CRN 23745: Technology Info

Revision as of 12:36, 30 March 2015

LaTeX

• How to install LaTeX on Windows: The two software packages MikTeX and TeXMaker can be downloaded here as a zip file (215 MB).

1. Download and install MiKTeX. You need internet access for the installation.
2. Make sure you have Adobe Reader installed.
3. Download and install an editor, such as TeXMaker or TeXnicCenter. Configure the PDFLateX option.

• How to install LaTeX on Linux:

1. Skip Step 1 above: LaTeX should already be installed.
2. Make sure you have Adobe Reader (or another PDF reader) installed.
3. There is a version of TeXMaker for Linux. Configure the PDFLateX option.

• How to install LaTeX on Macs:

1. Follow the instructions at MacTeX.

• Some examples of LaTeX files:

1. barebones.tex | barebones.tex with more examples
2. BA.tex | To run the .tex file you also need to download the images: Boole.jpg | Huntington.jpg | Stone.jpg
3. The same as a Beamer presentation: BAtalk.tex | BAtalk.pdf | To run the .tex file, in addition to the three images above, you will need: JMM.PNG
4. A multiple choice quiz
5. A PDF fillable form: PDF_Form.tex
6. $\LaTeX$ is part of MediaWiki and other software on the Internet\[\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}=\frac{\pi^2}{6}\]

• Resources:

1. Wikibook LaTeX
2. LaTeX Tutorials - A Primer
3. The Not So Short Introduction to $\LaTeX$
4. A LaTeX crash course
5. The TeX Cookbook (List of symbols)
6. The standard book reference is: Leslie Lamport, LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, Addison-Wesley, 2nd Edition, 1994.

PSTricks

• Using PSTricks with TeXMaker
• PSTricks on MACs:

On the Mac version - if this line is the first line of the a document using pstricks:

% !TEX TS-program = latex

the document can be typeset with Latex (the normal way it works in TexShop) instead of XeLaTex.

• Matthew and Maria's Presentation: PDF version | TEX version

Beamer

• Till Tantau, Joseph Wright, and Vedran Miletić. The Beamer class. User Guide for version 3.33.. December 25, 2013, 245 pp.
• Ana and Eliana's Presentation: Handout (tex) | Beamer example (tex) (needs a file graph.png to run) | Beamer example (pdf)

Computer Algebra Systems

mydesktop.utep.edu

Mathematica, MatLab (and other software) is available at mydesktop.utep.edu

Remote access to Mathematica

Accessing files on mydesktop.utep.edu

Mathematica

• Hands-on Start to Mathematica (7 min. Video)
• Example notebooks: 3Parametric.nb | 302ooee.nb

• The Wolfram Demonstration Project website | My projects
• Mathematica notebooks:
  • Introduction (eval'd) | Graphing (eval'd) | Solving Equations (eval'd) | Boolean Algebra (eval'd) | Algebra & Calculus (eval'd) | Random Numbers (eval'd) | Lists I (eval'd) | Lists II (eval'd) | Higher Order Functions | Graphing II | Graphing III | Printing, Procedures, Recursion, Modules, and Replacement
• Mathematica textbooks (in increasing order of complexity):
  • Roozbeh Hazrat, Mathematica: A Problem-Centered Approach, Springer Verlag, 2010.
  • Stan Wagon, Mathematica in Action, Springer Verlag, 3rd ed., 2010.
  • Paul Wellin, Programming with Mathematica: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 4th ed., 2013.
  • Sal Mangano, Mathematica Cookbook, O'Reilly, 2010.
  • Roman Maeder, Programming in Mathematica, Springer Verlag, 3rd ed., 1997.

Maxima

• Maxima home page
• Reference manual
• Examples: Beginnings | Partial Fractions (Mathematica notebook) | Conic Section (Mathematica notebook)

Matlab

• Ashley and Kylee's presentation: Introduction to MATLAB

Geometry Software

GeoGebra

• GeoGebra website
  • Download page. You need to have the current Java version installed on your computer.
  • Tutorial (PDF) | Manual (online) | A short introduction by Óscar Chávez
• A GeoGebra applet as a MediaWiki page (Bezier)
• A GeoGebra applet uploaded to GeoGebraTube (quartic)
• An example exporting GeoGebra graphics to LaTeX (LaTeX source file)
• A GIF animation created by GeoGebra
• Gaetano Di Caprio's applets
• Examples:
  • The Theorem of Thales | A triangle | An ellipse | The cycloid | A parabola

Geometer's Sketchpad

• Geometer's Sketchpad resource page

Cinderella

• Cinderella WiKi page

Cabri

• Cabri

RPN Calculators

• Online version of HP-15C
• Sample test from the UIL Texas
• Calculator usage survey (UIL State Competition 2014)
• The Museum of HP Calculators

Logo

"Logo is the name for a philosophy of education and a continually evolving family of programming languages that aid in its realization." (Harold Abelson)

• Logo Foundation
• UCB Logo. A basic implementation for Windows.
• MSW Logo. A more advanced version, also for Windows.
• Android phones: Search for Turtle Draw in the Google Play store.

Other

• James B. and Nicole's presentation: Mizar
• James Qu. and Margarita's presentation: Slide Rules and Logarithmic Tables
  • Building and Using a Logarithmic Table
• Alberto and Robert's presentation: Effectiveness of Technology Use by Mathematics Students