Python Data Analytics: With Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib

Appendix A: Writing Mathematical Expressions with LaTeX

LaTeX is extensively used in Python. In this appendix there are many examples that can be useful to represent LaTeX expressions inside Python implementations. This same information can be found at the link https://matplotlib.org/2.0.2/users/mathtext.html.

With matplotlib

You can enter the LaTeX expression directly as an argument of various functions that can accept it. For example, the title() function draws a chart title.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

%matplotlib inline

plt.title(r'$\alpha > \beta$')

With Jupyter Notebook in a Python Cell

To write expressions directly in LaTeX on Jupyter Notebook cells, import the IPython.display module.

from IPython.display import Latex