MATH 300. Writing for Mathematics
University of Illinois at Chicago, Spring 2022
Dr./Prof. Michelle Chu
(16464) Mondays 12–12:50pm at Taft Hall 308 || (16465) Wednesdays 12–12:50pm at Taft Hall 317
Office Hours: Wednesdays 2-3pm & Fridays 12-1pm on Zoom (email for link)
Course Website: https://sites.google.com/view/uicmath300
ANNOUCEMENTS
Welcome to MATH 300 — Spring 2022! All announcements will be be posted here.
Make sure you regularly check the assignments page.
You can find LaTeX templates for your assignments and articles here.
Week 14 class (April 18/20) will be held on Zoom due to the UIC GEO strike. Please check your email for the Zoom link.
RESOURCES
LaTeX: www.latex-project.org, http://miktex.org/,
LaTeX editors: http://www.winedt.com/, https://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/, https://www.overleaf.com/ (online browser editor)
LaTeX symbol lookup: http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html
Mathematics articles: https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematics/, https://www.scientificamerican.com/mathematics/, https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/mathematics-magazine
AMS Student Essay Contest: https://awm-math.org/awards/student-essay-contest/
Avoiding plagiarism in Mathematics, by Richard D. Neidinger
A profile on Bianca Viray, by Yen Duong
Abraham Wald and the Missing Bullet Holes, excerpt from How Not To Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenberg