EJMT Abstract

LaTeX is one of the most widely used typesetting systems for scientific publications. Lua pro- gramming language is a scripting language which can be embedded across platforms. We have developed Lua-based packages to perform basic mathematical computations inside LaTeX doc- uments. The main aim of this paper is to introduce Lua-based LaTeX packages developed by us. The luamaths, luacomplex, luatruthtable, luaset and luagcd packages are introduced in this paper with their applications in LaTeX. These packages are designed from a pedagogical perspective. We have built time-saving macros that can assist in the creation of teaching notes.