

Links:

https://www.google.com

Google

Google with tooltip

Images:

Code:

s = "Python syntax highlighting"
print s

var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
alert(s);

```python
s = "Python syntax highlighting"
print s
```

```javascript
var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
alert(s);
```

Tables:

Quotes

Quote from some one else

with multiple lines

HTML

Almost any HTML code will render
Just fine.

Horizontal Lines

Unicode

If you can think of any symbol, it is available in unicode.

• ©
• ®
• ™

Markdown cell - Latex Script:

Latex is a languange to represent mathematical formula using text.

For Latex documentation please check the wiki:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics

Inline and Block Latex

Inline Formula: $x=y$

Block Formula: $$x=y$$

Greek Letters

• Alpha: $\alpha A$
• Beta: $\beta B$
• Gamma: $\gamma \Gamma$
• Pi: $\pi \Pi \varpi$
• Phi: $\phi \varphi \Phi$
• Epsilon: $\epsilon \varepsilon$
• Theta: $\theta \Theta \vartheta$
• Rho: $\rho \varrho$
• sigma: $\sigma \Sigma \varsigma$

Basic operations

• $y = x + 5$
• $y = x - 5$
• $y = 5x$
• $y = x \times 5$
• $y = \frac{x}{5}$
• $y = x \div 5$

Power and Index

• $y_n = x_n - x_{n-1}$
• $y = x^2 - 2x^{x-1}$

Fraction Type

• $^1/_2$
• $\frac {1}{2}$

Roots

• $\sqrt{\frac{1}{3}}$
• $\sqrt[3]{2x}$

Sums and Integrals

• Sum : $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{10} t_i$
• Int : $\int\limits_a^b$
• $\int_0^\infty \sin(x^2)$