CRN 23745: Technology Info

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

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

barebones.tex
A multiple choice quiz
LaTeX is part of MediaWiki and other software on the Internet\[\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}=\frac{\pi^2}{6}\]

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

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 * Resources:
-# [http://www.math.uconn.edu/ITResources/Downloads/LaTeXUserManual.pdf A Simplified Introduction to LaTeX]
+# [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX Wikibook LaTeX]
 # [http://www.math.uconn.edu/ITResources/Downloads/LaTeXPrimerIndia.pdf A LaTeX Primer]
-# [http://www.math.uconn.edu/ITResources/Downloads/NotSoShortIntroLatex.pdf The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX]
+# [http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/CTAN/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf The Not So Short Introduction to $\LaTeX$]
 # [http://helmut.knaust.info/oldclass/200410_2325/latex.pdf A LaTeX crash course]
-# [http://www.math.uconn.edu/ITResources/Downloads/TeXCookbook.pdf The TeX Cookbook (List of symbols)]
+# [http://www.math.upenn.edu/tex-stuff/cookbook.pdf The TeX Cookbook (List of symbols)]
 # The standard book reference is: Leslie Lamport, ''LaTeX: A Document Preparation System'',  Addison-Wesley, 2nd Edition, 1994.
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