Department of Mathematics

Mathematical Survival Skills

(A Primer for Graduate Studies in Mathematics)

Fall 2010 Syllabus

Texts:

(1) Steven Krantz, A Mathematician's Survival Guide

(2) Leslie Lamport, LATEX: A Document Preparation System, 2nd ed.

(3) Nicholas Higham, Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences

Aaron Wood's Introductory LaTeX Materials:

(1) Download the TeX file

(2) See the PDF file

(3) For Oetiker et al, LaTeX in 139 minutes

Sources for Excellent Expository Journal Articles:

The Mathematical Association of America's Carl B. Allendoerfer Award

The Mathematical Association of America's Chauvenet Prize

The Mathematical Association of America's Lester R. Ford Award

Amber Smith's Introductory Beamer Materials:

(1) Download the TeX file

(2) See the PDF file

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