UPS Sage-TeX-Beamer Seminar

Links

• Sage [Main] [Wiki] [Trac]
• Sage Servers
  • sage.ups.edu notebook server, UPS (campus only)
  • sagenb.org notebook server, Univ of Washington
  • WAP (cell phone) server, Korea
• Introduction Videos (YouTube, by Mark Olson) [New Account] [Getting Started]
• TeX [TeXonWeb] [Online Previewer] [Online Equation Editor]
• Online Tutorial ("The Not So Short Introduction")
• The Best TeX Book: Guide to Latex, H. Kopka and P. Daly, ISBN: 0321173856 [Amazon]
  Currently 4th Edition, previous editions are still useful (and a bit cheaper)
• Short Intro to TeX Book: Learning Latex, D. Griffiths and D. Higham, ISBN: 0898713838 [Amazon]
• Hypertext Guide to LaTeX [Table of Contents]
• The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
• TeX Programs
  • MiKTeX for Windows
  • TeXShop for Mac OS
  • MacTeX for MacOS 10.3 through 10.6
  • TeXLive for Linux, or your system's package manager
• More TeX links at AMS Notices article
• Beamer [Main] [User's Guide]
• VirtualBox [Main] [Downloads]
• MetaPost [Beginner's Guide, by Troy Henderson] [Online Previewer]
• TeXmacs [Main]

Session Summaries

• September 8, Intoduction to Sage
  How to get started easily with Sage, basic syntax and commands, some gotchas and a few demonstrations of the power of Sage. For the absolute beginner. [Worksheet]
• September 15, Intoduction to TeX
  How to get started easily with TeX, the mathematical word processor. We'll slowly build up a sample document with some structure and some fancy-looking mathematics. For the absolute beginner.
  Built-Up Nonsensical TeX Demo [Source] [PDF]
• September 22, Sage and Calculus
  More about Sage with an emphasis on basic algebra, limits, derivatives, integrals, series and interactive demos. [Source]
• October 6, Introduction to PDFScreen and Beamer
  An introduction to PDFscreen and Beamer ("powerpoint" for math). For the absolute beginner who knows some TeX.
  Minimal Beamer Presentation [Source] [PDF]
  [Sample Nonsense Beamer]
• Oct 13, Python and Sage
  Python is a standard, and very popular, programming language. It is also the language that holds Sage together. Which means you can control a collection of Sage-specific commands with the commands of a multipurpose language that you can use elsewhere. And Python also comes with lots of goodies of its own. Prof. Bentson will be our guide to introductory Python, with a view to using it within Sage.
• TBA, Virtual Machine Installation
  Linux is the best place to run Sage and TeX. Love your PC or Mac? Good. We'll install a version of Linux you can run in a window on your current machine by using VirtualBox. Don't worry - you can get rid of it easily later.

Calendar

Meetings are on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM in Thompson 391.