LaTeX and arxiv

Posting a LaTeX manuscript on arxiv is straightforward. Compile your document (say, main.tex). It is okay to leave all your figures in a "figs/" subfolder. Unlike some outlets, you don't have to flatten your directory structure. Apart from main.tex, main.bbl [bibliography], and figures, you may delete all other files. You need the bbl file because arxiv does not run bibtex. Zip the folder, and…