LaTeX resources for 92.305

Installation

Mac OS X:

Use MacTeX. Demos and additional software (editors, toys) are also available from that link.

Windows:

Use MikTeX. For an editor, try WinEdt or TeXnicCenter. Additional information can be found here.

Linux:

If you're using Linux you probably don't need my help!

Using the language

• The canonical reference is Lamport's book.
• Several good references are listed here. Note in particular the item lshort.pdf.
• The American Mathematical Society's discussion of the features they added to LaTeX is useful.
• The external links on Wikipedia's entry might be helpful.
• Andrew Roberts' guides are worth checking out.
• Your grader Stephen Dalton's guide to writing long formulas

Assignments in this course

To make things easier, students are encouraged to modify and use this template file (which looks like this pdf file when it's been processed).