Installing LATEX

Introduction

Introduction to LATEX:Week 1: Installation

Daryl DeFord, David Freund, and Katie Harding

Dartmouth CollegeDepartment of Mathematics

Dartmouth CollegeKresge Library Workshop

September 29, 2016

Installing LATEX

Introduction

Abstract

Abstract

Abstract

The first meeting of the workshop series is focused on getting you upand running with LaTeX. We will help you install a LaTeX compilerand the TeX Maker editor on Linux, Mac, or Windows and practicecompiling example documents. Several templates will be provided sothat you can begin experimenting immediately. Please bring yourlaptop.

Installing LATEX

Introduction

Outline

Table of Contents

1 IntroductionAbstractOutline

2 Types of DocumentsStandard

3 History of LATEXEarly Days of TEXLATEXToday

4 Installation Guide5 Conclusion

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Why LATEX?

• Designed for mathematical content

Theorem (D. (2014) [1])

The number of distinct Lucas tilings of a 1× n bracelet up to symmetryis:

dn−12 e∑

i=0

1

n− i

∑d|(i,n−i)

ϕ(d)

(n−idid

) . (1)

[1] D. DeFord: Enumerating Distinct Chessboard Tilings, Fibonacci

Quarterly, 52(5), 102-116, (2014).

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Why LATEX?

• Designed for mathematical content

Theorem (D. (2014) [1])

The number of distinct Lucas tilings of a 1× n bracelet up to symmetryis:

dn−12 e∑

i=0

1

n− i

∑d|(i,n−i)

ϕ(d)

(n−idid

) . (1)

[1] D. DeFord: Enumerating Distinct Chessboard Tilings, Fibonacci

Quarterly, 52(5), 102-116, (2014).

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Why LATEX?

• Designed for mathematical content

• High typographical quality

• Programability

• Open source/stability/portability

• Ease of collaboration

• Separation of structural elements from content

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Why LATEX?

• Designed for mathematical content

• High typographical quality

• Programability

• Open source/stability/portability

• Ease of collaboration

• Separation of structural elements from content

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Why LATEX?

• Designed for mathematical content

• High typographical quality

• Programability

• Open source/stability/portability

• Ease of collaboration

• Separation of structural elements from content

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Why LATEX?

• Designed for mathematical content

• High typographical quality

• Programability

• Open source/stability/portability

• Ease of collaboration

• Separation of structural elements from content

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Why LATEX?

• Designed for mathematical content

• High typographical quality

• Programability

• Open source/stability/portability

• Ease of collaboration

• Separation of structural elements from content

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Why LATEX?

• Designed for mathematical content

• High typographical quality

• Programability

• Open source/stability/portability

• Ease of collaboration

• Separation of structural elements from content

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Standard

Basic Document Types

• Homework Assignments

• Exams

• Homework Solutions

• Lecture Notes

• Articles

• Books

• CVs

• Posters

• Slideshows

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Standard

Basic Document Types

• Homework Assignments

• Exams

• Homework Solutions

• Lecture Notes

• Articles

• Books

• CVs

• Posters

• Slideshows

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Standard

Basic Document Types

• Homework Assignments

• Exams

• Homework Solutions

• Lecture Notes

• Articles

• Books

• CVs

• Posters

• Slideshows

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Standard

Basic Document Types

• Homework Assignments

• Exams

• Homework Solutions

• Lecture Notes

• Articles

• Books

• CVs

• Posters

• Slideshows

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Standard

Basic Document Types

• Homework Assignments

• Exams

• Homework Solutions

• Lecture Notes

• Articles

• Books

• CVs

• Posters

• Slideshows

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Standard

Basic Document Types

• Homework Assignments

• Exams

• Homework Solutions

• Lecture Notes

• Articles

• Books

• CVs

• Posters

• Slideshows

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Standard

Basic Document Types

• Homework Assignments

• Exams

• Homework Solutions

• Lecture Notes

• Articles

• Books

• CVs

• Posters

• Slideshows

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Standard

Basic Document Types

• Homework Assignments

• Exams

• Homework Solutions

• Lecture Notes

• Articles

• Books

• CVs

• Posters

• Slideshows

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Standard

Basic Document Types

• Homework Assignments

• Exams

• Homework Solutions

• Lecture Notes

• Articles

• Books

• CVs

• Posters

• Slideshows

Installing LATEX

Types of Documents

Standard

Animations

Installing LATEX

History of LATEX

Early Days of TEX

Figure: Donald Knuth 1

http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/ uno/

Installing LATEX

History of LATEX

LATEX

Figure: Leslie Lamport 1

http://www.lamport.org/

Installing LATEX

History of LATEX

Today

(a) Website (b) Guides

Figures generated by http://www.wordclouds.com/

Installing LATEX

Installation Guide

URLs for downloads

Compilers

• MacTEX: http://tug.org/mactex

• MikTEX: http://miktek.org

Editors

• TEXMaker: http://xm1math.net/texmaker/

• TEXWorks: http://www.tug.org/texworks/

• LyX: http://www.lyx.org/

Installing LATEX

Conclusion

See you next week!

Thanks!