TeX and the Honors Option, Math 2030, Fall 2017

TeX and the Honors Option

Honors Option:

I will ask that you write a paper (10-20 pages typically) on a subject related to the material of Calculus III, but outside the scope of the class. Some possible topics

vector spaces of functions, inner products, and orthogonal expansions of functions,
Kepler's laws (a brief exposition can be found in the text),
differential forms and exterior calculus.

Other topics will be added as we come up with them. You are free to propose topics you might be interested in. Here is the link to the form you need to apply for the honors option in this course.

TeX:

I will also ask that you learn the mathematical typesetting language TeX (pronounced "tech" as in "technology") to write it in. Even if you don't do the honors option, you will benefit enormously from learning TeX. It is a better system than most for any sort of writing (poetry, linguistics, philosophy, letters to the editor, etcetera), and is vastly superior in its handling of mathematics and graphical content.

The definitive site for all things Tex is the Comprehensive TEX Archive Network . You can find (links to and/or copies of) the major Tex distributions for different systems together with an enormous number of useful packages. I particularly recommend having a look at

Beamer, a package for designing slide presentations, and<\li>
tikz, a package for drawing diagrams. This is what I used to produce the grids on Quiz1. You may see the TeX source code that I used to produce them.

Here is the Wikipedia page on CTAN.

I use TeXShop, a comprehensive TeX installation designed for the Mac, and like it a lot.

Class syllabus