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TeX is a typesetting system for creating beautiful mathematics.

It transformed the way that mathematics was produced worldwide.
The TeXbook (by creator Donald E. Knuth) had its first printing in 1984.

With TeX, you type something that looks like this:


Then, you compile it
(i.e., say some magic words) and
VOILA!
you see (and can print) beautiful mathematics: