CMSC 203, Section 0401
Discrete Structures

Course Resources

LaTeX Example Files

• The latex file discussed by Eric Eaton in lecture 2 and the corresponding sample files are:
  • I've created a basic introduction to LaTex, which you can view in three formats (tex, ps, pdf).
  • In the basic introduction, there is a sample LaTeX document. Here is that sample document in three formats (tex, ps, pdf).
  • I've written up the four example problems from lecture 1 on Propositional Logic. Again, it is here in three formats (tex, ps, pdf).
  • Eric created and discussed a Math in LaTeX file that will help with mathematical formatting.

LaTex Websites

• LaTeX Project home page: http://www.latex-project.org/
• LaTeX Project FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes
• CTAN: the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network: http://www.ctan.org/
• The AMS maintains several widely used extensions of LaTeX. The amsmath part provides just about every math symbol you can imagine, and more: http://www.ams.org/tex/amslatex.html
• ``Simplified LaTeX,'' a beginner's guide with a nice tutorial section at the beginning: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/simplified-latex/
• In order to run LaTeX on your own computer, you will need to install TeX and LaTeX. I haven't tried to download it, but a number of freeware and shareware implementations are available.  You can look through the CTAN or LaTeX Project websites above for pointers. If you're running Windows, you might want to try this TeX/LaTeX implementation, which looks promising: http://www.miktex.org/