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Online Meetings for Last Day

Written on 04.03.26 by Friedrich Günther

Hi all,

due to the strike on public transport, todays sessions will take place online. Even though I am not a fan of this concept, and even though I hate Microsoft Teams, the meetings will take place using Teams. Join links below:

Hi all,

due to the strike on public transport, todays sessions will take place online. Even though I am not a fan of this concept, and even though I hate Microsoft Teams, the meetings will take place using Teams. Join links below:

Best,
Friedrich

Course Times

Written on 27.02.26 by Friedrich Günther

Hi everyone,

we will have 6 time slots next week. Due to a doctor's appointment, the slots on Tuesday will be in the afternoon. Course language is english by demand. Time slots will be as follows:

Monday: 10.00 -- 11.30, 13.00 -- 14.30 (What is LaTeX, what software do you need, fonts and… Read more

Hi everyone,

we will have 6 time slots next week. Due to a doctor's appointment, the slots on Tuesday will be in the afternoon. Course language is english by demand. Time slots will be as follows:

Monday: 10.00 -- 11.30, 13.00 -- 14.30 (What is LaTeX, what software do you need, fonts and formatting, highlighting and colours, typical tasks and boiler plate solutions)
Tuesday: 13.00 -- 14.30, 15.15 -- 16.45 (Counters, references, mathematics in LaTeX, important packages, On writing mathematics, numbered equations, equations over multiple rows, holy trinity, diagrams)
Wednesday: 10.00 -- 11.30, 13.00 -- 14.30 (bibliographies, Index and Appendix, TikZ, Code highlighting with minted, LaTeX beamer)

All courses will take place in Lecture Hall 4, building E2.4. 

Best,
Friedrich

Organisational Matters

Written on 20.02.26 by Friedrich Günther

Dear all,

experience has shown that a fraction of potential attendees actually shows up to the lectures. I would not want to have the direction decided by people that don't actively take part in the course. Please write an email to me if you want to take part in the lectures and give me preferences… Read more

Dear all,

experience has shown that a fraction of potential attendees actually shows up to the lectures. I would not want to have the direction decided by people that don't actively take part in the course. Please write an email to me if you want to take part in the lectures and give me preferences for language as well as additional wishes, should there be any. People that influence the course direction and don't show up in the first meeting without notice will get the boot.

Best,
Friedrich

Block course Introduction to LaTeX

From Monday, 2nd of march, to Wednesday, 4th of march, the next iteration of this introductory course to LaTeX will take place in lecture hall 4, building E2.4. The course will be geared towards students of mathematics, but students from other faculties are welcome, too! The course will be a voluntary affair without the award of credit points. A (n incomprehensive) list of covered topics:

  • Basic mechanisms of LaTeX, crude typography, fonts and advice
  • Horses for courses: Document classes, presets and how to find existing material
  • Links, references, index
  • Bibliography using BibLaTeX and biber, sources for bibliographic information
  • Typesetting mathematics (general rules of thumb, nice to know environments and hacks from IEEEtrantools, mathtools, etc.)
  • Basic 2D sketches using TikZ, an overview over pgfplots, tikzcd
  • Setting up modular documents
  • Typesetting source code
  • LaTeX beamer
  • Letters

The idea for this course is part interactive, part slides. Participants are encouraged to bring laptops. For an easy start Overleaf can be used. For unix based systems, help for installation of a local TeX distribution can be provided.

Please register as soon as possible and let me know what language (english/german) you would prefer. Please use the comment function for wishes on extra material.

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