Brooks Emerick

mat 210 — Mathematical Computing and Typesetting

Spring 2026 — Section 010

Course Materials:

• Syllabus (updated Jan 27, tex)

• Schedule (updated Mar 17, tex)

• The Not So Short Guide to LaTeX

Links:

• D2L Login

• Anaconda

• Overleaf

• GitHub

Lecture Notes

• Phase 1 Notes (updated Feb 2)

• Phase 2 Notes (updated Mar 4)

Worksheets

• P1.WS1 — Critical Points and Extrema (tex, solutions, python, figures)

• P1.WS2 — Optimization on an Interval (tex, solutions, python, figures)

• P1.WS3 — Optimization with Parameters (tex, solutions, python, figures)

• P2.WS1 — Linear Systems (tex, solutions, python)

• P2.WS2 — Polynomial Interpolation (tex, solutions, python)

• P2.WS3 — (Non)Linear Curve-Fitting (tex, Solutions, python)

homework assignments

• P1.H1 — Derivatives, Tangents, and Local Extrema (tex)

  • Latex Solutions

  • Python Solutions

• P1.H2 — Optimization with Parameters (tex)

  • Latex Solutions

  • Python Solutions

• P2.H1-2 — Interpolation and Data-Fitting (tex)

  • Latex Solutions

  • Python Solutions

Mini-Project Descriptions

• Mini-Project 1 — Calculus Optimization (tex)

• Mini-Project 2 — Linear Algebra and Curve-Fitting (tex, Data)

Latex Templates and Resources

• Typical Preamble

• Article with Tables, Figures, Equations, etc

• Basic Beamer Talk

• LaTeX Stack Exchange

• TikZ Package Examples

• Detexify

• Assorted Templates

• Mathcha