STUDENT RESEARCH RESOURCES

Sample files and other resources

Latex Template – text file, sample Figure (eps file)

Latex Template – output (pdf file)

Sample Proposal

Sample Thesis Outline – pdf file

Sample Thesis Outline – Latex File

LaTeXPrimer – pdf file (from David R. Wilkins)

LaTeXPrimer – web page (from David R. Wilkins). Contains other useful links.

Where to download LaTeX – link to ctan.org, the TeX archives. Has links to any TeX and LaTeX source files you need, plus tutorials, discussion threads, etc. For PC and MacOSX users.

Beamer Files: Beamer is a Latex class that allows you to make a slide presentation in pdf using Latex commands (so the math comes out looking nice).

Beamer guides:

Zero (shortest: pdf file, 12 pages) One (pdf file: 219 slides) Two (pdf file: 210 pages)

Sample Beamer presentation – pdf file , Latex File

Another Beamer sample, from HMC – Latex file

Jabref “How To” – for generating annotated bibliographies (text file – thanks to C. DuBois, aka “Lance”)

“How to give a good Math Talk” – by Joe Gallian, from Math Horizons. A nice check list.

Math Talks – from “Concerns for Young Mathematicians” by Curtis Bennet and Frank Sottile

Tutorial on Effective Presentations (University of Kentucky Medical Center) 

Sample Poster (one large power-point slide) (thanks to C. DuBois)

Matlab:

Matlab Primer – online (Kermit Sigmon, Universtiy of Florida, via UC San Diego link)

Matlab Documentation – links to full set of pdf documents