siunitx A comprehensive (SI) units package

siunitx A comprehensive (SI) units package Joseph Wright Released2009/09/21 AbstractTypesetting values with units requires care to ensure that the combinedmathematical meaning of the value plus unit combination is clear. In par-ticular, the si units system lays down a consistent set of units with rules onhow these are to be used. However, different countries and publishers havediffering conventions on the exact appearance of numbers (and units ).Thesiunitxprovides a set of tools for authors to typeset numbers and unitsin a consistent way. The package has an extended set of configuration optionswhich make it possible to follow varying typographic conventions with thesame input syntax. The package includes automated processing of numbersand units , and the ability to control tabular alignment of number of LATEX packages have been developed in the past for format-ting units :SIunits,SIstyle,unitsdef, units ,fan cyunitsandfancynum.

siunitx — A comprehensive (SI) units package Joseph Wright† Released 2009/09/21 Abstract Typesetting values with units requires care to ensure that the combined mathematical meaning of the value plus unit combination is clear. In par-ticular, the SI units system lays down a consistent set of units with rules on how these are to be used.

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