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15783
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
1
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| Workload |
PL(20H)
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| Scientific area |
Mathematics
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Entry requirements |
This course is aimed at Higher Education students, whether they are doing a bachelor's degree, a master's degree or a doctorate. All professionals who need to use scientific writing may also attend.
No prior knowledge of LaTeX or programming is required. Students are required to have their own laptop and be able to install programs on their computer.
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Learning outcomes |
In this course, students will learn how to use LaTeX to write their documents in the formats of articles, books, theses and presentations. In addition to learning about the general approach of using LaTeX for writing scientific documents, students will learn the specific structures of each of the four formats. Regarding the general approach, by the end of the course students will be able to compose mathematical formulas, create lists and tables, use and define environments, import images and prepare bibliographical references.
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Syllabus |
LaTeX and TeXStudio installation (2h)
Document formatting (2h)
Writing in mathematical mode (4h)
Creation of tables, import of images and text highlights (2h)
Structure of indexes, references and bibliography (2h)
Specific packages (2h)
Introduction to presentation format using beamer (2h)
Drawing in LaTeX with Tikz (4h)
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Main Bibliography |
Leslie Lamport, LaTeX: A Document Preparation System. Addison- Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, second edition, 1994, ISBN 0-201- 52983-1.
Tobias Oetiker, Hubert Partl, Irene Hyna and Elisabeth Schegle: The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e, 2021.
Sudev Naduvath, An Introduction to TikZ, Conference: Workshop on Tikz Package for Math Researchers, 2018
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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