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How can I format a float using matplotlib's LaTeX formatter?
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Here is some code to format float `3.5e+20`  to `$3.5 \\times 10^{20}$` and set as title of matplotlib plot `ax`

ax.set_title('$%s \\times 10^{%s}$' % ('3.5', '+20'))

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