11.25.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

11.25.2.1 Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2275

Is there any package or a method to force LaTeX to keep floating environments like table and figure closer to where they are declared? 
[floats] [positioning]
 

asked by artimess https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=833 Score of 405

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 399

11.25.2.2 What does the phrase "Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph" actually mean?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=334246

What does the actual phrase above mean? 
[errors] [tex-core] [boxes] [paragraphs] [underfull]
 

asked by Charles Boehm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=116447 Score of 134

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 113

11.25.2.3 Command for argmin or argmax?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=5223

How can you get the argmin or argmax in Latex? Two solutions I found are: 
\underset{x}{\operatorname{argmax}} 
\DeclareMathOperator*{\argmin}{arg\,min} 
Any other ideas? 
[1]http://www.breakthru.... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [math-operators]
 

asked by Alejandro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1128 Score of 318

answered by Jan Hlavacek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=396 Score of 356

11.25.2.4 Showcase of beautiful typography done in TeX & friends

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=1319

If you were asked to show examples of beautifully typeset documents in TeX & friends, what would you suggest? Preferably documents available online (I'm aware I could go to a bookstore and find ... 
[typography] [big-list] [examples]
 

asked by wishihadabettername https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=564 Score of 1008

answered by raphink https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=951 Score of 637

11.25.2.5 Absolute Value Symbols

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=43008

What is the "best LaTeX practices" for writing absolute value symbols?  Are there any packages which provide good methods? 
Some options include|x| and \mid x \mid, but I'm not sure which is best... 
[math-mode] [symbols]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9757 Score of 337

answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 Score of 255

11.25.2.6 The \bar and \overline commands

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=22100

I want to represent, say, the closure of a set or the extended reals, e.g., $\bar{\mathbb{R}}$ but unfortunately this creates a bar that is much too small (horizontally) and can barely be seen. On the ... 
[stacking-symbols]
 

asked by 3Sphere https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6487 Score of 197

answered by Danie Els https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1683 Score of 108

11.25.2.7 How to write a function (piecewise) with bracket outside?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=32140

How to write this Piecewise function using LaTeX? 
I tried 
$ 
\begin{array}{cc} 
\{ & 
\begin{array}{cc} 
0 & x\leq 0 \\ 
\frac{100-x}{100} & 0\leq x\leq 100 \\ 
0 & ... 
[math-mode] [equations] [brackets]
 

asked by GarouDan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5314 Score of 220

answered by Ant https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6984 Score of 269