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1 Generating PDF Files with Mathematical Content Peter Andrews William Slough Duane Broline Nancy Van Cleave Eastern Illinois University Department of Mathematics Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

2 PDF Documents Portable Document Format Portability across platforms Free Acrobat Reader Web standard Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

3 Generating PDF Files Acrobat Distiller National Library of Medicine s DocMorph pdfl A TEX and associated tools Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

4 Mathematical Content Equation Editor TEX and L A TEX Geometer s Sketchpad, Maple, Mathematica, etc. Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

5 Platform independent Goals and Experience HTML PDF No reliance on proprietary document formats Convert 200+ existing pages of L A TEX documents Create new documents with hyperlinks Create documents for overhead presentations Package C++ source code Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

6 Creating web-enabled documents We wanted a TEX-based approach Fine control of typesetting Utilize existing TEX documents Use in other courses We wanted to spend little or no money Utilize public domain resources xfig Gimp FoilTEX PPower4 hyperref pdfl A TEX TEX4ht Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

7 Desired Computing Environment Portable Economical Consistent Highly available Up-to-date Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

8 Computing Environment Linux server OM 3041 closet Linux workstations OM 3041 lab Student accounts/files on server Remote access via Lumpkin, SSB, dorms (via Xvnc) Total software costs: < $1/workstation Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

9 Mathematical Examples Superscripts and Subscripts x 2y, x 2y, x y2, x y a, and 2 22n \begin{center} $x^{2y}$, $x_{2y}$, $x^{^2y}$, $x^{y}_{a}$, and $2^{2^{2^n}}$ \end{center} Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

10 Limits and Special Symbols l Hôpital s rule: if f and g are differentiable, lim x f(x) =, and lim x g(x) =, then f(x) lim x g(x) = lim x f (x) g (x). \begin{center} l H\^{o}pital s rule: if $f$ and $g$ are differentiable, $\lim_{x \rightarrow \infty}f(x) = \infty$, and $\lim_{x \rightarrow \infty}g(x) = \infty$, then $\lim_{x \rightarrow \infty}\frac{f(x)}{g(x)} = \lim_{x \rightarrow \infty}\frac{f (x)}{g (x)}$. \end{center} Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

11 Summations This summation can be imbedded x 1, n i=0 xi = xn+1 1 x 1 The following summation will be centered on its own line: in text. x 1, n i=0 x i = xn+1 1 x 1. This summation can be imbedded $\forall x \ne 1, \sum_{i=0}^{n} x^i = \frac{x^{n+1} - 1}{x-1}$ in text.\\ The following summation will be centered on its own line: \[ \forall x \ne 1, \sum_{i=0}^{n} x^i = \frac{x^{n+1} - 1}{x-1}. \] Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

12 Radicals This radical can be imbedded rx 2 + sx + t = 0 = x = 2± s 2 4rt 2r in text. The following radical will be centered on its own line: rx 2 + sx + t = 0 = x = 2 ± s 2 4rt 2r This radical can be imbedded $rx^2 + sx + t = 0 \Longrightarrow x = \frac{-2 \pm \sqrt{s^2-4rt}}{2r}$ in text.\\ The following radical will be centered on its own line: \[ rx^2 + sx + t = 0 \Longrightarrow x = \frac{-2 \pm \sqrt{s^2-4rt}}{2r} \] Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

13 Aligned Formulas x = { y if y > 0 z + y otherwise \[ x = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} y & \mbox{if $y>0$} \\ z+y & \mbox{otherwise} \end{array} \right. \] Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

14 Chaos Game Drawn with xfig 3 A D B E G C F 1 2 Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

15 Chaos Game Screenshot with gimp Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

16 Chaos Game Another screenshot Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

17 Helpful URLs TEX Users Group: TEXLive: MikTEX: OzTEX: Editor: DocMorph: DocMorph.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph Andrews, Broline, Slough & Van Cleave 45 th Annual Mathematics Conference, March 5,

A Suite of Typesetting Tools for the Web-Enhanced Classroom

A Suite of Typesetting Tools for the Web-Enhanced Classroom Peter G. Andrews, Duane M. Broline, William A. Slough and Nancy K. Van Cleave Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Eastern Illinois