Intro to Latex for CS140

# CS140: Algorithms

## Getting Started with LaTex

  These brief instructions on LaTex are intended to get you started. If you want a thorough treatment of LaTex, I suggest you purchase Leslie Lamport's book LaTex . These instructions assume an X-Windows/Unix environment. There is a freeware version of LaTex available for the PC but it is non-trivial to install. For more information go to EMTEXGI Home Page .

  ### Step 1:

  1. Download the tex version of homework 0 from the course web page. Save it to a file named sol00.tex.
  2. To ``compile'' this file, enter the command latex sol00.tex . Several files will be produced including sol00.dvi.
  3. To view the typset version of your file, enter the command xdvi sol00.dvi .
  4. To create a postscript version of the file, enter the command dvips -o sol00.ps sol00.dvi. This creates the file sol00.ps.

     ### Step 2:

     1. Open sol00.tex in a text editor. The first two lines of text establish the document style and open the document; you should not change these lines. The next seven lines of text print a heading.
     2. After the heading code enter the line
  \noindent MyName \\
  - Compile the modified version of sol00.tex and view it in xdvi.

    ### Step 3:

    1. The next few lines of sol00.tex are instructions followed by the problems.
    2. In the text for problem one, find the line that reads "$f(n)=10$ and $g(n)=3^n$". Insert a new line
  $f(n)>g(n)$ for $n$ in the range $[1 \ldots 3]$
  - Recompile and view the result.
  - Text delimited by the $ are interpreted in math mode . You should see a difference in the type style between the two versions of of the letter "n".
  - Some mathematical symbols that are only available in math mode. For example the \ldots command produces an ellipse in math mode. If you remove the $ delimiters the the document will not compile.

    ### Step 4:

    1. Insert the correct answers to each question.
    2. Recompile and view the results.
    3. Create a postscript version, print, and bring to the next class.
    4. :)