Calculus Lab
Spring 2012

Week 4 Materials (Feb 8/9)

• Change in plans: (Updated Feb 8) Lab 1 will consist of only the Maple sheet. Continue working... New due date: Feb 17.
• (Just for fun) Here is an interesting blog that contains some fun LaTeX commands...

Week 3 Materials (Feb 1/2)

• Reminder: Latex homework (both .pdf and .tex) should be uploaded to CLEo before end of business on Friday. The Maple HW is due next Friday.
• A summary of how to insert figures into your LaTeX document. (Discussed last week)
• Hints for the Maple homework.
• NOTE: Next week, we'll start a new project with new (randomly assigned) partners.

Week 2 Materials (Jan 25/26)

• A clown image (eps). A clown image (jpg). These are images that we will insert into our LaTeX document (as a sample).
• Introduction to Maple. Read this introduction as your work through the Maple commands (please do not print it out).
• The Maple Homework (in PDF form, due Feb 9). Here is the LaTeX file that created the homework document.

Week 1 Materials (Jan 18/19)

1. Course Syllabus and Schedule
2. The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e (copy of the hard copy on each table in the Math Computer Lab)
3. A Template LaTeX file.
4. Setting up the Computers and Getting Started
5. Homework to work on for next time. The homework is due Feb 3.

Notes about the Computers in the Mathematics Computer Lab

1. The operating system we use (in place of Windows) is Ubuntu. A nice way to install Ubuntu to reside with Windows is by using Wubi
2. TeXMaker is the text editor we are using (it is free of charge, and can run on either Linux, Mac OSX or Windows).
3. The word processing software we use in Mathematics is called ``LaTeX'', and it is free. We'll have some notes in class about options One way to download LaTeX is to use proTeXt. It is a large download (about 750 MB, which is a full CD). If you want to borrow a copy from me, I have a few available to loan.
4. You'll also need a program to view DVI files- Use Ghostview and Ghostscript for that (I believe links to these may be included in proTeXt).
5. The blue bound book on each desk is "The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX"
6. The mathematics software we use is called Maple. There are student editions available for about the price of a good calculator (about $99.00).
7. Installing LaTeX on a Mac? Here is one way to get it. TeXShop is used in place of TeX-Maker, but TeXMaker is available for Macs (link above)