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Ergo is a Typst suite of environments for taking notes and doing problem sets, especially for Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics.

Typst is required to use this package (refer to Typst’s installation page here). For the best Typst experience, we recommend the integrated language service Tinymist.

Usage

To get started, add the following to your .typ file:

#import "@preview/ergo:0.1.0": *

#show: ergo-init

Example

#defn[Group][
  A *group* is an ordered pair $(G, star)$, where $G$ is a set and $star$ is a binary operation on $G$ satisfying
  1. _Associativity:_ $(a star b) star c = a star (b star c) forall a, b, c in G$
  2. _Identity:_ $exists e in G "such that" e star a = a star e = a forall a in G$
  3. _Invertibility:_ $forall a in G exists a^(-1) in G "such that" a star a^(-1) = a^(-1) star a = e$
]

#thm[Orbit-Stabilizer Theorem][
  Let $G$ be a group acting on a set $X$, with $x in X$.
  Then the map
  $
    G \/ G_x &-->              G dot x \
    a G_x    &arrow.r.bar.long a dot x
  $
  is well-defined and bijective, and therefore $|G dot x| = [G : G_x]$.
][
  Let $a, b in G$.
  Then
  $
    a G_x = b G_x
    &<==> b^(-1) a in  G_x \
    &<==> b^(-1) a dot x = x \
    &<==> a dot x  = b dot x.
  $
  Observe the map is well-defined by $(==>)$ and injective by $(<==)$.

  For surjectivity, note for any $a in G$, $a dot x$ is the image of $a G_x$.
]

Gallery

Real Analysis Notes using the bootstrap color scheme with sidebar header style

Cryptography Problem Set using the bw color scheme with tab header style

Classical Mechanics Notes using the gruvbox_dark color scheme with sidebar header style (with Physica)

Abstract Algebra Notes using the bw color scheme with classic header style (with Fletcher)

Data Structures and Algorithms Notes using the gruvbox_dark color scheme with classic header style (with CeTZ and Lovelace)

Refer to gallery/ for more examples.

Environments

Ergo has three different types of environments: proofs, statements, and problems.

Environments
Type Args Environments
Proof
  1. name
  2. statement
  3. proof
  • theorem (thm)
  • lemma (lem)
  • corollary (cor)
  • proposition (prop)
Statement
  1. name
  2. statement
  • definition (defn)
  • remark (rem, rmk)
  • notation (notn)
  • example (ex)
  • concept (conc)
  • computational-problem (comp-prob)
  • algorithm (algo)
  • runtime
  • note
Problem
  1. name
  2. statement
  3. solution
  • problem (prob)
  • exercise (excs)

Note the arguments are all positional but name is optional such that the following example details their behavior:

// no `name` given
#theorem[ statement ][ proof ]

// `name` given
#theorem[ name ][ statement ][ proof ]

All of these environments (regardless of type) share a set of (optional) keyword arguments:

  • breakable (default: false) - whether the current environment is breakable across multiple pages.
  • width (default: 100%) - width of the current environment in its current scope.
  • height (default: auto) - height of the current environment in its current scope.

Note that the problem environment includes an automatic counter if no title is passed in.

Themes/Colors

To customize environments, pass the following keyword arguments to ergo-init:

  • colors (default: "bootstrap") - colors of theme (refer to Color Palettes table for valid arguments).
  • headers (default: "tab") - header style of theme (refer to Header Styles table for valid arguments).
  • all-breakable (default: false) - the default value for breakable environment parameter.
  • inline-qed (default: false) - whether the Q.E.D square is inline or on a new line in proof environments.
Color Palettes (values for colors)
bootstrap Color scheme adapted from the popular CSS framework Bootstrap
bw Black and white color scheme
gruvbox_dark Adapated from the popular neovim color scheme gruvbox
ayu_light Adapated from ayu
Header Styles (values for headers)
tab Default header style, rounded
classic Original header style, rounded
sidebar Less padding, not rounded

This function should be called before any content is rendered to enforce consistency of the document content. A sample header is

#import "@preview/ergo:0.1.0": *

#show: ergo-init.with(
    colors: "gruvbox_dark",
    headers: "sidebar",
    all-breakable: true,
    inline-qed: true
)

// body

Extras

There are a few extra functions/macros that may be of interest:

  • correction(body) - Add a correction to nearby content.
  • bookmark(title, info) - Add additional information with small box.
  • equation-box(equation) (eqbox(equation)) - Box an equation.
  • ergo-title-selector - A selector controlling the style of the headers in the blocks.

Local Installation

  1. Clone this repository locally on your machine.
  2. Run setup.sh from the root of the project directory. Refer to the Typst Packages repository for more information. Note the script simply symlinks the project directory to the Typst local packages directory.
$ git clone https://github.com/EsotericSquishyy/ergo
$ cd ergo
$ chmod +x setup.sh
$ ./setup.sh

Testing

Test whether the installation/update worked by opening running the following commands in an empty directory:

$ cat < test.typ
#import "@preview/ergo:0.1.0": *
#show: ergo-init
#defn[#lorem(5)][#lorem(50)]
EOF

$ typst compile test.typ

The installation is working if the compile didn’t fail and test.pdf looks like this: