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Software Interest Group
The UA Math Department Software Interest Group (SWIG)
is a self-organized informal group, consisting of faculty members,
visitors, staff, and graduate students, whose goal is to promote and
advance computer and software literacy among the members of the department
through meetings, talks, and discussions.
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For more details, and talks in past semesters, consult the full schedule of talks.
Past topics can (and should) be repeated occasionally. In addition, here are some topics people might like to hear about:
To give a talk, please contact swig@math.arizona.edu.
There are many LaTeX packages for generating presentations. Out of the three introduced below, Foiltex offers the least options while Beamer offers the most.
Below you will find example files for three types of LaTeX presentations. Remember, in LaTeX any line beginning with a "%" sign is a comment. The last file in each category in a PDF file, which you can compare with the compiled TeX file to make sure everything is working correctly.
Foiltex is similar in capability to the slides class that comes built-in with LaTeX. Unlike the slides class, Foiltex supports the use of figures and other standard LaTeX environments.
Use pdflatex to compile foiltex-example.tex directly into a PDF document. For example, at a command prompt, you would do: pdflatex foiltex-example.
Prosper is significantly more powerful than Foiltex, but was designed more for generating printed transparencies using PostScript, than for generating live PDF presentations. Of course, using an extra step as shown below, one can nonetheless generate PDF output.
Use latex to compile prosper-example.tex. Compile a second time. Convert the DVI file to a PS file and then convert the PS file to a PDF file. For example, at a command prompt, you can use these commands: latex prosper-example, latex prosper-example, dvipdf prosper-example.
Beamer is the most powerful of the presentation systems and is designed for generating live PDF presentations (which can then of course also be printed).
Use pdflatex to compile beamer-example.tex. Compile a second time. For example, at a command prompt, you can use these commands: pdflatex beamer-example, pdflatex beamer-example.
