History of Math, MA 330, Section 001, Spring 2009
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NOTICE: MA 330 Section 001 is not a writing intensive course. MA 330 Section 002 is designated as a Graduate Writing Requirement course, but MA 330 Section 001 is not.
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Resources for mathematics word processing:
- LaTeX: Latex is a fantastic system for writing mathematics. While it might appear more complicated than Open Office or Microsoft Word (as it is a document preparation system rather than a word processor), writing in Latex goes as quickly as with common word processing programs once you learn the basics. Further, nothing else even comes close to the quality of a document prepared with Latex.
- www.latex-project.org
- A nice introduction to the LaTeX structure and commands can be found here
- A large list of commands for LaTeX symbols can be found here. Section 1.2 of this document, on page 8, collects commonly requested symbols. If you are just starting out, I'd look there to see if your question can be answered.
- Open Office: Open Office is a full suite of office productivity software that is open source and free for download by anyone. Open Office Writer is the standard word processing program for Open Office and there is a Math program that allows for the typesetting of mathematical formulae for insertion as objects into documents in the Writer. If you can't or won't use Latex, this is a second option.
- Microsoft Office: Microsoft Office is a full suite of office productivity software that is proprietary and you have to pay to use on your computer. Microsoft Word is the standard word processing program for Microsoft Office and there is an equation editor which you can install (much like the Math program for Open Office) that allows for the typesetting of mathematical formulae for insertion as objects into Word documents. This is a third option for word processing.
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