Your final paper must be created electronically. I recommend that all of you learn how to use LaTeX, but you may use any program you like (for example, Microsoft Word). You may use the Math Sciences Computing Center (MSCC).

Help with Microsoft Word

This handout (.ps, .pdf) will help you to use Word's Equation Editor more efficiently.

Help with LaTeX

Writing a paper using LaTeX can seem pretty intimidating at first, but it can be easy if you follow an example. Try these example files to get started:

• Example 1:  Just Text  .tex  .pdf
• Example 2:  Math  .tex  .pdf
• Example 3:  BibTeX  .tex  .pdf  samplebib.bib

If you are composing your LaTeX document with the emacs editor, this cheat sheet may be very useful.

Online LaTeX Resources:

• Beginning LaTeX (Cornell)
• Getting Started with LaTeX (Trinity College)
• Hypertext LaTeX Help (NASA)
• The LaTeX Catalogue Online
• LaTeXe Help 1.4 (Emory University)
• TeX FAQ
• Some useful tips and tricks in LaTeX
• LaTeX maths and graphics (University of Cambridge)
• Advanced LaTeX (University of Cambridge)

Suggested Books on LaTeX:

• Gooseens, Mittelbach and Samarin, The LaTeX Companion, Addison-Wesley, 1994.
  (An updated version of the eighth chapter is available in PDF.)
• Lamport, LaTeX: A Documentation Preparation System, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1994.

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