Introduction to LaTeX:
typeset your own
science/engineering papers.

About

About this course

LaTeX is the standard mark-up language for professional typesetting of scientific and engineering documents (from papers to books). This will be a hands on seminar. It will cover from installation of LaTeX and of a text editor to producing a document with tables, figures and equations. Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop computer.

Practical Information

Where

Mayer Hall Annex, 4623
This is in the old wing of Mayer Hall, on the West side of the building. Take the elevator to the fifth floor.

When

Wednesdays, 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm.

Prerequisites

Good disposition.

Grading

Grading is exclusively by work done in class/attendance.

Sometimes a sign-in sheet will be provided. Othertimes you will email your work:

  • Within the last 5 min of lecture save your *.tex work
  • e-mail it as an attachment to the instructor, with your Full Name in the body of the email
  • Your grade is derived from counting these
  • If you must miss a class please let the instructor know (by email), and have a reasonable explanation.

What to bring to class?

Good disposition.

UCSD network authetication.

UCSD picture ID.

A laptop computer is not required, but if you want to use it for class you will need:.

  • A couple of GB of space on your hard drive
  • A wifi connection
  • Administrator credentials on your laptop to install software

Notes

Course Notes

These are intended as partly notes, partly listing of what is covered. Full(er) explanations will be given in the course, as we type away!.

Fast Forward

The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e.

LaTeX Wikibook (PDF)

Instead of downloading this pdf you can, of course, just consult the wikibook online.

Exercises

Some of the challenges presented in class, directly form the class-slides. Will add to this as the course progresses.

Team

Benjamin Grinstein

Professor of Physics

Prof. Grinstein's research interests are in Particle Physics and Quantum Field Theory. He uses TeX and LaTeX routinely to prepare his manuscripts and notes. He learned TeX as a grad student a million years ago.

Contact

Address

Office: Mayer Hall 5130

Email

bgrinstein@ucsd.edu

Phone
+1 858 534 5229

Prof. Grinstein is available for office hours on request. Best to send him an email or call him to arrange for a meeting. You are welcome to show up at his office unannounced, but you may find yourself waiting in line or just not finding him.