this page may look at lot like last year's, but it's different. be sure to read the assignment carefully
Assignment 1: Latex
For this assignment you will create a Latex document that replicates as closely as reasonable the following sheet (which is given in both pdf and postscript form).
The assignment is due October 16, 2002 at the beginning of class.
Please turn in your Latex source code and a copy of what the latex code produced. This sheet should look reasonably close to what is provided to you on the web. Be sure to handwrite your name at the top of both sheets. Be sure to staple the sheets. Don't do that thing with the folded corners. I hate that.
Also, email a copy of the source code to the TA (Dan Merl). This will be used for program checking purposes. Be sure to include your name in a comment line at the top of the source code.
Here is the document you want to recreate: assignment1.pdf
Helpful Resources:
1: Here is a skeleton of a latex document. You can use it as a base to work from for this assignment.
2: Links to Latex
Getting Started with LaTeX: By David R. Wilkins
An Introduction to LaTeX by Donald Ballance
Overview of LaTeX and Local Guide (click on title for table of contents, seems like a good reference for looking things up)
Richard Hughey's Latex Stuff. You have to be on an SOE machine to use this link. There's all sorts of usefull stuff in this directory, check out the README.
3: Someone asked this question via email, and we thought it may be useful to others:
> Prof. Helmbold,
> I have a question regarding summation. Is there a way to increase the
> height of the line, I used subscript and superscripts as indicated in the
> Latex documentation but they don't appear exactly below and above the
> summation symbol,I am using /( ... \) for the math so that it appears
> on same line as (2 pts).
> Otherwise , I have finished the rest of the document.
>
Good question.
In math mode you can use "\displaystyle" to get latex to format
the math the same way as it would be in a displayed equation,
rather than trying to fit it into a normal line width.
Compare how \( \frac{1}{2} \) and \(\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}\)
look.