HW 1: Introduction to LaTeX

 

Introduction

In this homework you will gain practice with writing homework assignments with LaTeX.

Exercises

  1. We will learn the basics of LaTeX, a comprehensive and powerful tool for scientific writing, by using Overleaf, a free service that lets us create, edit, and share scientific ideas online. Go to Overleaf now and set up an account.
    2. Alternatively, you may install LaTeX on your own computer. Dr. Barth has some instructions for installing LaTeX, which you are welcome to use. If you install this on your own machine, the next few steps will be different, so feel free to skip down to the problem set. Dr. Barth has also included a link to commonly used math symbols which may be very useful as this quarter progresses.

  2. Once you have an account set up, click on New Project and choose the Homework Assignment template. Choose one of the homework templates that are provided that would give you a start with writing answers to several problems. (The one titled "Weekly Homework 3, Homework 3 for Dr. Martin's class" on the 2nd page of templates might be a good place to start.)
  3. Click to "Open as Template". We will be making modifications to the .tex file from the template.

  4. Modify the main.tex file so that it has your name and a title, such as "Homework #1".
    5. Whatever you type as the title of the paper will automatically become the name of the file, but you can change that at the top of the screen. At the top of the window you will find the name of the file, with a pencil icon next to it. Click on the pencil icon to edit the filename.

  5. Click (or just look) at the preview side of the screen to see that your changes have gone into effect.

  6. Use what you can find in this template and others to write up answers to the following problems:
    1. Write up a proof of Problem 1.1 from the textbook.

    2. Write up a proof of Problem 1.10 from the textbook.

    3. Give the truth table for the XOR boolean operator. (See Section 3.1 in the text if you are not familiar with this.)

    4. Type up Definition 4.1.1 from the textbook.

    5. Give the graph of the curve y = x2 and label the point (2, 4).

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