Ma 375 Communicating Mathematics

Carl Eberhart and Paul Eakin

Class 6 -- Making a problem set

Problem Set Making

Making new problem sets is one of a teacher’s jobs. It is nice to have the tools to do it in a professional manner. Usually, there will be typeset math and graphics of some sort.

A Problem Set template \documentclass[12pt]{article}

\textheight 9in

\textwidth 6.5in

\newtheorem{problem}{Problem}

\begin{document}

\begin{center}

{\bf\large Problem Set 1}

\end{center}

\begin{problem}

first question

\end{problem}

\vfill

\begin{problem} second question

\vfill

\end{document}

Some new LaTeX Commands

\newtheorem{problem}{Problem}

Putting this in the preamble allows you to \begin{problem}

\end{problem}

in the body

Another LaTeX command

To make a nice table, put this in your tex

document

\begin{tabular}[.5in]{|l | l | l |}\hline

ksks & stuff & more stuff \\ \hline

akks & yet more Stuff & More stuff \\ \hline

\end{tabular}

More on Graphics.

Use \multiput to draw repetitively in the picture mode

the package graphpap is handy to draw quadrille paper.

Homework assignment

due Monday, Feb 9Work up a new problem set, with

three problems on two pages.Use graphics and color. Supply your

solutions commented out.The topic can be anything related to

or requiring mathematics in the solution.