IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches notes for May 2026 group.

How.

You will need the following software:

• texlive
• gnumake

And then if run

make

Output is two PDFs:

higher_level.pdf
standard_level.pdf

What.

There are four directories here:

• hl

• sl

• bib -- references for the bibliography.

• img -- images for the notes.

HL/SL directory structure

Both HL/SL directories are concatenated together, and then pdflatex generates the final PDF.

• a_tex is the header of the PDF.
• b_tex is the footer of the PDF.
• Every other .tex file is a chapter of the notes.

Contributing

Make sure your LaTeX code contains only relevant information for HL or SL students, i.e. do not include HL content in SL notes.

Add your chapter file to both directories (if applicable) The file should be of the following format:

% Author(s): Your name
\section{(HL or SL) Section name}

Insert code here.

And add yourself to CONTRIBUTORS file.

LaTeX cheat sheet

% Is a comment
\section{Section name} % Section
\subsection{Subsection name} % Subsection

$a^2+b^2=c^2$ % is a math section.

\includegraphics{image.png} % Include an image

Below is a useful reference for math: https://jheffero.w3.uvm.edu/undergradmath/undergradmath_0.png