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[Alain Schremmer]

I had not realized that this would get me into serious thinking and  
learning. So, the case will have to be "continued" until I have  
uploaded Reasonable Algebraic Functions, which should be the case  
within the next few weeks. But I shall return.

Apologetic and embarrassed regards to all, onlist as well as offlist,  
who have tried to help me with that.
--schremmer

On May 9, 2009, at 7:58 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 09.05.2009 um 07:11 schrieb Alain Schremmer:
>
>> \begin{center}
>> 	\begin{tabular}{@{} |l|l| @{}}
>> 		\hline
>> 	%Row0title
>> 			\textbf{Task} 13
>> 		&	\textbf{Solution}
>> 		\\
>> 		\hline
>> 	%Row0text
>> 			\begin{minipage}[t]{50mm}
>> Given the function $f$ whose global input-output rule is
>> \begin{displaymath}
>>  x \xrightarrow{\hspace{2mm} f\hspace{2mm}} f(x) =
>> \frac{\polynomial[reciprocal]{1,,,-8}}{\polynomial[reciprocal] 
>> {1,,-1}}
>> \end{displaymath}
>> find the sign of the \emph{concavity} of $f$ near $\infty$
>> 		\vspace{2mm}
>> 			\end{minipage}
>> 		&	\begin{minipage}[t]{110mm}
>
>
> You don't gain much when you use \begin{center} for such a wide  
> table instead of the geometry package (the page will look better,  
> too). And you also make the code too complicated by using minipages  
> in tables. It's possible, that's clear and obvious, but
>
> 	\begin{tabular}{|p{50mm}|p{110mm}|}	% what do the @{} on both  
> sides give with |?
>
> without minipages give automatically the same result. The p{width}  
> setting puts the text of the cell into a
>
> 	\parbox[t]{width}{cell's context}
>
> (And a minipage isn't that different.) The separation of the  
> exercises in *one* table (\begin{tabular}{|p{145mm}|p{15mm}|})  
> without minipages can be achieved by
>
> 	\\\hline
> 	\multicolumn{2}{l}{}\\[-2mm]\hline
>
> The optional [-2mm] reduces the space between the lines. (The  
> multicolumn statement also takes settings like
>
> 	\multicolumn{2}{|l|}{}\\[-2mm]\hline
> 	\multicolumn{2}{|l}{}\\[-2mm]\hline
> 	\multicolumn{2}{l|}{}\\[-2mm]\hline
>
> which might be able to suggest the use of just one large table  
> spanning many pages with columns of discrete widths which are from  
> case to case glued together by multicolumn statements.) And I think  
> you also could put the multitude of little tables and text into one  
> table…
>
>
> BTW, where does the \polynomial come from?
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>   Pete
>
> Some day we may discover how to make magnets that can point in any  
> direction.
>
>
>
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