Math 696
Mathematical Communication and Technology

Harold P. Boas

Short Contents

• Introduction
• LaTeX
• PDF and PostScript
• Maple
• HTML
• Internet
• Presentation Style
• Coordinating different programs
• Unix
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Contents

• Introduction
• • About the course
  • About the logo
• LaTeX
• • Quick start with LaTeX
  • What is LaTeX?
  • What is special about LaTeX?
  • Getting started with LaTeX
  • • An example
    • Learning the basics
  • Formatting equations in LaTeX
  • • In-line equations
    • Displayed equations
    • The amsmath package
    • Exercise on formatting equations
    • • Aside to LaTeX users
  • Introduction to LaTeX macros
  • • What good are macros?
    • A macro example from Mother Goose
    • Another example of LaTeX macros
    • LaTeX macros for mathematics
    • Exercise: Spivak's torture test
  • Tips for text
  • Customizing the LaTeX page layout
  • • An example of modifying the LaTeX page layout
    • Some LaTeX page style parameters
    • An exercise on modifying LaTeX page style parameters
  • Including graphics in LaTeX documents
  • • Example of the LaTeX picture environment
    • Example of some special effects in the LaTeX graphics package
    • Example of including external graphics in LaTeX documents
    • Including graphics in LyX documents
    • Aside: drawing a colored square with native LaTeX code
  • LaTeX packages
  • • Example: examination packages
    • A sampler of other packages
    • A thesis package at Texas A&M University
  • Slides
  • Resources for LaTeX
  • • Paper resources for LaTeX
    • Electronic resources for LaTeX
    • Installing TeX and LaTeX on your own computer
• PDF and PostScript
• • What are PDF and PostScript?
  • How to view PDF and PostScript files
  • How to create PDF files
  • How to create PostScript from LaTeX
  • PostScript tricks and hacks
  • • Duplex printing
    • Hacking PostScript
• Maple
• • Quick start with Maple
  • What is Maple?
  • Getting started with Maple
  • Maple functions, expressions, and equations
  • Two-dimensional graphics with Maple
  • • Some basic plots in Maple
    • Some Maple plot options
    • Some Maple animations
    • Some exercises on two-dimensional Maple plots
  • Three-dimensional graphics with Maple
  • • Basic three dimensional plots in Maple
    • Plot options for three-dimensional plots in Maple
    • Different varieties of three-dimensional plots in Maple
    • Who cares?
    • Application: the birdcage
  • Introduction to programming with Maple
  • • Hello world
    • The 3x+1 problem
    • Fractals
  • Matrices with Maple
  • • Introduction to the linear algebra package
    • Application: a simple cipher using matrices
  • Making mistakes with Maple
  • • Misunderstandings
    • Intrinsic limitations
    • • Round-off
      • Branches
    • Integration bugs
    • Miscellaneous bugs
    • Exercises
  • Slicing bread ...
  • • Multi-variable integration: the best thing since sliced bread
    • The lost labor of Hercules
    • Peeling an onion
    • Losing your marbles in hyperspace
  • Introduction to MATLAB
  • Resources for Maple
  • • Paper resources for Maple
    • Electronic resources for Maple
• HTML
• • Quick start with HTML
  • Getting started with HTML
  • • An example
  • A very basic home page
  • Links
  • Images
  • Style sheets
  • Tables
  • Frames
  • Dynamic Web pages
  • • Server-side includes
    • Client-side redirection
    • Animated images
    • Programming languages
  • Validation
  • Resources for HTML
  • • Paper resources for HTML
    • Electronic resources for HTML
• Internet
• • Usenet news
  • Finding information in cyberspace
  • • The structure of URLs
    • Electronic indexes of electronic information
    • Electronic indexes of paper resources
    • Exercise: Internet Scavenger Hunt
  • Public-key cryptography
  • Copyright
  • Fun and games
• Presentation Style
• • Spelling
  • • Spelling checkers
    • The Spelling Lesson
    • No excuse spelling list
  • Speaking Tips
  • Writing Tips
  • • The big picture
    • Punctuation
    • Grammar
    • Rools fr Riting
    • Exercises
  • Resources for style
  • • General style resources
    • Style resources for mathematics
• Coordinating different programs
• • LaTeX and HTML
  • • The philosophy of logical markup
    • Putting LaTeX documents on the Web
  • LaTeX and word processors
  • Maple and LaTeX
  • • Including Maple graphics in LaTeX documents
    • Converting Maple code into LaTeX markup
  • Maple and HTML
• Unix
• • Getting started with Unix
  • • Opening a terminal window
    • Some basic Unix commands
    • Using the mouse to cut and paste
  • Passwords
  • Using mail under Unix
  • • Selecting a mail tool
    • Signatures
    • Automatic mail forwarding
    • The vacation program
  • Text editors
  • • Emacs
    • kedit and kwrite
    • Pico
    • vi
    • Xedit
    • Common features of text editors
    • • File operations
      • Cursor motion
      • Cut and paste
      • Search and replace
      • Buffers and windows
      • Customization
  • Resources for Unix
  • • Paper resources for Unix
    • Electronic resources for Unix

The Math 696 course pages were last modified April 5, 2005.
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