X-Git-Url: http://mj.ucw.cz/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=cover.tex;h=dbf78ac594cc786877fa712f3c1ac8762151aaa9;hb=13caeb89ef8876aaa087925f238e5f8252e1ce29;hp=d7f41e528aa6eeeb349ec32b2a09bf47baa6a39a;hpb=4669766958557947f2f8dd68f2fb0578d333b737;p=saga.git diff --git a/cover.tex b/cover.tex index d7f41e5..dbf78ac 100644 --- a/cover.tex +++ b/cover.tex @@ -2,43 +2,6 @@ \input macros.tex \fi -{\narrower\font\sc=cmcsc10 -\noindent {\sc Abstract.} Preparation of alchemical potions is an ancient craft -and its deep secrets are carefully guarded by the masters of alchemist guilds. -It usually takes several years for a novice alchemist to learn to prepare at -least the most basic potions properly. In this scroll we will present a novel -way of extracting the magical substance of various ingredients based on -a mighty catalyst, metasulphur~[3]. This substantially simplifies the traditional recipes -and also avoids some of their frequent side-effects. The only drawback is the -rarity of metasulphur. - -} - -\bigskip - -{\bf\noindent Introduction\smallskip} - -We will demonstrate our approach on several examples of potions which are -usually considered very volatile and dangerous to prepare~[1]. - -There are two basic kinds of ingredients in our recipes (except for the metasulphur, -which fits neither category, as expected): herbs and parts of bodies of living -creatures. According to the well known rule of herbal immanence, the magical -essence of herbs can be released only in boiling water, while the other -ingredients can be used at any temperature. - -We follow the tradition by calling all herbal ingredients by their Latin names. -While this can be hard to handle for laymen and novice alchemists, we consider -it of utmost necessity in order to avoid confusion which often leads to fatal -consequences. - -In the following, we assume that the recipe is prepared on the northern -hemisphere. Otherwise, you need to replace all clockwise stirs by -counter-clockwise ones and vice versa, and also optionally use opposum instead of -hares. - -$$ -\sum_i=1^\infty {1\over i^2} = {\pi^2\over 6}. -$$ +% So far, we do not have any title page \endpart