5.4.1 Top new questions this week

5.4.1.1 A nice type of footnote

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=472018

In relation to the question A nice collection of exercises for students that I have asked, at the moment I do not know how to have the same shaded line inverted in gray (I would to have the  ... 
[footnotes] [footmisc]
 

asked by Sebastiano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=117876 14 votes

answered by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10995 16 votes

5.4.1.2 Extreme paper space saving, very small margins, how to lower the page number

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=472563

Note to would-be closers : This question is different from this older question in my view because  1) none of the answers in that other question deal with page numbering and 2) I do not need  ... 
[formatting] [header-footer] [margins]
 

asked by user40960 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=40960 12 votes

answered by zwol https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=514 17 votes

5.4.1.3 Shortcut for a polynomial of the form $a_nx^n+\ldots+a_1x+a_0$

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=471846

I currently taking a course in Algebra, and I find myself typing the polynomial 
$a_nx^n+\ldots+a_1x+a_0$ 
over and over again, and I was wondering if I could create a shortcut for such a  ... 
[math-mode] [macros] [shortcut]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Kam https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=180243 12 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5001 13 votes

5.4.1.4 How to write mathematics with boxes?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=472679

I want to write the mathematics inside the box as written below. 
See my code given below: 
\documentclass{article} 
\begin{document} 
\\fbox{text} 
\framebox[width][pos]{text} 
... 
[boxes]
 

asked by Isla_Bonita https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=132638 11 votes

answered by Hafid Boukhoulda https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=91130 16 votes

5.4.1.5 How to construct a circle that is tangent to three given semi- circles?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=472186

\documentclass[border=15pt,pstricks,12pt]{standalone} 
\usepackage{pst-eucl} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{pspicture}[showgrid](-5,-5)(10,10) 
\psset{unit=2cm,PointSymbol=none,PointName=none} 
... 
[pstricks] [asymptote]
 

asked by chishimotoji https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=173875 11 votes

answered by JA~\274rgen G https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=151328 12 votes

5.4.1.6 Is \mathrel always needed?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=471713

I answered another question (LaTeX \models symbol that goes both ways) creating a new symbol, a relation, without using \mathrel. 
In his answer to the same question, Werner used it (he also used  ... 
[math-mode] [relation-symbols]
 

asked by CarLaTeX https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=101651 10 votes

answered by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10995 10 votes

5.4.1.7 Why doesn't TeX hyphenate a really long word for which I've indicated some permissible hyphenation points?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=472339

Based on Automatic long word breaking in whole document I constructed an example of hyphenating a long word: 
\documentclass{report} 
\usepackage[english]{babel} 
\begin{document} 
... 
[hyphenation]
 

asked by Viesturs https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=114719 9 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5001 15 votes