LaTeX for MTH 261
This course will make thorough use of LaTeX.
Introduction to LaTeX
For the purposes of introducing LaTeX, we will use a free website called overleaf.com. This website provides a free online compiler for producing LaTeX documents without having to download anything (in order to produce these documents otherwise, it typically requires downloading several things, often requiring purchases). This website also has a three-part introduction that is quite good. Check them out, and follow along as it prompts you to.
In addition to these resources produced by overleaf, I have created my own overleaf file that lists a lot of tips and tricks. Here is a?read-only document. Feel free to copy it, and paste it into your own document. Then start messing around!
Project
One of the culminating experiences of this course is writing a paper in LaTeX on a linear algebra topic of your choosing. In order to streamline this process, I have created a template for you as well as a file with the guidelines for the project. Both are?read-only overleaf links.
Sample Projects
Many students have given me permission to post their papers here. I am posting only a few to give you an idea of what a paper might look like.
Papers
- Grant Haines – Graphics
- Bayley Burke – Fractals
- Nola Leese-Heckman – Tesselations
- Eleanor Quirk & Pasang Sherpa – Facial Recognition