COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCIENTIFIC WRITING WITH LATEX

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FSH 0044 SCIENTIFIC WRITING WITH LATEX ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty Of Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CELAL CEM SARIOĞLU

Offered to

Chemistry
Biology
Computer Science
Statistics
Physics
Mathematics
Faculty Of Science

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce students the principles of mathematical writing always accompanied by the software package LaTeX which is very convenient and helpful to produce mathematical texts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be able to write clear mathematical texts with correct language usage
2   Will be able to write a paper, thesis and talk using LaTeX
3   Will be able to produce logically well-organized texts with correct numbering, contents, references, citations etc. easily using LaTeX
4   Will be able to use the many present LaTeX packages for further help in producing mathematical texts
5   Will be able to draw figures using psTricks, gnuplot and Tikz packages in LaTeX

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Writer's tools, mathematical writing, tips for mathematical texts.
2 Language usage. Writing clear proofs of mathematical statements.
3 How to use LaTeX to produce well-written mathematical texts in a fruitful way
4 How to use LaTeX to write a paper, to revise a draft, to publish a paper.
5 How to use LaTeX to write and defend a thesis, to write a talk and to to give a talk, to prepare a poster.
6 To produce logically well organized texts prepared by LaTeX which lets the users deal little with organizing the details on numbering and referring of mathematical statements (theorems, lemmas, etc.), tables, figures.
7 To use LaTeX to prepare table of contents, to organize bibliography databases, citation kinds.
8 How LaTeX helps the mathematician to concentrate just on the contents when writing, not to lose time with typographic and technical details.
9 Practice and examples for writing using LaTeX.
10 Aids and resources for writing and research in mathematics.
11 How to do graphics in LaTeX
12 How to integrate LaTeX with web
13 Further help in LaTeX using the companions to learn how to use many packages.
14 The nature of the mathematical enterprise, a glimpse of mathematical culture: Recommended reading which won prizes for expository writing.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
1. Nicholas J. Higham, Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, SIAM, 1998.
2. George Gratzer, More Math into LaTeX. 4th edition. Springer, 2007.
3. Tobias Oetiker, The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX 2 (Ince bir LaTeX 2 Elkitabı), 2018
4. Greenberg, H.J., A Simplified Introduction to LATEX, 2010
Supplementary Books:
5. Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz, Helmut Kopka, Patrick W. Daly, The LaTeX Companions, Revised Boxed Set: A Complete Guide and Reference for Preparing, Illustrating, and Publishing Technical Documents, 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004.
6. Steven G. Krantz, A Primer of Mathematical Writing: Being a Disquisition on Having Your Ideas Recorded, Typeset, Published, Read & Appreciated, American Mathematical Society, 1997.
7. Steven G. Krantz, Mathematical Publishing: A Guidebook, American Mathematical Society, 2005.
8. Steven G. Krantz, A Mathematician's Survival Guide: Graduate School and Early Career Development, American Mathematical Society, 2003.
9. Steven G. Krantz, Mathematical Apocrypha: Stories and Anecdotes of Mathematicians and the Mathematical (Spectrum), The Mathematical Association of America, 2002.
10. Steven G. Krantz, Handbook of Typography for Mathematical Sciences, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2000.
11. Stanley A. Sawyer, A TEX Primer for Scientists, CRC-Press, 1st Edition, 1995.
12. Leslie Lamport, LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition, 1994.
13. Frank Mittelbach, LaTeX Companion, 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004.
14. Michel Goossens, The LaTeX Graphics Companion: Illustrating Documents with TeX and Postscript(R), Addison-Wesley Professional, 1997.
15. Michel Goossens, The LaTeX Web Companion: Integrating TeX, HTML, and XML, Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999.
16. Helmut Kopka, Guide to LaTeX, 4th Edition, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, lecture notes, presentation, discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

30% (Midterm examination) +30%(Homework assignment)+40% (Final examination)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Celal Cem SARIOĞLU
E-mail: celalcem.sarioglu@deu.edu.tr
Phone: +90 232 301 8585
Office: B212 (Mathematics Department)

Office Hours

To be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 2 1 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Project Assignment 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
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LO.255455
LO.355455
LO.455455
LO.555455

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