History of Math, MA 330, Section 001, Fall 2014
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Syllabus:
Assignments:
- Autobiography, due Friday, August 29.
- Quadrature Assignment, due Wednesday, September 10
- Essay 1, due Monday, September 15
- Assignment , due Friday, September 19
- Assignment on an Unsolved Problem Involving Unit Fractions , due Friday, September 26
- Essay 2, due Friday, October 3
- Islamic Number Theory and Algebra Assignment , due Friday, October 24
- Islamic Geometry Assignment and Essay 3, due Friday, October 31
- Assignment on Infinite Series Involving Unit Fractions, due Wednesday, November 19
- Euler Number Theory Assignment , due Monday, November 24
- Essay 4, due Friday, December 12
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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. If you are just starting out, I'd look there to see if your question can be answered.
- Libre Office: Libre Office is a full suite of office productivity software that is open source and free for download by anyone.
Libre Office Writer is the standard word processing program for Libre Office and there is a Math program that allows for the typesetting of mathematical formulae for insertion as objects into documents in the Writer.
- 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.
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