Ma 375 Communicating Mathematics

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Ma 375 Communicating Mathematics

• Carl Eberhart and Paul Eakin
• Class 6 -- Making a problem set

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Problem Set Making

• Making new problem sets is one of a teachers
  jobs. It is nice to have the tools to do it in
  a professional manner. Usually, there will be
  typeset math and graphics of some sort.

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A Problem Set template

• \documentclass12ptarticle
• \textheight 9in
• \textwidth 6.5in
• \newtheoremproblemProblem
• \begindocument
• \begincenter
• \bf\large Problem Set 1
• \endcenter
• \beginproblem
• first question
• \endproblem
• \vfill
• \beginproblem second question
• \vfill
• \enddocument

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Some new LaTeX Commands

• \newtheoremproblemProblem
• Putting this in the preamble allows you to
• \beginproblem
• \endproblem
• in the body

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Another LaTeX command

• To make a nice table, put this in your tex
• document
• \begintabular.5inl l l \hline
• ksks stuff more stuff \\ \hline
• akks yet more Stuff More stuff \\ \hline
• \endtabular

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More on Graphics.

• Use \multiput to draw repetitively in the
  picture mode
• the package graphpap is handy to draw quadrille
  paper.

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Homework assignment

• due Monday, Feb 9
• Work up a new problem set, with three problems on
  two pages.
• Use graphics and color. Supply your solutions
  commented out.
• The topic can be anything related to or requiring
  mathematics in the solution.