Category Archives: Technology & Math

LaTeX online editor

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Melanie Laffin

Have you ever had a need for a LaTeX editor but you are not near a computer that has it installed? Have you ever wished that you could just edit documents in your browser (perhaps because you just got a … Continue reading →

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Machines or us?

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Jean Joseph

Some people claim that there needs to be a computer or some machine to do this or that for them, and over the years, it seems this agenda has been able to be carried out since many things they used … Continue reading →

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Top LaTeX Mistakes

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Tyler Clark

It is very easy to make mistakes when typesetting using LaTeX. John Cook and A.J. Hildebrand list some of my pet peeves. See below for my list.

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Dance your math PhD

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Diana Davis

When I heard that there was a contest to explain your PhD thesis through dance, I knew that I had to do it. I spent a few months thinking about how to turn my theorem into a compelling dance, and … Continue reading →

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Khan Kerfuffle

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Derek Smith

A previous blog post by Brian Katz shares his experience with the Khan Academy. He breaks down his review into two sections: the videos and exercises which comprise the site. His post describes the videos of Salman “Sal” Khan as … Continue reading →

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