Selected Links

Useful Documents

• 2020 Mathematics Subject Classification (AMS).

• Abbreviations of Names of Serials (AMS).

• UNESCO nomenclature for fields of science and technology.

• The Comprehensive LATEX Symbol List.

• Breve Manual de MAXIMA, Robert Ipanaqué.

• Una introducción elemental a Wolfram Language, Stephen Wolfram, 2a Ed., 2019.

Mathematical writing

• Writing Mathematical Papers in English, Jerzy Trzeciak.

• Writing Mathematical Papers -a Few Tips, Jerzy Trzeciak.

• Mathematical English Usage. A Dictionary, Jerzy Trzeciak.

• Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, Nicholas J. Higham. 

• Mathematical Writing, Donald E. Knuth, Tracy Larrabee, and Paul M. Roberts.

• Edición de textos científicos con LaTeX. Composición, gráficos, diseño editorial y presentaciones beamer. Walter Mora F., Alexander Borbón A.

History of Mathematics on the Web

• Mathematician of the Day.

• Mathematicians throughout the Year.

• The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.

• Mathematics Genealogy Project.

• The University of Michigan Historical Mathematics Collection.

• Historical Mathematics Monograph Collection from Cornell University.

• Numdam, the French digital mathematics library.

• Digital Mathematics Library, retrodigitized Mathematics Journals and Monographs.

• Mechanisms by Tchebyshev.

Selected Mathematics Resources Online

• arXiv, a online repository of electronic preprints  of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance.

• The Prime Pages.

• Mathematical Quotations Server.

• Encyclopedia of Mathematics.

• Wolfram MathWorld.

• Wikibooks LaTeX.

Web-based Applications

• YAMWI (Yet Another Maxima Web Interface), a web interface to the CAS Maxima.

• Wolfram|Alpha online integral calculator.

• Online Matrix Calculator.

• The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.

• SageMathCloud (System for Algebra and Geometry Experimentation, SAGE), a web-based cloud computing and course management platform for computational mathematics.  

Open-Source Mathematical Software

• Maxima. a Computer Algebra System.

• SageMath, a general-purpose mathematical software.

• GNU Octave, a Numerical Analysis Software.

• SciLab, a Numerical Analysis Software.

• GeoGebra, an interactive geometry, algebra, statistics and calculus application, intended for learning and teaching mathematics and science.

• R, a language and software used for statistical computing and graphing (see The Comprehensive R Archive Network).

• GNU PSPP, a program for statistical analysis of sampled data.

• Gnuplot, a command-line program that can generate 2D and 3D plots of functions and  data.

Open-Source or Freeware Miscellaneous Utilities

• 7Zip, file archiver, an application used primarily to compress files. 7-Zip uses its own 7z archive format, but can read and write several other archive formats.

• Inkscape, a professional vector graphics editor.

• GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, for X Windows systems.

• Sumatra PDF, a PDF, eBook (ePub, Mobi), XPS, DjVu, CHM, Comic Book (CBZ and CBR) reader for Windows.

• PDF Creator converts every printable document to PDF and many other formats.

• WinDjView is a fast, compact and powerful DjVu viewer for Windows with tabbed interface, continuous scrolling and advanced printing options.

• LosslessCut is a very fast video and audio file trimmer that also allows you to extract JPEG captures from a video. The program does not require installation: unzip the 7zip file into a folder and run LosslessCut.exe.

• VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD and various streaming protocols. 

• Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Audacity is free, open source software.

• KeePass is a free open source password manager. Passwords can be stored in an encrypted database, which can be unlocked with one master key.

• FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.

• PortableApps.com is a website offering free applications for Windows that have been specially packaged for portability. These portable applications are intended to be used from removable media such as USB flash drives. User data is stored in a subfolder, allowing the user to upgrade or move the software without affecting the data.

Sources for LaTeX via Web Download or Anonymous FTP

• CTAN: Comprehensive TeX Archive Network, a set of fully-mirrored ftp sites providing the most complete, up-to-date TeX-related software possible.

• LaTeX Templates.

• Instalar LaTeX en MS-Windows (in Spanish)

• GPL Ghostscript, an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF.

• GSView, a user-friendly viewer for various document formats including Postscript and PDF files.

• MiKTeX, a distribution of the TeX/LaTeX typesetting system for Microsoft Windows.

• Editors:

  • TeXMaker, a free, modern and cross-platform LaTeX editor for linux, macosx and windows systems that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application.

  • TeXstudio, a free integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents.

  • TEXnicCenter, a free editor (IDE) for developing LaTeX documents under Windows. 

  • WinEdt, a shareware,  powerful and versatile LaTeX editor for MS Windows.

  • ShareLaTeX, an online LaTeX editor.

  • VerbTeX, a free, collaborative LaTeX Editor for Android, iOS or  Windows devices.

• Mathpix, extract LaTeX from PDFs or handwritten notes in seconds.