Here are some of the resources that you might find useful in the course.

LaTeX - this is a mathematical typesetting language. It is the most elegant (and simple) way of producing typed mathematics. In and of itself, it is much like a programming language (rather similar to html code).

• LaTeX is available in most computer labs on campus.
  • On the PCs, you will use proTEXt to compose LaTeX documents.
  • On the MACs, you will use TeXShop to compose LaTeX documents.
• A LaTeX tutorial can be found by clicking here.
• LaTeX commands and other info can be found here.
• You can download your own copies of LaTeX editors to use on your own computers. See me if you need help.
  • On Windows PCs, you'll need LEd and MikTeX. (Install MikTeX first.) There are other options; just Google LaTeX on Windows.
  • On MACs, you'll need TeXShop and teTeX. This is freeware and is found here.

Mathematica - this is a powerful Computer Algebra System. It allows you to explore mathematics without spending great deals of time on hand computation.

• Download the Mathematica Introduction for Math 185. It is a TeX file. The PDF version is here.

Inserting Mathematica Figures into LaTeX

• Create figure in Mathematica and click on the figure to highlight it.
• Choose Save Selection As... from the Edit menu in Mathematica.
  • Save the figure as an EPS file. (Save it in the same directory as your .tex file.)
• In your .tex document, make sure the following commands are written prior to the \begin{document} command:
  • \usepackage{epstopdf}
  • \DeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{`convert #1 `dirname #1`/`basename #1 .tif`.png}
    
• In the place (in the .tex file) that you want your figure, type the following
  • \begin{figure}[ht]
    \begin{centering}
    \includegraphics[width=3in]{filename.eps}
    \caption{Here is my caption}
    \end{center}
    \end{figure}
• When you send me your .tex file, I also need all of your figure files.