even though putting \sloppy in the LaTex Preamble fixes some of the problems that I had:
1, it enables pages to begin with a math formula.
2, it doesn't allow long inline formulas to "protrude".
at the same time, it makes some lines look ugly.
is there an alternative command?
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Is there something better than \sloppy?
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Is there something better than \sloppy?
so basically a good alternative is this combination of commands, thanks!
\tolerance 1414
\hbadness 1414
\emergencystretch 1.5em
\hfuzz 0.3pt
\widowpenalty=10000
\vfuzz \hfuzz
\raggedbottom