Tables:

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\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{booktabs}
%\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\setlength{\tabcolsep}{12pt}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{float}


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\begin{document}
	
	\begin{frame}
%		{\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{0.75}
			\begin{table}[hbt!]
				\centering
				\caption{\label{table1} Geometrical properties of Bean and Cassini curves}
				\begin{tabular}{ rcc } 
					\toprule[0.07cm]
					\midrule
					\texttt{Properties} & \texttt{Bean curves} & \texttt{Cassini ovals}\\
					\midrule
					\texttt{\textit{Intercepts:}}  & $ (0,~0 ) $, $ (0,~ a_{1}^2)$ & $ (\pm\sqrt{a_{2}^2\pm b_{2}^2},~0 ) $, $ (0,~\pm\sqrt{b_{2}^2-a_{2}^2} ) $\\
					%		\hline
					\rule{0pt}{8ex}
					\multirow[c]{2}{*}{\texttt{\textit{Extrema:}}}  & $ (0,~ a_{1}^2) $, $\bigg(\pm\sqrt{\dfrac{a_{1}^{2}b_{1}^{3}(b_{1}-2a_{1})}{16 (b_{1}-a_{1})^{2}}},~ \dfrac{a_{1} b_{1}^{2}}{4 (b_{1}-a_{1})}\bigg)^{*}$, & $\big(\pm\sqrt{a_{2}^{2}\pm b_{2}^{2}}, 0 \big) $, $ \big(0,~ \pm\sqrt{b_{2}^{2}-a_{2}^2}\big)^{*}$, \\&
					$\bigg(\pm\sqrt{\dfrac{a_{1}^{2} b_{1}^{2}}{16}(1+2\sqrt{\dfrac{a_{1}}{b_{1}}})},~ \dfrac{a_{1} b_{1}}{4}\bigg)$ & $\bigg(\dfrac{\pm\sqrt{4 a_{2}^{4}-b_{2}^{4}}}{2 a_{2}},~ \pm\dfrac{b_{2}^2}{2 a_{2}}\bigg) $ \\
					\rule{0pt}{8ex}
					%		\hline	
					\texttt{\textit{Symmetries:}}  &  $ x=0 $; $ (0,~0) $ & $ x=0 $; $ y=0 $; $ (0,0) $ \\
					\rule{0pt}{8ex}
					%		\hline
					\multirow[c]{3}{*}{\texttt{\textit{Loops:}}} & a single connected loop for $ (\pm a_{1}, ~ \pm b_{1}) $ & a single loop if $ a_{2} b_{2}$\\
					\rule{0pt}{8ex}
					%		\hline
					\texttt{\textit{Nodes:}}  & $ (0,~\dfrac{a_{1}^{2}}{2}) $ if $ a_{1}=b_{1} $ & $ (0,0) $ if $ a_{2}=b_{2} $  \\
					%\hline
					\bottomrule[0.07cm]	
				\end{tabular}
			\end{table}
%			}	
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		\huge
\begin{table}[ht]
	\caption{XYZ}
	\centering
	\begin{threeparttable}
		\begin{tabular}{llllll}\toprule
			\multicolumn{1}{c}{$ \sigma $ } &   
			\multicolumn{2}{c}{$\eta$}  
			\\
			& $ Model(I) $ & $ Model(II) $ &         
			\\\midrule
			0.0  & -5.12 & -2.0
			\\\addlinespace
			0.15  & -5.04507 & -1.92518 
			\\\addlinespace
			10.0 & -10.3949 & -7.62391
			\\\addlinespace
			30.0 & -22.2524 & -21.375
			\\\addlinespace
			70.0 & -49.6698 & -55.0179       
			\\\bottomrule
		\end{tabular}
		\begin{tablenotes}
			\item Eigenvalues $ \omega_0^2 $ and $ \omega_1^2 $ of Eq.(26) for $ r_0=1.1 $ and varying $ B $, for two string configuration
		\end{tablenotes}
	\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}
	\end{frame}
	
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	\begin{frame}
\Huge
\begin{table}[]
	\begin{tabular}{@{}clclccc@{}}
		\toprule[0.07cm]
		\midrule
		\multicolumn{7}{c}{Apples}                                                                                                                         \\ \midrule
		\multicolumn{2}{c}{A1}                         & \multirow{2}{*}{a1}    &  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{B1}                        & \multirow{2}{*}{b1}   \\ \cmidrule(r){1-2} \cmidrule(lr){5-6}
		\multicolumn{1}{l}{Q1} & Q2                    &                        &  & Q1                    & Q2                    &                       \\ \cmidrule(r){1-3} \cmidrule(l){5-7} 
		1                      & \multicolumn{1}{c}{3} & 4                      &  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{a} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{b} & c                     \\
		\multicolumn{1}{c}{00} & 22                    & \multicolumn{1}{c}{08} &  & v                     & h                     & \multicolumn{1}{c}{p} \\
%		 \cmidrule(r){1-3} \cmidrule(l){5-7} 
		\bottomrule[0.07cm]	
	\end{tabular}
\end{table}
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\begin{frame}{With width specified:}
	\begin{center}
		\begin{tabular}{ | l | l | l | p{5cm} |}
			\hline
			Day & Min Temp & Max Temp & Summary \\ \hline
			Monday & 11C & 22C & A clear day with lots of sunshine.  
			However, the strong breeze will bring down the temperatures. \\ \hline
			Tuesday & 9C & 19C & Cloudy with rain, across many northern regions. Clear spells 
			across most of Scotland and Northern Ireland, 
			but rain reaching the far northwest. \\ \hline
			Wednesday & 10C & 21C & Rain will still linger for the morning. 
			Conditions will improve by early afternoon and continue 
			throughout the evening. \\
			\hline
		\end{tabular}
	\end{center}
\end{frame}


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\begin{frame}
	\huge
	\centering
	\begin{tabular}{l*{6}{c}r}
		Team              & P & W & D & L & F  & A & Pts \\
		\hline
		Manchester United & 6 & 4 & 0 & 2 & 10 & 5 & 12  \\
		Celtic            & 6 & 3 & 0 & 3 &  8 & 9 &  9  \\
		Benfica           & 6 & 2 & 1 & 3 &  7 & 8 &  7  \\
		FC Copenhagen     & 6 & 2 & 1 & 3 &  5 & 8 &  7  \\
	\end{tabular}
\end{frame}

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\begin{frame}{Rows spanning multiple columns}
	\centering
	\Large
\begin{tabular}{ |l|l| }
	\hline
	\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Team sheet} \\
	\hline
	GK & Paul Robinson \\
	LB & Lucas Radebe \\
	DC & Michael Duberry \\
	DC & Dominic Matteo \\
	RB & Dider Domi \\
	MC & David Batty \\
	MC & Eirik Bakke \\
	MC & Jody Morris \\
	FW & Jamie McMaster \\
	ST & Alan Smith \\
	ST & Mark Viduka \\
	\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{frame}


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\begin{frame}{Columns spanning multiple rows}
	\centering
	\Large
\begin{tabular}{ |l|l|l| }
	\hline
	\multicolumn{3}{ |c| }{Team sheet} \\
	\hline
	Goalkeeper & GK & Paul Robinson \\ \hline
	\multirow{4}{*}{Defenders} & LB & Lucas Radebe \\
	& DC & Michael Duburry \\
	& DC & Dominic Matteo \\
	& RB & Didier Domi \\ \hline
	\multirow{3}{*}{Midfielders} & MC & David Batty \\
	& MC & Eirik Bakke \\
	& MC & Jody Morris \\ \hline
	Forward & FW & Jamie McMaster \\ \hline
	\multirow{2}{*}{Strikers} & ST & Alan Smith \\
	& ST & Mark Viduka \\
	\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{frame}


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\begin{frame}{Spanning in both directions simultaneously}
	\centering
	\Huge
\begin{tabular}{cc|c|c|c|c|l}
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	& & \multicolumn{4}{ c| }{Primes} \\ \cline{3-6}
	& & 2 & 3 & 5 & 7 \\ \cline{1-6}
	\multicolumn{1}{ |c  }{\multirow{2}{*}{Powers} } &
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	\multicolumn{1}{ |c  }{}                        &
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	\multicolumn{1}{ |c  }{}                        &
	\multicolumn{1}{ |c| }{lcm} & 3 & 3 & 1 & 1 & max \\ \cline{1-6}
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Circular Image Arrangement:

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Gantt Chart:

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Curvature using Tikz:

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Table of Contents:

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					\coordinate (pathControl) at ($(control1)!0.5!(control3)$);
					\coordinate (pathMiddle) at ($(middle)!0.5!(middle2)$);
					\coordinate (pathEnd) at (arrow3);
					\coordinate (pathEnd2) at ($(end1)!0.5!(end2)$);
					
					% Draw the curved path
					%\filldraw [yellow] (pathControl) circle (2pt) node[below] {Path Control};
					%\filldraw [yellow] (pathMiddle) circle (2pt) node[below] {Path Middle};
					%\filldraw [yellow] (pathEnd) circle (2pt) node[below] {Path End};
					%\filldraw [yellow] (pathEnd2) circle (2pt) node[below] {Path End2};
					%\draw[red] (start) .. controls (pathControl) .. (pathMiddle) .. controls (pathMiddle) and (pathEnd) .. (pathEnd2);
					%\draw[blue] (pathEnd2) -- (pathEnd);
					
					% Draw ovals around the existing ovals with the same ratios
					\draw[color=red, fill=black,fill opacity=1,line width=0.02cm] ($(start) + (0.806, -0.2)$) ellipse [x radius=0.098cm*1.575, y radius=0.0225cm*1.575];
					%		\draw[color=orange, fill=black,fill opacity=1, line width=0.02cm] ($(start) + (4.2, -1.074)$) ellipse [x radius=0.436cm*1.5, y radius=0.155cm*1.5];
					\draw[color = magenta, fill=black,fill opacity=1, line width = 0.02cm] ($(start) + (6.85, -1.84)$) ellipse [x radius=0.77cm*1.3, y radius=0.27cm*1.3];
					\draw[color = green, fill=black,fill opacity=1, line width = 0.02cm] ($(start) +(9.23, -3.55)$) ellipse [x radius=1.135cm*1.3, y radius=0.5cm*1.3];
					\draw[color = cyan, fill=black,fill opacity=1, line width = 0.02cm] ($(start) + (7.31, -5.8)$) ellipse [x radius=1.22cm*1.3, y radius=0.65cm*1.3];
					\draw[color = blue, fill=black,fill opacity=1,line width = 0.02cm] ($(start) + (5.02, -7.7)$) ellipse [x radius=1.72cm*1.25, y radius=0.75cm*1.25];
					\draw[color = purple, fill=black,fill opacity=1,line width = 0.02cm] ($(start) + (2.1, -10.111)$) ellipse [x radius=2.36cm*1.2, y radius=0.95cm*1.2];
					
					% Draw ovals at the starting point
					\draw[color = black, fill = red, opacity = 0.8, line width=0.01cm] ($(start) + (0.806, -0.2)$) ellipse [x radius=0.098cm, y radius=0.0225cm];
					%		\draw[color = black, fill = orange, opacity = 0.8, line width=0.01cm] ($(start) + (4.2, -1.074)$) ellipse [x radius=0.436cm, y radius=0.155cm];
					\draw[color = black, fill = magenta, opacity = 0.8, line width=0.01cm] ($(start) + (6.85, -1.84)$) ellipse [x radius=0.77cm, y radius=0.27cm];
					\draw[color = black, fill = green, opacity = 0.8, line width=0.01cm] ($(start) + (9.23, -3.55)$) ellipse [x radius=1.135cm, y radius=0.5cm];
					\draw[color = black, fill = cyan!90!blue, opacity = 0.8, line width=0.01cm] ($(start) + (7.31, -5.8)$) ellipse [x radius=1.22cm, y radius=0.65cm];
					\draw[color = black, fill = blue, opacity = 0.8, line width=0.01cm] ($(start) + (5.02, -7.7)$) ellipse [x radius=1.72cm, y radius=0.75cm];
					\draw[color = black, fill = purple, opacity = 0.8, line width=0.01cm] ($(start) + (2.1, -10.111)$) ellipse [x radius=2.36cm, y radius=0.95cm];
					
					
					
					% Draw perpendicular lines going up 3cm
					\draw[color = red, ultra thick, dashed, opacity = 1] ($(start) + (0.806, -0.2)$) -- ++(90:3.4cm) node[right, scale = 0.9, color = black] {\Large \textbf{CHAPTER}\bm{$-\mathrm{I}$}};
					%		\draw[color = orange, ultra thick, dashed, opacity = 1] ($(start) + (4.2, -1.074)$) -- ++(90:3.5cm) node[right, scale = 0.9, color = black] {\Large \textbf{CHAPTER}\bm{$-\mathrm{II}$}};
					\draw[color = magenta, ultra thick, dashed, opacity = 1] ($(start) + (6.85, -1.84)$) -- ++(90:3.5cm) node[right, scale = 0.9, color = black] {\Large \textbf{CHAPTER}\bm{$-\mathrm{II}$}};
					\draw[color = green!70!black, ultra thick, dashed, opacity = 1] ($(start) + (9.23, -3.55)$) -- ++(-90:3.5cm)  node[right, scale = 0.9, color = black] {\Large \textbf{CHAPTER}\bm{$-\mathrm{III}$}};
					\draw[color = cyan, ultra thick, dashed, opacity = 1] ($(start) + (7.31, -5.8)$) -- ++(-90:3.6cm) node[right, scale = 0.9, color = black] {\Large \textbf{CHAPTER}\bm{$-\mathrm{IV}$}};
					\draw[color = blue, dashed, opacity = 1, ultra thick] ($(start) + (5.02, -7.7)$) -- ++(-90:4.6cm) node[right, scale = 0.9, color = black] {\Large \textbf{CHAPTER}\bm{$-\mathrm{V}$}};
					\draw[color = purple, ultra thick, dashed, opacity = 1] ($(start) + (2.1, -10.111)$) -- ++(-90:4.5cm) node[right, scale = 0.9, color = black] {\Large \textbf{CHAPTER}\bm{$-\mathrm{VI}$}};
					
					% Add text under the years
					\node[right, color = red, scale = 1] (1) at ($(start) + (0.87, -0.2)  + (90:2.8cm)$) {\LARGE Introduction};
					\node[right, color = black, scale = 1] (2) at ($(start) + (0.87, -0.32)  + (90:2.4cm)$) {\LARGE};
					\node[right, color = orange, scale = 1] (3) at ($(start) + (4.27, -1.074)  + (90:2.8cm)$) {\LARGE};
					\node[right, color = orange, scale = 1] (4) at ($(start) + (4.27, -1.074) + (90:2.2cm)$) {\LARGE};
					\node[right, color = magenta, scale = 1] (5) at ($(start) + (6.95, -1.84) + (90:2.8cm)$) {\LARGE lkj-hgf};
					\node[right, color = magenta, scale = 1] (6) at ($(start) + (6.95, -1.84)+ (90:2.2cm)$) {\LARGE};
					\node[right, color = magenta, scale = 1] (7) at ($(start) + (6.95, -1.84) + (90:1.8cm)$) {\LARGE};
					\node[right, color = green!69!black, scale = 1] (8) at ($(start) + (9.38, -3.55) + (-90:2.2cm)$) {\LARGE abc};
					\node[right, color = green!69!black, scale = 1] (9) at ($(start) + (9.38, -3.55) + (-90:2.8cm)$) {\LARGE xyz};
					\node[right, color = cyan, scale = 1] (10) at ($(start) + (7.36, -5.8) + (-90:1.8cm)$) {\LARGE abc-xyz};
					\node[right, color = cyan, scale = 1] (11) at ($(start) + (7.36, -5.8) + (-90:2.4cm)$) {\LARGE 123};
					\node[right, color = cyan, scale = 1] (12) at ($(start) + (7.36, -5.8) + (-90:3cm)$) {\LARGE };
					\node[right, color = blue, scale = 1] (13) at ($(start) + (5.09, -7.7) + (-90:2.8cm)$) {\LARGE mnb};
					\node[right, color = blue, scale = 1] (14) at ($(start) + (5.09, -7.7) + (-90:3.4cm)$) {\LARGE  poi};
					\node[right, color = blue, scale = 1] (15) at ($(start) + (5.09, -7.7) + (-90:4cm)$) {\LARGE };
					\node[right, color = purple, scale = 1] (16) at ($(start) + (2.25, -10.111) + (-90:3.2cm)$) {\LARGE Conclusion};
					\node[right, color = purple, scale = 1] (17) at ($(start) + (2.25, -10.111) + (-90:3.8cm)$) {};
					
					% Draw a box around the text nodes with the same opacity
					\node[draw, line width = 0.005cm, rounded corners, scale = 0.9, fit={(1) (2)}] {};
					%		\node[draw, line width = 0.005cm, rounded corners, scale = 0.85, fit={(3) (4)}] {};
					\node[draw, line width = 0.005cm, rounded corners, scale = 0.9, fit={(5) (6) (7)}] {};
					\node[draw, line width = 0.005cm, rounded corners, scale = 0.9, fit={(8) (9)}] {};
					\node[draw, line width = 0.005cm, rounded corners, scale = 0.85, fit={(10) (11) (12)}] {};
					\node[draw, line width = 0.005cm, rounded corners, scale = 0.9, fit={(13) (14) (15)}] {};
					\node[draw, line width = 0.005cm, rounded corners, scale = 0.9, fit={(16) (17)}] {};
					
				\end{tikzpicture}

%		\end{frame}	
	\end{document}

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LaTeX Source

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{paperwidth=21cm,paperheight=7cm}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
%\usepackage{fourier}
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{chains,shapes.arrows,fit}


\pgfdeclarelayer{background}
\pgfsetlayers{background,main}

\newcounter{task}

\newlength\taskwidth% width of the box for the task description
\newlength\taskvsep% vertical distance between the task description and arrow

\setlength\taskwidth{2.5cm}
\setlength\taskvsep{17pt}

\def\taskpos{}
\def\taskanchor{}

\newcommand\task[1]{%
	{\parbox[t]{\taskwidth}{\scriptsize\Centering#1}}}

\tikzset{
	inner/.style={
		on chain,
		circle,
		inner sep=5pt,
		fill=circlecolor,
		line width=1.7pt,
		draw=bordercolor,
		text width=1.6em,
		align=center,
		text height=1.25ex,
		text depth=0ex
	},
	on grid
}

\newcommand\Task[2][]{%
	\node[inner xsep=0pt] (c1) {\phantom{A}};
	\stepcounter{task}
	\ifodd\thetask\relax
	\renewcommand\taskpos{\taskvsep}\renewcommand\taskanchor{south}
	\else
	\renewcommand\taskpos{-\taskvsep}\renewcommand\taskanchor{north}
	\fi
	\node[inner,font=\footnotesize\sffamily\color{textcolor}]    
	(c\the\numexpr\value{task}+1\relax) {#1};
	\node[anchor=\taskanchor,yshift=\taskpos] 
	at (c\the\numexpr\value{task}+1\relax) {\task{#2}};
}

\newcommand\drawarrow{% the arrow is placed in the background layer 
	% after the node for the tasks have been placed
	\ifnum\thetask=0\relax
	\node[on chain] (c1) {}; % if no \Task command is used, the arrow will be drawn
	\fi
	\node[on chain] (f) {};
	\begin{pgfonlayer}{background}
		\node[
		inner sep=10pt,
		single arrow,
		single arrow head extend=0.8cm,
		draw=none,
		fill=arrowcolor,
		fit= (c1) (f)
		] (arrow) {};
		\fill[white] % the decoration at the tail of the arrow
		(arrow.before tail) -- (c1|-arrow.west) -- (arrow.after tail) -- cycle;
	\end{pgfonlayer}
}

\newenvironment{timeline}[1][node distance=.75\taskwidth]
{\par\noindent\begin{tikzpicture}[start chain,#1]}
	{\drawarrow\end{tikzpicture}\par}
	
	%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
	\usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings,fadings,shadings}
	\tikzset{pics/blurred arrow/.style={code={
				\tikzset{blurring/.cd,#1}
				\begin{pgfinterruptpicture}%
					\begin{tikzfadingfrompicture}[name=fade right] 
						\shade[left color=transparent!0,
						right color=transparent!100] 
						(0,-\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/blurring/line width}) rectangle 
						(\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/blurring/length}+\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/blurring/line width},\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/blurring/line width}); 
					\end{tikzfadingfrompicture}%
				\end{pgfinterruptpicture}
				\newcommand{\bkv}[1]{\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/blurring/##1}}
				\begin{scope}[local bounding box=faded]
					% this is the main routine. it draws little rectangles along the upper 
					% and lower border of the path. The size of these rectangles decreases.
					% The decrease is exponential and depends on the drop factor, larger
					% values imply faster decrease (initially it is 0.006).
					\draw[myarrowcolor,line width=\bkv{line width},postaction={decorate,decoration={markings,
							mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 1pt with {
								\pgfmathsetmacro{\myamp}{exp(-(\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/decoration/mark info/sequence number}*\bkv{drop factor}))}
								\pgfmathsetmacro{\myoldamp}{exp(-((\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/decoration/mark info/sequence number}-1)*\bkv{drop factor}))}
								\shade[top color=white,bottom color=myarrowcolor] 
								(0pt,0.49*\bkv{line width}-\myoldamp*\bkv{amplitude}) 
								-- (0pt,0.49*\bkv{line width}+\myoldamp*\bkv{amplitude}) 
								-- (1.1pt,0.49*\bkv{line width}+\myamp*\bkv{amplitude}) 
								-- (1.1pt,0.49*\bkv{line width}-\myamp*\bkv{amplitude});
								\shade[top color=myarrowcolor,bottom color=white] 
								(0pt,-0.49*\bkv{line width}+\myoldamp*\bkv{amplitude}) 
								-- (0pt,-0.49*\bkv{line width}-\myoldamp*\bkv{amplitude}) 
								-- (1.1pt,-0.49*\bkv{line width}-\myamp*\bkv{amplitude}) 
								-- (1.1pt,-0.49*\bkv{line width}+\myamp*\bkv{amplitude});}}}] 
					(0,0) -- (\bkv{length}, 0);
					% the parts left of the arrow are patched together  
					% left      
					\shade[left color=white,right color=myarrowcolor] 
					(-3*\bkv{amplitude},-0.5*\bkv{line width}+\bkv{amplitude})
					rectangle (0,0.5*\bkv{line width}-\bkv{amplitude});
					% top left  
					\shade[upper left=white,upper right=white,lower left=white,lower right=myarrowcolor] 
					(-3*\bkv{amplitude},0.5*\bkv{line width}-\bkv{amplitude})
					rectangle (0,0.5*\bkv{line width}+\bkv{amplitude});
					% bottom left  
					\shade[upper left=white,upper right=myarrowcolor,lower left=white,lower right=white] 
					(-3*\bkv{amplitude},-0.5*\bkv{line width}+\bkv{amplitude})
					rectangle (0,-0.5*\bkv{line width}-\bkv{amplitude}); 
					%
					\fill[myarrowcolor] (\bkv{length}-\bkv{line width},-\bkv{line width}) 
					-- (\bkv{length}-\bkv{line width},\bkv{line width}) 
					-- (\bkv{length}+\bkv{line width}, 0) -- cycle;
					%
					\pgfmathtruncatemacro{\imax}{-1+\bkv{length}/1cm}
					\foreach \XX in {1,...,\imax}
					{\ifodd\XX
						\draw[myarrowcolor, ultra thick] (\XX*1cm+\pgflinewidth/2-1cm,0) 
						-- (\XX*1cm+\pgflinewidth/2-1cm,\bkv{tick prominence}) 
						node [black, above] {Event \XX};
						\else
						\draw[myarrowcolor, ultra thick] (\XX*1cm+\pgflinewidth/2-1cm,0) 
						-- (\XX*1cm+\pgflinewidth/2-1cm,-\bkv{tick prominence}) 
						node [black, below] {Event \XX};
						\fi
					}
				\end{scope}
				\fill[white,path fading=fade right] (faded.south west) rectangle
				(faded.north east);   
		}},blurring/.cd,amplitude/.initial=2mm,drop factor/.initial=0.006,line
		width/.initial=1cm,%<-width of the arrow line
		length/.initial=9cm,%<- length of the arrow
		tick prominence/.initial=0.8cm,%<- length of the ticks
		color/.code={\colorlet{myarrowcolor}{#1}},
		color=gray}%
		
		
		%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
		\usetikzlibrary{overlay-beamer-styles}
		\tikzset{
			highlight on/.style={alt={#1{fill=red!80!black,color=red!80!black}{fill=gray!30!white,color=gray!30!white}}},
		}
		
		\usepackage{multicol}
		%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

%\usepackage{geometry}
%\geometry{paperwidth=20cm,paperheight=8cm}

\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{light_red}{RGB}{209,105,81}
\definecolor{light_green}{RGB}{58,181,75}
\definecolor{light_blue}{RGB}{0,153,228}

%\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}[default][center]
\setbeamerfont{footline}{series=\bfseries}
%\setbeamertemplate{footline}[page number]

\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand{\topline}{%
	\tikz[remember picture, overlay] {%
		\draw[gray, thick] ([xshift = 1cm, yshift = -1.2cm]current page.north west) -- ([xshift = -1cm, yshift = -1.2cm, xshift = \paperwidth]current page.north west);}}
	%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usetikzlibrary{calc, arrows.meta, intersections, patterns, positioning, shapes.misc, fadings, through,decorations.pathreplacing}

%\definecolor{ColorOne}{named}{MidnightBlue}
%\definecolor{ColorTwo}{named}{Dandelion}
%\definecolor{ColorThree}{named}{Plum}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{document}
		\begin{frame}[c]
		\definecolor{arrowcolor}{RGB}{144,168,65}
		\colorlet{circlecolor}{white}
		\definecolor{bordercolor}{RGB}{168,89,65}
		\colorlet{textcolor}{bordercolor}
		%\setlength\taskwidth{1.7cm}
		
		\begin{timeline}
			\Task[Year 1]{Event 1}
			\Task[Year 2]{Event 2}
			\Task[Year 3]{Event 3}
			\Task[Year 4]{Event 4}
			\Task[Year 5]{Event 5}
			\Task[Year 6]{Event 6}
			\Task[Year 7]{Event 7}
			\Task[Year 8]{Event 8}
			\Task[Year 9]{Event 9}
		\end{timeline}
\end{frame}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame}[c]
	\begin{tikzpicture}[font=\sffamily]
	\pic{blurred arrow={color=lime!50!cyan,amplitude=2.5mm,drop factor=0.005}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{frame}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\begin{frame}[c]

\tikzstyle{descript} = [text = black,align=center, minimum height=1.25cm, align=center, outer sep=0pt,font = \footnotesize]
\tikzstyle{activity} =[align=center,outer sep=1pt]

\begin{tikzpicture}[very thick, black]
	
	%% Coordinates
	\coordinate (O) at (-3,0); % Origin
	\coordinate (P1) at (3,0);
	\coordinate (P2) at (7,0);
	\coordinate (P3) at (11,0);
	\coordinate (F) at (15,0); %End
	\coordinate (E1) at (4,0); %Event
	\coordinate (E2) at (-0.5,0); %Event
	\coordinate (X0) at (-1,0);
	\coordinate (X1) at (3,0);
	\coordinate (X2) at (6,0);
	\coordinate (X3) at (7,0);
	\coordinate (X4) at (10,0);
	
	
	%% Filled regions
	%\fill[color=ColorOne!20] rectangle (O) -- (X0) -- ($(X0)+(0,1)$) -- ($(O)+(0,1)$); % Studies
	\shade[right color=black!50, left color=white] rectangle (O) -- (X0) -- ($(X0)+(0,1)$) -- ($(O)+(0,1)$); % Current work
	\fill[color=violet!50] rectangle (X0) -- (X1) -- ($(X1)+(0,1)$) -- ($(X0)+(0,1)$); %
	\fill[color=blue!50] rectangle (X1) -- (X2) -- ($(X2)+(0,1)$) -- ($(X1)+(0,1)$); % 
	\fill[color=cyan!50] rectangle (X2) -- (X3) -- ($(X3)+(0,1)$) -- ($(X2)+(0,1)$); % Work
	\fill[color=red!50] rectangle (X3) -- (X4) -- ($(X4)+(0,1)$) -- ($(X3)+(0,1)$); % Work
	\fill[color=yellow!50] rectangle (X4) -- (P3) -- ($(P3)+(0,1)$) -- ($(X4)+(0,1)$); % Work
	\shade[left color=green, right color=white] rectangle (P3) -- (F) -- ($(F)+(0,1)$) -- ($(P3)+(0,1)$); % Current work
	
	\path [pattern color=red, pattern=north east lines, line width = 1pt, very thick] rectangle ($(X0)+(0,0)$) -- ($(X0)+(0.0,0)$) -- ($(X0)+(-0.5,1)$) -- ($(X0)+(0.5,1)$); % Something else
	\path [pattern color=black, pattern=north east lines, line width = 1pt, very thick] rectangle ($(X1)+(0.0,0)$) -- ($(X1)+(0.0,0)$) -- ($(X1)+(-0.5,1)$) -- ($(X1)+(0.5,1)$); % Something else
	\path [pattern color=yellow, pattern=north east lines, line width = 1pt, very thick] rectangle ($(X2)+(0.0,0)$) -- ($(X2)+(0.0,0)$) -- ($(X2)+(-0.5,1)$) -- ($(X2)+(0.5,1)$); % Something else		
	\path [pattern color=blue, pattern=north east lines, line width = 1pt, very thick] rectangle ($(X3)+(0.0,0)$) -- ($(X3)+(0.0,0)$) -- ($(X3)+(-0.5,1)$) -- ($(X3)+(0.5,1)$); % Something else		
	\path [pattern color=magenta, pattern=north east lines, line width = 1pt, very thick] rectangle ($(X4)+(0.0,0)$) -- ($(X4)+(0.0,0)$) -- ($(X4)+(-0.5,1)$) -- ($(X4)+(0.5,1)$); % Something else		
	\path [pattern color=violet!50!green, pattern=north east lines, line width = 1pt, very thick] rectangle ($(P3)+(0.0,0)$) -- ($(P3)+(0.0,0)$) -- ($(P3)+(-0.5,1)$) -- ($(P3)+(0.5,1)$); % Something else	
	
	%% Description
	\node[descript,fill=red!15,text=black](D0) at ($(X0)+(-2,-2.5)$) {TEXT red};
	
	\node[descript,fill=gray!60,text=black](D2) at ($(X1)+(-4,3)$) {TEXT gray};
	
	\node[descript,fill=yellow!60,text=black](D3) at ($(X2)+(-4,-2.5)$) {TEXT yellow};
	
	\node[descript,fill=blue!15,text=black](D4) at ($(X3)+(-4.8,3)$) {TEXT blue};		
	
	\node[descript,fill=green!20,text=black](D5) at ($(X4)+(-3,-2.5)$) {TEXT Green};
	
	\node[descript,fill=magenta!40,text=black](D6) at ($(P3)+(-2.2,3)$){TEXT Mgenta};
	
	\node[descript,fill=orange!25,text=black](D7) at ($(P3)+(2,-2.5)$) {TEXT Orange};
	
	\node[descript,fill=violet!25,text=black](D8) at ($(P3)+(3,3)$) {TEXT Purple};		
	
	%% Arrows
	\path[->,color=red, line width=1.5mm] ($(X0)$) edge [out=-50, in=90]  ($(D0)+(0,1)$);
	\path[->,color=black, line width=1.5mm] ($(X1)$) edge [out=70, in=-130]  ($(D2)+(0,-1)$);
	\path[->,color=yellow!70!black, line width=1.5mm]($(X2)$)  edge [out=-50, in=90]  ($(D3)+(0,1)$);
	\path[->,color=blue, line width=1.5mm]($(X3)$)  edge [out=100, in=-90]  ($(D4)+(0,-1)$);	
	\path[->,color=green, line width=1.5mm]($(X4)$)  edge [out=-70, in=90]  ($(D5)+(0,1)$);	
	\path[->,color=magenta, line width=1.5mm]($(P3)$)  edge [out=70, in=-90]  ($(D6)+(0,-1)$);
	\path[->,color=orange, line width=1.5mm]($(P3)$)  edge [out=-70, in=90]  ($(D7)+(0,1)$);	
	\path[->,color=violet, line width=1.5mm]($(P3)$)  edge [out=70, in=-90]  ($(D8)+(0,-1)$);	
	
	%% Arrow
	\draw[->>, pattern=crosshatch, line width=1.5mm] ($(O)+(0,0.2)$) -- ($(F)+(0,0.2)$);
	%% Ticks
	\foreach \x in {-4,-3,...,17}
	\draw(\x cm,6pt) -- (\x cm,0pt);
	%% Labels
	\foreach \i \j in {0/\textbf{\large Yr 1},3/\textbf{\large Yr 2},7/\textbf{\large Yr 3},9/\textbf{\large Yr 4},11/\textbf{\large Yr 5},12.1/\textbf{\large Yr 6},13.5/\textbf{\large Yr 7}}{
		\draw (\i,0) node[below=3pt] {\j} ;
	}
	
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame}[c]
	%\frametitle{\color{light_red}\textbf{Background}}
%	\topline

\noindent\rule[1ex]{\linewidth}{5pt}
\textbf{Chaos Theory}
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		%%% B. F. Skinner %%%
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		\draw (0, 4) node {\Large\textbf{350 BCE}};
		
		%%% Social Learning book 1 %%%
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		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{poincaré}{Henri_Poincaré-2.jpg}
		\node (poincaré) at (5, 0) {\pgfuseimage{poincaré}};
		\draw (5, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1890}};
		\draw (5, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Three-Body}}};
		\draw (5, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Problem}}};
		\draw (5, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{Henri Poincaré}};
		%\draw (5, 0.8) node {\large\textbf{John Dollard}};
		
		%%% Path Aristotle and poincaré %%%
		%\path [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue, -] (node1) edge (node2);
		
		%%% Social Learning book 2 %%%
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node3) at (10, 3.2) {};
		
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{hadamard}{Hadamard2.jpg}
		\node (hadamard) at (10, 0) {\pgfuseimage{hadamard}};
		\draw (10, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1898}};
		\draw (10, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Motion  on certain}}};
		\draw (10, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{  surfaces always diverge}}};
		\draw (10, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{Jacques Hadamard}};
		
		%%% Path between book 1 and book 2 %%%
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		%%% Noam Chomsky %%%
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		\node (cartwright) at (15, 0) {\pgfuseimage{cartwright}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node4) at (15, 3.2) {};
		\draw (15, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1931}};
		\draw (15, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{ Studied Van der Pol}}};
		\draw (15, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{equation}}};
		\draw (15, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{Mary Lucy Cartwright}};
		
		%%% Path between book 2 and Chomsky %%%
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 5, 3.2) -- (7.5 + 5, 3.2) -- (7.6 + 5, 3.5) -- (7.8 + 5, 2.9) -- (7.9 + 5, 3.2) -- (9.8 + 5, 3.2);
		
		%%% Albert Bandura %%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{lorenz}{lorenz.jpg}	\node (lorenz) at (20, 0) {\pgfuseimage{lorenz}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = red, fill = red, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (20, 3.2) {};
		\draw (20, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1963}};
		\draw (20, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Butterfly}}};
		\draw (20, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Effect}}};
		\draw (20, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{Edward Norton Lorenz }};
		
		%%% Path between Chomsky and Bandura %%%
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 10, 3.2) -- (7.5 + 10, 3.2) -- (7.6 + 10, 3.5) -- (7.8 + 10, 2.9) -- (7.9 + 10, 3.2) -- (9.8 + 10, 3.2);
		
		%%% RichardMiller %%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[width= 5cm]{RichardMiller}{RichardMiller.jpg}	
		\node (RichardMiller) at (25, 0) {\pgfuseimage{RichardMiller}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (25, 3.2) {};
		\draw (25, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1964}};
		\draw (25, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{First demonstration of the}}};
		\draw (25, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{ exponential divergence of}}};
		\draw (25, 1.9) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{	chaotic trajectories}}};
		\draw (25, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{ Richard H. Miller}};	
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 15, 3.2) --  (9.8 + 15, 3.2);
		
		%%% Mandelbrot %%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{Mandelbrot}{Mandelbrot.jpg}	\node (Mandelbrot) at (30, 0) {\pgfuseimage{Mandelbrot}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (30, 3.2) {};
		\draw (30, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1967}};
		\draw (30, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Mandelbrot}}};
		\draw (30, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Set}}};
		\draw (30, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{ Benoit Mandelbrot}};			
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 20, 3.2) --  (9.8 + 20, 3.2);
		
		%%% Gutzwiller %%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{MGutzwiller}{gutzwiller.jpg}	
		\node (MGutzwiller) at (35, 0) {\pgfuseimage{MGutzwiller}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_green, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (35, 3.2) {};
		\draw (35, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1971}};
		\draw (35, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Gutzwiller}}};
		\draw (35, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Trace Formula}}};
		\draw (35, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{M. C. Gutzwiller}};	
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 25, 3.2) -- (7.5 + 25, 3.2) -- (7.6 + 25, 3.5) -- (7.8 + 25, 2.9) -- (7.9 + 25, 3.2) -- (9.8 + 25, 3.2);
		
		%Ruelle_Takens
		\pgfdeclareimage[width= 5cm]{Ruelle_Takens}{Ruelle_Takens.jpg}	
		\node (MGutzwiller) at (40, 0) {\pgfuseimage{Ruelle_Takens}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_green, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (40, 3.2) {};
		\draw (40, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1971}};
		\draw (40, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Strange}}};
		\draw (40, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Attractor}}};
		\draw (40, -2.0) node {\large\textbf{ David Ruelle \& Floris Takens}};
		\draw (40, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{\& Floris Takens}};
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = green, dashed]  (5.2 + 30, 3.2) --  (9.8 + 30, 3.2);
		
		%%% Feigenbaum%%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{Feigenbaum}{Feigenbaum.jpg}	\node (Feigenbaum) at (45, 0) {\pgfuseimage{Feigenbaum}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (45, 3.2) {};
		\draw (45, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1975}};
		\draw (45, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Feigenbaum}}};
		\draw (45, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Constant}}};
		\draw (45, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{ Mitchell J. Feigenbaum}};			
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 35, 3.2) --  (9.8 + 35, 3.2);
		
		%%% berry-tobar %%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[width = 5cm]{beey_tobar}{beey_tobar.jpg}	\node (beey_tobar) at (50, 0) {\pgfuseimage{beey_tobar}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (50, 3.2) {};
		\draw (50, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1977}};
		\draw (50, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Berry and Tabor}}};
		\draw (50, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Conjecture}}};
		\draw (50, -2.0) node {\large\textbf{Sir Michael Victor Berry}};	
		\draw (50, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{ \& Michael Tabor}};			
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 40, 3.2) --  (9.8 + 40, 3.2);	
		
		%%% kicked rotor %%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[height= 4cm]{qkr}{QKR.jpg}	
		\node (qkr) at (55, 0) {\pgfuseimage{qkr}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (55, 3.2) {};
		\draw (55, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1979}};
		\draw (55, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Quantum}}};
		\draw (55, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Kicked Rotor}}};
		\draw (55, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{Joseph Ford, Giulio Casati,}};	
		\draw (55, -3.0) node {\large\textbf{ Boris Chirikov, \& Fritz Izrailev}};			
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 45, 3.2) --  (9.8 + 45, 3.2);	
		
		
		%%% OriolBohigas %%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[height= 4cm]{OriolBohigas}{OriolBohigas.jpg}	
		\node (OriolBohigas) at (60, 0) {\pgfuseimage{OriolBohigas}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = red, fill = red, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (60, 3.2) {};
		\draw (60, 4) node {\Large\textbf{1984}};
		\draw (60, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{BGS Conjecture}}};
		\draw (60, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Random Matrix Universality}}};
		\draw (60, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{Oriol Bohigas Martí,}};	
		%\draw (52, -2.0) node {\large\textbf{ Marie-Joya Giannoni,}};			
		%\draw (52, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{ Marie-Joya Giannoni,}};			
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 50, 3.2) -- (7.5 + 50, 3.2) -- (7.6 + 50, 3.5) -- (7.8 + 50, 2.9) -- (7.9 + 50, 3.2) -- (9.8 + 50, 3.2);
		
		%%% mss bound %%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[width= 5cm]{MSS}{MSS.jpg}	
		\node (MSS) at (65, 0) {\pgfuseimage{MSS}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = red, fill = red, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (65, 3.2) {};
		\draw (65, 4) node {\Large\textbf{2015}};
		\draw (65, 2.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{MSS Bound}}};
		%\draw (65, 2.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Random Matrix Universality}}};
		\draw (65, -1.5) node {\large\textbf{Juan Maldacena,}};	
		\draw (65, -2.0) node {\large\textbf{Stephen H. Shenker,}};			
		\draw (65, -2.5) node {\large\textbf{\& Douglas Stanford}};			
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 55, 3.2) -- (7.5 + 55, 3.2) -- (7.6 + 55, 3.5) -- (7.8 + 55, 2.9) -- (7.9 + 55, 3.2) -- (9.8 + 55, 3.2);		
		
		
		%%% Path between Chomsky and Bandura %%%
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		%%% Path between Chomsky and Bandura %%%
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\textbf{Quantum Mechanics}
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	\begin{tikzpicture}
		
		%%% B. F. Skinner %%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{MaxP}{MaxP}
		\node (MaxP) at (0, -7) {\pgfuseimage{MaxP}};
		\draw (0, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Black Body}}};
		\draw (0, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Radiation}}};
		\draw (0, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{Max Planck}};
		
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = red, fill = red, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node1) at (0, -3.8) {};
		\draw (0, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1900}};
		
		%%% Social Learning book 1 %%%
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = red, fill = red, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node2) at (5, -3.8) {};
		
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{einstein}{albert-einstein.jpg}
		\node (einstein) at (5, -7) {\pgfuseimage{einstein}};
		\draw (5, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1905}};
		\draw (5, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Photo Electric}}};
		\draw (5, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Effect}}};
		\draw (5, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{Albert Einstein}};
		
		
		%%% Path between Skinner and Social Learning book 1 %%%
		\path [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue, -] (node1) edge (node2);
		
		%%% Social Learning book 2 %%%
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node3) at (10, -3.8) {};
		
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{rutherford}{Rutherford}
		\node (rutherford) at (10, -7) {\pgfuseimage{rutherford}};
		\draw (10, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1911}};
		\draw (10, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Discovery of}}};
		\draw (10, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Nucleus Charge}}};
		\draw (10, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{Ernest Rutherford}};
		
		%%% Path between book 1 and book 2 %%%
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2, -3.8)-- (9.8, -3.8);
		
		%%% Noam Chomsky %%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{Bohr}{Bohr}
		\node (Bohr) at (14, -7) {\pgfuseimage{Bohr}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node4) at (14, -3.8) {};
		\draw (14, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1913}};
		\draw (14, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Atomic structure}}};
		\draw (14, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Model}}};
		\draw (14, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{Niels Bohr}};
		
		%%% Path between book 2 and Chomsky %%%
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 5, -3.8) -- (9.8 + 4, -3.8);
		
		%%% Albert Bandura %%%
		\pgfdeclareimage[width = 5cm]{SG}{SG}
		\node (SG) at (19, -7) {\pgfuseimage{SG}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_green, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (19, -3.8) {};
		\draw (19, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1922}};
		\draw (19, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Stern-Gerlach}}};
		\draw (19, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{ Experiment}}};
		\draw (19, -5.1) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{(Spin quantization)}}};
		\draw (19, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{Otto Stern \&  Walter Gerlach }};
		
		%%% Path between Chomsky and Bandura %%%
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 9, -3.8) -- (7.5 + 9, -3.8) -- (7.6 + 9, -3.5) -- (7.8 + 9, -4.1) -- (7.9 + 9, -3.8) -- (9.8 + 9, -3.8);
		
		
		%1924
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{broglie}{Broglie}
		\node (SG) at (24, -7) {\pgfuseimage{broglie}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = red, fill = red, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (24, -3.8) {};
		\draw (24, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1924}};
		\draw (24, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Wave-Particle}}};
		\draw (24, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Duality}}};
		\draw (24, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{Louis De Broglie}};	
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 14, -3.8) -- (9.8 + 14, -3.8);
		
		%1925
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{pauli}{Pauli}
		\node (pauli) at (28, -7) {\pgfuseimage{pauli}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = red, fill = red, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (28, -3.8) {};
		\draw (28, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1925}};
		\draw (28, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Introduction of}}};
		\draw (28, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Spin}}};
		\draw (28, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{Wolfgang Pauli}};	
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 19, -3.8) -- (9.8 + 18, -3.8);		
		
		%1926		
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{Schrödinger}{Erwin_Schrödinger}
		\node (Schrödinger) at (32, -7) {\pgfuseimage{Schrödinger}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = red, fill = red, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (32, -3.8) {};
		\draw (32, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1926}};
		\draw (32, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Schrödinger}}};
		\draw (32, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{wave Equation}}};
		\draw (32, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{Erwin Schrödinger}};	
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 23, -3.8) -- (9.8 + 22, -3.8);		
		
		%1927		
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{Heisenberg}{heisenberg_werner}
		\node (Heisenberg) at (36, -7) {\pgfuseimage{Heisenberg}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = red, fill = red, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (36, -3.8) {};
		\draw (36, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1927}};
		\draw (36, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{ Uncertainty}}};
		\draw (36, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Principle}}};
		\draw (36, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{Werner Heisenberg}};	
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 27, -3.8) -- (9.8 + 26, -3.8);
		%-1927
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{Dirac}{Paul_Dirac}
		\node (Dirac) at (40, -7) {\pgfuseimage{Dirac}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = red, fill = red, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (40, -3.8) {};
		\draw (40, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1927}};
		\draw (40, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{ Relativistic }}};
		\draw (40, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Quantum Mechanics}}};
		\draw (40, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{Paul Dirac}};
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = green, dashed]  (5.2 + 31, -3.8) -- (9.8 + 30, -3.8);
		
		
		%-1927-40s
		\pgfdeclareimage[height = 4cm]{qft}{qft.jpg}
		\node (qft) at (45, -7) {\pgfuseimage{qft}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_green, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (45, -3.8) {};
		\draw (45, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1927-1940s}};
		\draw (45, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{ Quantum }}};
		\draw (45, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Field Theory}}};
		\draw (45, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{ R.P. Feynman, S. Tomonag}};
		\draw (45, -10) node {\large\textbf{J. Schwinger \& F. Dyson}};
		
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 35, -3.8) -- (6.5 + 36, -3.8) -- (6.6 + 36, -3.5) -- (6.8 + 36, -4.1) -- (6.9 + 36, -3.8) --(9.8 + 35, -3.8);
		
		%-1960s-70s
		\pgfdeclareimage[width = 5cm]{qft}{ChromoD.jpg}
		\node (qft) at (50, -7) {\pgfuseimage{qft}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_green, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (50, -3.8) {};
		\draw (50, -3) node {\Large\textbf{1960s-1970s}};
		\draw (50, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{ Quantum }}};
		\draw (50, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Chromodynamics}}};
		\draw (50, -9.0) node {\large\textbf{David Gross,}};
		\draw (50, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{ H. David Politzer,}};
		\draw (50, -10) node {\large\textbf{\& Frank Wilczek}};
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 40, -3.8) -- (6.5 + 41, -3.8) -- (6.6 + 41, -3.5) -- (6.8 + 41, -4.1) -- (6.9 + 41, -3.8) --(9.8 + 40, -3.8);
		
		
		%Late 20st
		%\pgfdeclareimage[width = 5cm]{qft}{ChromoD.jpg}
		%\node (qft) at (55, -7) {\pgfuseimage{qft}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_green, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (55, -3.8) {};
		\draw (55, -3) node {\Large\textbf{Late 20th Century}};
		\draw (55, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{ Quantum }}};
		\draw (55, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Information Theory}}};
		%\draw (50, -9.0) node {\large\textbf{David Gross,}};
		%\draw (50, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{ H. David Politzer,}};
		%\draw (50, -10) node {\large\textbf{\& Frank Wilczek}};
		
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 43, -3.8) -- (6.5 + 46, -3.8) -- (6.6 + 46, -3.5) -- (6.8 + 46, -4.1) -- (6.9 + 46, -3.8) --(9.8 + 45, -3.8);
		
		
		%Early 21st
		%\pgfdeclareimage[width = 5cm]{qft}{ChromoD.jpg}
		%\node (qft) at (55, -7) {\pgfuseimage{qft}};
		\node [circle, line width = 1mm, draw = light_green, fill = white, minimum size = 0.4cm] (node5) at (60, -3.8) {};
		\draw (60, -3) node {\Large\textbf{Early 21st Century}};
		\draw (60, -4.3) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{ Quantum }}};
		\draw (60, -4.7) node {\color{light_red}\textbf{\large{Chaos }}};
		%\draw (50, -9.0) node {\large\textbf{David Gross,}};
		%\draw (50, -9.5) node {\large\textbf{ H. David Politzer,}};
		%\draw (50, -10) node {\large\textbf{\& Frank Wilczek}};
		
		
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 50, -3.8) -- (6.5 + 51, -3.8) -- (6.6 + 51, -3.5) -- (6.8 + 51, -4.1) -- (6.9 + 51, -3.8) --(9.8 + 51, -3.8);		
		
		
		
		%\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_blue]  (5.2 + 44, -3.8) -- (6.5 + 46, -3.8) -- (6.6 + 46, -3.5) -- (6.8 + 46, -4.1) -- (6.9 + 46, -3.8) --(9.8 + 55, -3.8);
		
		
		%%% Path between Chomsky and Bandura %%%
		\draw [line width = 1mm, draw = light_green]  (5.2 + 50, -3.8) -- (6.5 + 55, -3.8) -- (6.6 + 55, -3.5) -- (6.8 + 55, -4.1) -- (6.9 + 55, -3.8) -- (7.8 + 55, -3.8);
		
	\end{tikzpicture}
}

	\noindent\rule[1ex]{\linewidth}{5pt}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame}[t]
	\frametitle{A time line}
	\begin{tikzpicture}
		\draw[line width=2mm,-latex,red!20] (-0.2,0) -- (9,0);
		\foreach \X [evaluate=\X as \Y using int(\X-2000),count=\Z] in {2000,2001,2002,2005}
		{
			\draw[highlight on=<\Z>] ({\Y-0.2},-0.5) -- ({\Y+0.2},-0.5) -- (\Y,-0.1) -- cycle;
			\node[anchor=south,highlight on=<\Z>,fill=white] at (\Y,0.2) {\X};
		}
	\end{tikzpicture}
	\begin{multicols}{2}
		\begin{itemize}
			\item<1-> November 2000: marmots start hibernating
			\item<2-> August 2001: marmots eat
			\item<2-> Semptember 2001: marmots eat
			\item<3-> July 2002: marmots eat
			\item<4-> May 2005: marmots awake from hibernation
			\item<4-> November 2005: marmots start hibernating again
		\end{itemize}
	\end{multicols}
\end{frame}
\end{document}


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Rendered Output

Pyramid - 1 :

LaTeX Source

\documentclass[tikz, border=10mm]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usepackage{bm}% bold math
\def\pyramidwidth{1.0cm}
\def\pyramiddepth{0.5cm}
\def\pyramidheight{.35cm}
\def\levels{6}
\def\levelsep{0.05}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,shadings,shadows,fadings}
\usetikzlibrary{shadows.blur, positioning}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric} % Cylinder
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.symbols} 
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.callouts} 
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.misc} 
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,bending,positioning} 
\begin{document}
	\sffamily
	\begin{tikzpicture}[ line width=1pt, every node/.style={scale=3},
	level 1/.style={draw=white, ball color=blue},
	level 2/.style={ draw=white, ball color=red},
	level 3/.style={ draw=white, ball color= gray},
	level 4/.style={ draw=white, ball color=gray!90!black},
	level 5/.style={draw=white, ball color=gray},
	level 6/.style={draw=white, ball color=gray},
		x={(3.5mm,-1mm)}]
		
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		\coordinate[alias=C1b] (C) at (\pyramidwidth,0,\pyramiddepth);
		\coordinate[alias=B1b] (B) at (0,0,\pyramiddepth);
		\coordinate[alias=D1b] (D) at (\pyramidwidth,0,0);
		\coordinate (H) at (\pyramidwidth/2,\pyramidheight,\pyramiddepth/2);
		\foreach \n in {A,B,C,D}{%
			\foreach \level[remember=\level as \lastlevel (initially 1)] in {2,...,\levels}{%
				\coordinate (\n\lastlevel t) at ($(\n)!\lastlevel/\levels-\levelsep/2!(H)$);
				\coordinate (\n\level b) at ($(\n)!\lastlevel/\levels+\levelsep/2!(H)$);}}
		\foreach \n in {A,B,C,D}{\coordinate (\n\levels t) at (H);}
		\foreach \level in {1,...,\levels}{%
			\foreach \i/\j in {D/A, A/B, B/C, C/D}{%
				\draw[level \level, line join=round] (\i\level b) -- (\j\level b) -- (\j\level t) -- (\i\level t) -- cycle;};
			\draw[level \level, line join=round] (A\level t) -- (B\level t) -- (C\level t) -- (D\level t) -- cycle;};
			
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% First level
\path[%drop shadow={shadow scale=0.99, shadow xshift=.1ex, shadow yshift=-4ex, opacity=.5, fill=gray},
 blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=10pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-4ex}] (B1b) -- (C1b) -- (D1b) -- (A1b);		
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (D1b) -- (A1b) -- (A1t) -- (D1t) -- cycle;
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (A1b) -- (B1b) -- (B1t) -- (A1t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, upper right=gray!10, lower left=gray, upper left=gray, lower right=gray, draw=white, ultra thick,ball color=gray] (B1b) -- (C1b) -- (C1t) -- (B1t) -- cycle;%F
\shade[line join=round, upper left=gray!10, lower right=gray!50, upper right=gray, lower left=gray, draw=white, ultra thick] (C1b) -- (D1b) -- (D1t) -- (C1t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, lower right=black, upper right=black, lower left=black, upper left=black, draw=white, ultra thick] (A1t) -- (B1t) -- (C1t) -- (D1t) -- cycle;

%2nd
%\path[drop shadow={shadow scale=0.9, shadow xshift=.5ex, shadow yshift=-4ex, opacity=.5, fill=gray}] (B2b) -- (C2b) -- (D2b) -- (A2b);
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (D2b) -- (A2b) -- (A2t) -- (D2t) -- cycle;
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (A2b) -- (B2b) -- (B2t) -- (A2t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, upper right=gray!10, lower left=gray, upper left=gray, lower right=gray, draw=white, ultra thick, ball color=gray] (B2b) -- (C2b) -- (C2t) -- (B2t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, upper left=gray!10, lower right=gray!50, upper right=gray, lower left=gray, draw=white, ultra thick] (C2b) -- (D2b) -- (D2t) -- (C2t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, lower right=black, upper right=black, lower left=black, upper left=black, draw=white, ultra thick] (A2t) -- (B2t) -- (C2t) -- (D2t) -- cycle;

%3rd
%\path[drop shadow={shadow scale=0.9, shadow xshift=.5ex, shadow yshift=-4ex, opacity=.5, fill=gray}] (B2b) -- (C2b) -- (D2b) -- (A2b);
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (D3b) -- (A3b) -- (A3t) -- (D3t) -- cycle;
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (A3b) -- (B3b) -- (B3t) -- (A3t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, upper right=gray!10, lower left=gray, upper left=gray, lower right=gray, draw=white, ultra thick, ball color=gray] (B3b) -- (C3b) -- (C3t) -- (B3t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, upper left=gray!10, lower right=gray!50, upper right=gray, lower left=gray, draw=white, ultra thick] (C3b) -- (D3b) -- (D3t) -- (C3t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, lower right=black, upper right=black, lower left=black, upper left=black, draw=white, ultra thick] (A3t) -- (B3t) -- (C3t) -- (D3t) -- cycle;

%4th
%\path[drop shadow={shadow scale=0.9, shadow xshift=.5ex, shadow yshift=-4ex, opacity=.5, fill=gray}] (B4b) -- (C4b) -- (D4b) -- (A4b);
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (D4b) -- (A4b) -- (A4t) -- (D4t) -- cycle;
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (A4b) -- (B4b) -- (B4t) -- (A4t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, upper right=gray!10, lower left=gray, upper left=gray, lower right=gray, draw=white, ultra thick, ball color=gray] (B4b) -- (C4b) -- (C4t) -- (B4t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, upper left=gray!70!black, lower right=gray!50, upper right=gray, lower left=gray, draw=white, ultra thick] (C4b) -- (D4b) -- (D4t) -- (C4t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, lower right=black, upper right=black, lower left=black, upper left=black, draw=white, ultra thick] (A4t) -- (B4t) -- (C4t) -- (D4t) -- cycle;

%5th
%\path[drop shadow={shadow scale=0.9, shadow xshift=.5ex, shadow yshift=-4ex, opacity=.5, fill=gray}] (B4b) -- (C4b) -- (D4b) -- (A4b);
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (D5b) -- (A5b) -- (A5t) -- (D5t) -- cycle;
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (A5b) -- (B5b) -- (B5t) -- (A5t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, upper right=gray!10, lower left=gray!90!black, upper left=gray!90!black, lower right=gray!70!black, draw=white, ultra thick, ball color=gray!70!black] (B5b) -- (C5b) -- (C5t) -- (B5t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, upper left=gray!10, lower right=gray!70, upper right=gray!70!black, lower left=gray!70!black, draw=white, ultra thick] (C5b) -- (D5b) -- (D5t) -- (C5t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, lower right=black, upper right=black, lower left=black, upper left=black, draw=white, ultra thick] (A5t) -- (B5t) -- (C5t) -- (D5t) -- cycle;

%6th
%\path[drop shadow={shadow scale=0.9, shadow xshift=.5ex, shadow yshift=-4ex, opacity=.5, fill=gray}] (B5b) -- (C5b) -- (D5b) -- (A5b);
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (D6b) -- (A6b) -- (A6t) -- (D6t) -- cycle;
\draw[line join=round, draw=white, ultra thick] (A6b) -- (B6b) -- (B6t) -- (A6t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, upper right=gray!10, lower left=gray, upper left=gray, lower right=gray, draw=white, ultra thick, ball color=gray!70!black] (B6b) -- (C6b) -- (C6t) -- (B6t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, upper left=gray!10, lower right=gray!50, upper right=gray!70!black, lower left=gray!70!black, draw=white, ultra thick] (C6b) -- (D6b) -- (D6t) -- (C6t) -- cycle;
\shade[line join=round, lower right=gray!10, upper right=gray, lower left=gray, upper left=gray, draw=white, ultra thick] (A6t) -- (B6t) -- (C6t) -- (D6t) -- cycle;	

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%		\begin{scope}[every node/.style={rotate=-16, xslant=.1, above, inner sep=3pt, font=\bfseries, text=white}]
%			\node[scale=4] at ($(B1b)!.5!(C1b)$) {$\bm\lambda=0$};
%			\node[scale=3] at ($(B2b)!.5!(C2b)$) {$\bm\lambda = 0$};
%			\node[scale=2] at ($(B3b)!.5!(C3b)$) {$\bm\lambda \geq 0$};
%			\node[scale=1.4] at ($(B4b)!.5!(C4b)$) {$\bm\lambda > 0$};
%			\node[scale=1.4] at ($(B5b)!.5!(C5b)$) {$\bm \lambda > 0$};
%			\node[scale=1.2] at ($(B6b)!.5!(C6b)$) {$\bm\lambda \gg 0$};
%		\end{scope}
		
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{scope}[x=2cm]
\draw[gray!70!black, arrows = -{Kite[]Kite[length=6mm, round,  gray!70!black]}, ultra thick, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] ($(D6b)!.5!(D6t)$) -- +(1,0) node[right, text=white, draw=white, text=white, rounded rectangle, ball color=gray!70!black, shading=ball, scale=0.75, shading=ball, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] {Bernoulli};

\draw[black, arrows = -{Kite[]Kite[length=6mm, round,  black]},ultra thick, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] ($(D5b)!.5!(D5t)$) -- +(1,0) node[right, text=white, scale=0.7, draw=white, rounded rectangle, rounded rectangle west arc=convex, draw, fill=gray!20, ball color=gray!70!black, shading=ball, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] {Completely Hyperbolic};

\draw[gray, arrows = -{Kite[]Kite[length=6mm, round,  gray!90!black]}, ultra thick, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] ($(D4b)!.5!(D4t)$) -- +(1,0) node[right, scale=0.75, text=white, draw=white, rounded rectangle, ball color=gray!70!black, shading=ball, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] {Kolmogorov};

\draw[gray, arrows = -{Kite[]Kite[length=6mm, round,  gray]},% -{Stealth[length=5mm,round, gray]},
ultra thick, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] ($(D3b)!.5!(D3t)$) -- +(1,0) node[right, scale=0.75, text=white, draw=white, rounded rectangle, ball color=gray, shading=ball, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] {Strong Mixing};

\draw[gray, arrows = -{Kite[]Kite[length=6mm, round,  gray]},% -{Stealth[length=5mm,round, red]},
 ultra thick, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] ($(D2b)!.5!(D2t)$) -- +(1,0) node[right, scale=0.75, text=white, draw=white, rounded rectangle, ball color=gray, shading=ball, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] {Weak Mixing};

\draw[gray, arrows = -{Kite[]Kite[length=6mm, round,  gray]}, ultra thick, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] ($(D1b)!.5!(D1t)$) -- +(1,0) node[right, scale=0.75, text=white, draw=white, rounded rectangle, ball color=gray, shading=ball, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
	shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, 
	shadow xshift=1ex,
	shadow yshift=-1ex}] {Ergodic};
\end{scope}

\draw[black, arrows = -{Circle[open]Diamond[]Kite[length=10mm, round,  black]}, ultra thick, blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, shadow xshift=1ex,shadow yshift=-1ex}] (-15,-5)--(1,5)
node[left, scale=0.8, text=black, rotate=56, xshift=-3ex, yshift=1ex] {Degree of Ergodicity};

\draw (12,-8) node[below, scale=0.55, text=black, draw=white, rounded rectangle, ultra thick, 
%ball color=black, shading=ball, 
blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10, shadow blur extra rounding=2pt, shadow xshift=1ex, shadow yshift=-1ex},
 fill=black,align=center, text width=14.5cm, text height=10pt
 ] {\Large \textbf{ 
 	\color{white} B-System 
 	\color{white} $\bm\subset$ \color{white!50} C-System 
 	\color{white}$\bm\subset$ \color{white!50} K-System 
 	\color{white}$\bm\subset$ \color{white!50} SM 
 	\color{white}$\bm\subset$ \color{white!50} WM \color{white}$\bm\subset$ \color{white!50} E-System}};
	\end{tikzpicture}
%	\begin{tikzpicture}
%		\path[draw=red]circle (5pt) (0,0) -- (0.5,0.5) -- (2,1)circle (10pt);
%	\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Rendered Output

Pyramid - 2 :

LaTeX Source

\documentclass[%aspectratio=43,%2013,
compress]{beamer}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{paperwidth=13cm,paperheight=10.75cm}
%\geometry{paperwidth=16cm,paperheight=12cm}
\usepackage{xcolor,color}

\usepackage[labelfont=bf,list=true]{subcaption}
\usepackage[many]{tcolorbox}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

%\setbeamersize{text margin left=13pt,text margin right=0pt, sidebar width left=0pt,sidebar width right=0pt}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}



\begin{document}
	\begin{frame}
		\Large
		\begin{figure}
			\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Hierarchy of Ergodicity}
		\end{figure}
		
		\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay]
			%Setting up coordinates
			\coordinate (o) at (5.5, 1.75);
			\coordinate (x) at (5.5, 3.25);
			\coordinate (y) at (5.5, 4.75);
			\coordinate (z) at (5.5, 6.25);
			\coordinate (r) at (5.5, 7.5);
			
			%draw graph system
			\draw[text=black]  (o) node [below] {\textbf{Ergodicity}} (x) node [below] {\textbf{Weak Mixing}} (y) node [below] {\textbf{Strong Mixing}} (z) node [below] {\textbf{Multiple Mixing}};
			\draw [text=red] (r) node [below] {\textbf{Bernoulli}};
			
		%	\draw [text=red] (7.25,9.75) node [below] {\textit{\textbf{z}}} (2,3.5) node [below] {\textit{\textbf{x}}} (6.75,1.5) node [below] {\textit{\textbf{y}}};
			
		%	\draw [text=gray!75!black] (9.25,2.25) node [below, rotate=338] {\textbf{Poincaré Section}};
		\end{tikzpicture}	
	\end{frame}	
	
	
\end{document}

Rendered Output

Thesis Structure:

LaTeX Source

% Time course of events in an experiment
% Author: Rudolf Siegel
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\usetikzlibrary{trees, shapes,shadows,shadows.blur}
\usetikzlibrary{chains,shapes.arrows,fit}
\usetikzlibrary{snakes}
\usepackage{tikz,stackengine}
\usetikzlibrary{tikzmark,fit,backgrounds,mindmap,decorations.text,shapes.callouts,arrows}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows, chains,through, positioning, trees, shapes.symbols}
\usetikzlibrary{shadings,positioning}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,automata}
\usetikzlibrary{optics, arrows.meta}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings, fpu, decorations.pathreplacing, decorations.text, decorations.footprints, calc}

\begin{document}
	\begin{tikzpicture}
			\tikzset{scale=0.27,
					basefont/.style = {font = \Large\sffamily},
					timing/.style = {basefont, sloped,},
					label/.style = {basefont, align = left,},
					screen/.style = {basefont, black, align = center,	minimum size = 2.5cm, fill = gray!20, draw = white, fill opacity=0.8, line width=1mm,
						blur shadow={shadow blur steps=10,
									shadow blur extra rounding=10pt, 
									shadow xshift=1ex,
									shadow yshift=-1ex},
						rounded corners=10,
					%	shading=ball,
					%	ball color=white
					}};
			
			% macro for defining screens
			\newcommand*{\screen}[4]{%
					\begin{scope}[xshift  =#3, yshift = #4,
							every node/.append style = {yslant = 0.5},
							yslant = 0.33,
							local bounding box = #1]
							\node[screen] at (4cm,4cm) {#2};
						\end{scope}
				} 	
			% define several screens
			\screen{frame1}{\LARGE\textbf{Chapter-1}}{0}  {0}
			\screen{frame2}{\LARGE\textbf{Chapter-2}}{300}{-80}
			\screen{frame3}{\LARGE\textbf{Chapter-3}}{600}{-160}
			\screen{frame4}{\LARGE\textbf{Chapter-4}}{900}{-240}
			\screen{frame5}{\LARGE\textbf{Chapter-5}}{1200}{-320}
			\screen{frame6}{\LARGE\textbf{Chapter-6}}{1500}{-400};
%			\screen{frame7}{.}{1800}{-480};
			\coordinate[xshift=480, yshift=-146] (frame7);
%			\coordinate[xshift=390, yshift=-57.5] (frame8);
			
			% add annotations
			\foreach \i / \content in {
					1/\textit{\texttt{Introduction}},
					2/\textit{\texttt{Numerical tools}},
					3/\textit{\texttt{Linear perturb$\ldots$}},
					4/\textit{\texttt{Nonlinear perturb$\ldots$}},
					5/\textit{\texttt{Billiards}},
					6/\textit{\texttt{Conclusion}}%\\(depending on response)
%					7/\textit{\texttt{Bibliography}}%\\(depending on response)
				}
			\node[label, rotate=25, above=5em and 5em of frame\i.east]
			(f\i-label) {\content};
			
%			
			% add time course
			\foreach \j [count=\i] / \content in {
					2/p1-7\,,
					3/p8-32\,,
					4/p32-49\,,
					5/p50-64\,,
					6/p65-91\,,
					7/p92-95\,
				}
			\path[ultra thick, gray, arrows = {Straight Barb[reversed]-Kite[]}] (frame\i.south west) edge 	node[timing, below=0.5em] {\content} (frame\j.south west);
			
			% some manual addition
			\path[ultra thick, gray, arrows = {-Kite[]Kite[length=8mm, round,  gray]}] (frame1.south west) ++(5,-6.5) edge node[timing, below] {Pages} ([xshift=5mm,yshift=-6.75cm]frame4.south);
			\path[ultra thick, gray, arrows = {-Kite[]Kite[length=8mm, round,  gray]}] (frame1.south west) edge node[timing, above=0.75em] {Chapters} (frame1.north west);
		\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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Annotate Equation:

LaTeX Source

\documentclass[11pt]{beamer}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\geometry{paperwidth=31cm,paperheight=15cm}

\setbeamersize{text margin left=15pt,text margin right=2cm, sidebar width left=0pt,sidebar width right=10pt,}

\usepackage{mathtools}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,arrows}
\usepackage{stackengine}
\usetikzlibrary{tikzmark,fit,backgrounds,mindmap,decorations.text,shapes.callouts,arrows}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows, chains,through, positioning, trees, shapes.symbols}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta}
%\usetikzlibrary{shadows}
\usetikzlibrary{shadings}
%% even fancier shadows
%\usetikzlibrary{shadows.blur}
\usetikzlibrary{fadings}
%\usepackage[english]{babel}

\usepackage{physics}
\usepackage{graphicx}
%\usepackage{ragged2e}
%\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
%\usepackage{mdframed}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%equation highlighter%%%
\tikzset{every picture/.style={remember picture}}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\begin{document}
	\begin{frame}
	
	\begin{tikzpicture}[
		g/.style={rectangle,draw,rounded corners,minimum height=6em,inner sep=1em,font=\Huge},
		w/.style={font=\Huge},
		c/.style={node distance=15ex,align=left,font=\huge},
		a/.style={draw,-latex',ultra thick}
		]
		
		\node [w,scale=3] (bra) {(};
		\node [node distance=0ex,fill=orange!30,g,right=of bra] (kinetic) {$-\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\,\vec{\nabla}_{\vec{r}}^2$};
		\node [node distance=2ex,w,right=of kinetic] (plus1) {$+$};
		\node [node distance=2ex,fill=red!30,g,right=of plus1] (external) {$v_\text{ext}(\vec{r})$};
		\node [node distance=2ex,w,right=of external] (plus2) {$+$};
		\node [node distance=2ex,fill=red!30,g,right=of plus2] (hartree) {$v_H(\vec{r})$};
		\node [node distance=2ex,w,right=of hartree] (plus3) {$+$};
		\node [node distance=2ex,fill=red!30,g,right=of plus3] (xc) {$v_{xc}$};
		\node [node distance=0ex,w,right=of xc,scale=3] (ket) {)};
		\node [node distance=0ex,fill=gray!30,g,right=of ket] (phi1) {$\phi_i(\vec{r})$};
		\node [node distance=4ex,w,right=of phi1] (equal) {$=$};
		\node [node distance=4ex,fill=blue!30,g,right=of equal] (energy) {$E_i$};
		\node [node distance=2ex,fill=gray!30,g,right=of energy] (phi2) {$\phi_i(\vec{r})$};
		
		\node [c,above=of kinetic,xshift=5em] (kinetic comment) {non-rel. Schr\"{o}dinger equation\\or relativistic Dirac equation};
		\node [c,below=of external,xshift=-10em] (external comment) {crystal ions or\\pseudopotential};
		\node [c,below=of hartree,xshift=5em] (hartree comment) {Poisson equation\\or Hartree potential};
		\node [c,above=of xc,xshift=-11em] (xc comment) {LDA or GGA\\or hybrids};
		\node [c,above=of phi1,xshift=5em] (phi comment) {physical orbitals or not\\mesh density and basis set};
		\node [c,below=of energy] (energy comment) {band structure\\ or not};
		
		\path [a] (kinetic comment) -- (kinetic.north);
		\path [a] (external comment) -- (external.south);
		\path [a] (hartree comment) -- (hartree.south);
		\path [a] (xc comment) -- (xc.north);
		\path [a] (phi comment) -- (phi1.north);
		\path [a] (phi comment) -- (phi2.north);
		\path [a] (energy comment) -- (energy.south);
		
	\end{tikzpicture}
		\end{frame}
		
		%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
	\begin{frame}
		\centering
		\Huge
		\begin{tikzpicture}
			$H= \tikz[baseline]{ 
				\node	(d1)  at (0.0,0.0) [draw=green!75!black,fill=green!20,anchor=base,circle,inner sep = 2pt]
				{$\frac{-1}{2}\laplacian_{x}$};}+
			\tikz[baseline]{ 
				\node(d2)  at (1,0) [draw=red,fill=red!20,ultra thick, anchor=base, circle, inner sep = 5pt]
				{V(x)}; } $;
		\end{tikzpicture}%
		\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,scale=2]
			\draw[blue,ultra thick,->>] (d1) to [bend left] +(70:2cm) node[anchor=west,text = black, align = left] {Kinetic Energy};
			
			\draw[orange,ultra thick,->>] (d2) -- ++(30:70pt) node[anchor=west,text = blue, align = left] {\textbf{ Potential}};
		\end{tikzpicture}
	\end{frame}
	%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
	
	\begin{frame}
		\Huge
		\begin{equation*}
			\hat{A}(t) =
			\underbrace{e^{\frac{iHt}{\hbar}}}_{\color{blue}
				\text{\fbox{\parbox[b]{1cm}{\tiny\raggedright\color{black}Backward}}}
			}
			\underbrace{\hat{A}}_{\color{red}
				\text{\fbox{\parbox[b]{1.4cm}{\tiny\raggedright\color{black}Perturbation}}}
			}
			\underbrace{e^{\frac{-iHt}{\hbar}}}_{\color{green!75!black}
				\text{\fbox{\parbox[b]{0.8cm}{\tiny\raggedright\color{black}Forward}}}
			}
		\end{equation*}
	\end{frame}
	
	%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
			\begin{frame}
				\Huge
		\begin{equation*}
			\hat{\mathcal{H}}\psi(x) = 
			\underbrace{\left( -\frac{1}{2}\laplacian_x - \frac{1}{2}\hat{x}^2 \lambda \right)\psi(x)}_{\color{red}
				\begin{tabular}{c}
					\text{Scattering off a}\\
					\text{parabolic potential barrier}
				\end{tabular}
			} = E\psi(x)
		\end{equation*}
		
	\end{frame}
	
	%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
	\begin{frame}
		\Huge
		\begin{equation*}
			\mathcal{H}=\frac{\hat{p}^2}{2}\; \tikz[baseline]{\node[draw=red, ultra thick,anchor=base,rectangle,rounded corners,inner sep = 3pt](d12) {$-$};} \frac{1 }{2}\hat{x}^2\; \tikz[baseline]{\node[draw=red, ultra thick,anchor=base,rectangle,rounded corners,inner sep = 3pt](d11) {$\lambda$};}
		\end{equation*}	
		\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
			\draw[red,ultra thick,->] (d12) -- +(270:3cm) node[anchor=north, text = red, align = right] {Inversion};
			\draw[red,ultra thick,->] (d11) -- +(350:2.8cm) node[anchor=north,text = red,align = right] {Curvature of \\ the potential};
			% 
		\end{tikzpicture}
		
		
	\end{frame}
\end{document}

Rendered Output

Figure Shadow:

LaTeX Source

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{graphicx, subfigure}
\usepackage[many]{tcolorbox}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\geometry{paperwidth=5cm,paperheight=5cm}

\begin{document}
	\begin{frame}
		
		%\centering
		\begin{tcolorbox}[beamer,
			width=\linewidth,
			arc=2pt,
			boxsep=0pt,
			left=0pt,right=0pt,top=0pt,bottom=0pt,
			]
		\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{/home/ppd/Downloads/niimg.jpg}
		\end{tcolorbox}
		
	\end{frame}
\end{document}

Rendered Output

Mandala:

LaTeX Source

% Mandala
% Author: Elena Botoeva
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=0.3cm, paperwidth=8.4cm, paperheight=8.4cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shadows}
\usetikzlibrary{fadings}

\tikzfading[name=fade out, inner color=transparent!0,
outer color=transparent!100]

\def\petal { 
	[rounded corners=0.5] %
	(-1,0)%
	.. controls (-1,0.6) and (-0.07,0.8).. (0,1)%
	.. controls (0.07,0.8) and (1,0.6).. (1,0)%
	.. controls (0.7,-1) and (-0.7,-1).. (-1,0)%
}

%%%%% circles in the background %%%%%
\def\background[#1,#2]{
	\fill[#1] (0,0) circle (3.9);
	\fill[#2] (0,0) circle (1);
}

%%%%% star and small circle in the center %%%%%
\def\center[#1]{
	\foreach \a in {51.4285,102.857,...,360} { %
		\draw[color=yellow,rotate=\a,fill=#1]
		(-0.08,0) -- (0,0.46) -- (0.08,0); %
	}
	\draw[color=yellow,fill=#1] (0,0) circle (0.1);
}

%%%%%%%%%% Mandala with fixed colouring %%%%%%%%%%
\def \mandala {
	\background[red!30!blue!70!black,blue!70!yellow!50];
	
	% ysh - yshift
	% xs - xscale
	% ys - yscale
	% af - first angle in foreach
	% as - second angle in foreach
	% y - number in the color specification after yellow
	% b - number in the color specification before blue
	% r - number in the color specification of the shading after red
	% bl - number in the color specification of the shading before black
	\foreach \ysh/\xs/\ys/\af/\as/\y/\b/\w/\r/\bl in {%
		3.06/0.72/0.8/   25.71425/51.4285/    70/100/100/ 100/100,%
		2.34/1/0.9/        25.71425/77.14275/   6/90/92/       80/80,%
		1.8/0.8/0.9/       51.4285/102.857/       0/75/100/     60/70,%
		1.5/0.6/0.6/       25.71425/77.14275/   0/55/100/     40/60,%
		1.1/0.53/0.58/   51.4285/102.857/       0/40/100/     20/50,%
		0.8/0.37/0.45/   25.71425/77.14275/   0/45/85/       20/40,%
		0.53/0.1/0.24/   25.71425/77.14275/   0/10/100/     0/30,%
		0.49/0.22/0.32/ 51.4285/102.857/       0/10/100/     0/50%
	}
	{
		\foreach \a in {\af,\as,...,360}
		{
			\begin{scope}[rotate=\a,shift={(0,\ysh)},xscale=\xs,yscale=\ys]
				\draw[color=yellow,fill=yellow!\y!red!\b!blue!\w] %
				[drop shadow={shadow xshift=0.5pt, shadow yshift=-0.5pt}]
				\petal;
			\end{scope}
			
			\begin{scope}[transform canvas={rotate=\a},shift={(0,\ysh)},xscale=\xs,yscale=\ys]
				\clip \petal; %
				\fill[path fading=fade out,fill=red!\r!blue!\bl!black, opacity=0.7]%
				(0,-0.35) ellipse (1.2 and 0.75);
				\fill[path fading=fade out,fill=red!\r!blue!\bl!black, opacity=0.3]%
				(0,-0.2) ellipse (1.2 and 0.4);
				
				\fill[path fading=fade out,fill=red!\r!blue,opacity=0.2] %
				(-0.4,0.6) -- (0,0.9) -- (0.4,0.6);
			\end{scope}
		}
	}
	
	\center[blue]
}
%%%%%%%%%% End of Mandala with fixed colouring %%%%%%%%%%

%%%%% one layer of petals %%%%%
\def\mainbody{
	\foreach \a in {\af,\as,...,360}
	{
		\begin{scope}[rotate=\a,shift={(0,\ysh)},xscale=\xs,yscale=\ys]
			\draw[color=yellow,fill=\c] %
			[drop shadow={shadow xshift=0.5pt, shadow yshift=-0.5pt}]
			\petal;
		\end{scope}
		
		% fadings
		\begin{scope}[transform canvas={rotate=\a}, shift={(0,\ysh)},xscale=\xs,yscale=\ys]
			\clip \petal; %
			\fill[path fading=fade out,fill=\fc, opacity=0.7]%
			(0,-0.35) ellipse (1.2 and 0.75);
			\fill[path fading=fade out,fill=\fc, opacity=0.3]%
			(0,-0.2) ellipse (1.2 and 0.4);
			\fill[path fading=fade out,fill=\fc,opacity=0.2] %
			(-0.4,0.6) -- (0,0.9) -- (0.4,0.6);
		\end{scope}
	}
}

%%%%%%%%%%% Mandalas with parametrized colouring %%%%%%%%%%
% #1 - the color of the outer most (first) layer
% #2 - the color of the third layer
% #3 - the color of the fifth layer
% #4 - the color of the seventh layer
% #5 - the color of the fading, gets denser closer to the center
\def \mandalac[#1,#2,#3,#4,#5]{
	\background[#3!30!#4!70!#5,#4!70!#2!50];
	
	% ysh - yshift
	% xs - xscale
	% ys - yscale
	% af - first angle in foreach
	% as - second angle in foreach
	% c - color of the petal
	% fc - color of the fading
	\foreach \ysh/\xs/\ys/\af/\as/\c/\fc in {%
		3.06/0.72/0.8/   25.71425/51.4285  /#1/#1!50!#2!90!#5,%
		2.34/1/0.9/        25.71425/77.14275/#1!50!#2/#2!80!#5,%
		1.8/0.8/0.9/       51.4285/102.857    /#2/#2!50!#3!70!#5,%
		1.5/0.6/0.6/       25.71425/77.14275/#2!50!#3/#3!60!#5,%
		1.1/0.53/0.58/   51.4285/102.857    /#3/#3!50!#4!50!#5,%
		0.8/0.37/0.45/   25.71425/77.14275/#3!50!#4/#4!40!#5,%
		0.53/0.1/0.24/   25.71425/77.14275/#4/#4!50!#5,%
		0.49/0.22/0.32/ 51.4285/102.857    /#4/#4!50!#5%
	}
	{
		\mainbody
	}
	\center[#4]
}

% #1 - the color of the outer most (first) layer
% #2 - the color of the second layer
% #3 - the color of the third layer
% #4 - the color of the forth layer
% #5 - the color of the fifth layer
% #6 - the color of the sixth layer
% #7 - the color of the seventh layer
% #8 - the color of the fading, gets denser closer to the center
\def \mandalab[#1,#2,#3,#4,#5,#6,#7,#8]{
	\background[#6!30!#7!70!#8,#7!70!#4!50];
	
	% ysh - yshift
	% xs - xscale
	% ys - yscale
	% af - first angle in foreach
	% as - second angle in foreach
	% c - color of the petal
	% fc - color of the fading
	\foreach \ysh/\xs/\ys/\af/\as/\c/\fc in {%
		3.06/0.72/0.8/   25.71425/51.4285  /#1/#2!90!#8,%
		2.34/1/0.9/        25.71425/77.14275/#2/#3!90!#8,%
		1.8/0.8/0.9/       51.4285/102.857    /#3/#4!80!#8,%
		1.5/0.6/0.6/       25.71425/77.14275/#4/#5!80!#8,%
		1.1/0.53/0.58/   51.4285/102.857    /#5/#6!70!#8,%
		0.8/0.37/0.45/   25.71425/77.14275/#6/#7!70!#8,%
		0.53/0.1/0.24/   25.71425/77.14275/#7/#7!50!#8,%
		0.49/0.22/0.32/ 51.4285/102.857    /#7/#7!50!#8%
	}
	{
		\mainbody
	}
	\center[#7]
}
%%%%%%%%%%% End of Mandalas with parametrized colouring %%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% BEGIN DOCUMENT %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\begin{document}
	\tikz\mandala;
	
	\tikz\mandalac[magenta!30!,magenta,purple,violet,];
	
	\tikz\mandalac[blue!40!black,violet,purple,pink,];
	
	\tikz\mandalac[lime!90!black,yellow!95!black,orange,red,];
	
	\tikz\mandalac[green!80!black,yellow,pink,purple!90!,red];
	
	\tikz\mandalab[green!50!black, green!60!black, green!70!black!80!, green!50!,
	green!10!, pink!40!, red!40!,];
	
	\tikz\mandalab[blue!30!black, blue!40!black, blue!60!black, blue!70!black!80!,
	blue!50!, yellow!40!, yellow!70!,];
\end{document}

Rendered Output

Jigsaw:

LaTeX Source

\documentclass[x11names, svgnames, dvipsnames,tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
\begin{document}
	\tikzset{pics/.cd,
		image jigsaw/.style args={img at #1 and #2/#3/#4/#5}{
			code={%
				\draw[path picture={%
					\node at #1
					{\edef\temp{\noexpand\includegraphics[\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/jigsaw/img options}]{\pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/jigsaw/img}}}
						\temp};}] (-2,-0.35) to[out=90,in={90+#2*45}] ({-2+0.5*#2},-0.45) 
				arc({-135-(#2-1)*45}:{(#2-1)*180+135+(#2-1)*45}:0.6 and
				{0.45*sqrt(2)}) to[out=-90-#2*45,in=-90] (-2,0.35) |- (-0.35,2)
				to[out=0,in={0+#3*45}] (-0.45,2-0.5*#3) arc(180-#3*45:{(#3+1)*180+#3*45}:{0.45*sqrt(2)} and 0.6)
				to[out=-180-#3*45,in=180] (0.35,2) -| (2,0.35) 
				to[out=-90,in=270+#4*45] (2-#4*0.5,0.45) 
				arc(90-#4*45:{(#4+1)*180-90+#4*45}:0.6 and {0.45*sqrt(2)})
				to[out=90-#4*45,in=90] (2,-0.35) |- (0.35,-2)
				to[out=180,in=-180+#5*45] (0.45,-2+#5*0.5) arc(-#5*45:{(#5-1)*180+180+#5*45}:{0.45*sqrt(2)} and 0.6) 
				to[out=-#5*45,in=0] (-0.35,-2) -| cycle;
		}},
		/tikz/jigsaw/.cd,img/.initial={example-image-duck},img options/.initial={}
	}
	% order : left/top/right/bottom and -1 is out, 1 is in, 0 none
	\foreach \X in {0,0.1,...,1,0.9,0.8,...,0.1}
	{\begin{tikzpicture}
			\path[use as bounding box] (-3,-3) rectangle (3,3);
			\draw (-1-\X,-1-\X) pic[scale=0.25]{image jigsaw=img at {(4,4)} and 0/-1/1/0}
			(0,-1-\X) pic[scale=0.25]{image jigsaw=img at {(0,4)} and -1/-1/1/0}
			(1+\X,-1-\X) pic[scale=0.25]{image jigsaw=img at {(-4,4)} and -1/1/0/0}
			(-1-\X,0) pic[scale=0.25]{image jigsaw=img at {(4,0)} and 0/1/-1/1}
			(0,0) pic[scale=0.25]{image jigsaw=img at {(0,0)} and 1/-1/1/1}
			(1+\X,0) pic[scale=0.25]{image jigsaw=img at {(-4,0)} and -1/1/0/-1}
			(-1-\X,1+\X) pic[scale=0.25]{image jigsaw=img at {(4,-4)} and 0/0/1/-1}
			(0,1+\X) pic[scale=0.25]{image jigsaw=img at {(0,-4)} and -1/0/1/1}
			(1+\X,1+\X) pic[scale=0.25]{image jigsaw=img at {(-4,-4)} and -1/0/0/-1};
	\end{tikzpicture}}
\end{document}

Rendered Output

Periodic Table:

LaTeX Source

\documentclass[aspectratio=2013]{beamer}

\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage[en]{pgf-PeriodicTable}
\usepgfPTlibrary{colorschemes}
\pgfPTGroupColors{example}{G1=red!90!black,G2=orange}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{document}
	
	\begin{frame}
	\begin{preview}
	\pgfPT
	\end{preview}
	\end{frame}
	\begin{frame}
					\begin{preview}
	\pgfPT[cell style=pgfPTdisc,DiscY color=red]
		\end{preview}
			\end{frame}

		\begin{frame}
							\begin{preview}
	\pgfPT[csSolid]
		\end{preview}
			\end{frame}
		\begin{frame}
							\begin{preview}
	\pgfPT[csSoft]
		\end{preview}
			\end{frame}
		\begin{frame}
							\begin{preview}
	\pgfPT[csJmol]
		\end{preview}
			\end{frame}
		\begin{frame}
							\begin{preview}
	\pgfPT[csCPK]
		\end{preview}
			\end{frame}
		\begin{frame}
							\begin{preview}
%	\pgfPT[csWikipedia]
	\pgfPT[csRadio]
		\end{preview}
	
		\end{frame}
		\begin{frame}
	\begin{preview}
		\pgfPT[show title=true, back color scheme=example,
		legend box={draw=blue!50,fill=blue!20},
		show extra legend,
		Z list={1,3,4,11,12}]
	\end{preview}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
	\begin{preview}
		\pgfPT[Z list={1,...,36},Z backcolor=blue!70!black]
	\end{preview}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
	\begin{preview}
		\pgfPT[Z list={1,...,36},only cells with periods and group numbers plus Z]
	\end{preview}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Rendered Output

Time Table:

LaTeX Source

% Build in Compiler: Lualatex

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{paperwidth=20cm,paperheight=18cm}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage[default,semibold,light]{sourcesanspro}
\usepackage{realscripts}
\usepackage{parskip}
\pagestyle{empty}

\newcommand*{\roomone}{Adare Uniting Church Auditorium}
\newcommand*{\roomtwo}{Adare Uniting Church Hall}
\newcommand*{\roomfour}{Adare Uniting Church Foyer}
\newcommand*{\roomsix}{Adare Dining Room}
\newcommand*{\roomtwelve}{Bethany Hall}
\newcommand*{\roomfood}{\roomsix\slash\roomtwelve}
\newcommand*{\roommdgs}{Room listed on booklet cover}
\newcommand*{\roomseminars}{Rooms listed on p.~\pageref{seminars}}
\newcommand*{\roomworkshops}{Rooms listed on p.~\pageref{workshops}}

\newcommand*{\firstspeaker}{Gary Millar}
\newcommand*{\secondspeaker}{Reuben Salagaras}

\newcommand*{\timetablefont}{\scriptsize}

\newcommand*{\yscale}{0.862}

\newlength{\timewidth}
\settowidth{\timewidth}{\timetablefont\bfseries
	\addfontfeature{RawFeature=-pnum}00:00}
\addtolength{\timewidth}{4pt}

\newlength{\activitywidth}
\setlength{\activitywidth}{\textwidth}
\addtolength{\activitywidth}{-4\timewidth}
\addtolength{\activitywidth}{-14pt}
\setlength{\activitywidth}{0.25\activitywidth}

\usepackage[cmyk]{xcolor}
\definecolor{mdg}{cmyk}{0,0.3,0.24,0.03}
\definecolor{talk}{cmyk}{0.13,0,0,0}
\definecolor{coach}{cmyk}{0,0.02,0.22,0}
\definecolor{food}{cmyk}{0,0.2,0.41,0.06}
\definecolor{seminar}{cmyk}{0.08,0,0.11,0.04}
\definecolor{workshop}{cmyk}{0,0,0,0.11}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,chains}

\begin{document}
	
	\begin{tikzpicture}[
		remember picture,
		overlay,
		node distance=0 cm,
		chain default direction=going below,
		inner sep=0pt,
		outer sep=1pt,
		font=\timetablefont,
		time/.style args={#1,#2}{
			anchor=north west,
			minimum width=\timewidth,
			minimum height=\yscale*#1cm-2pt,
			node contents={},
			append after command={
				node[anchor=north east, inner sep=0pt, outer sep=3pt,
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