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Computer Labs
Maple Lab
The Mathematical Sciences Maple Lab located in Stratton Hall Room 003 consists of 25 Intel® Core™2 Duo PCs running Microsoft Windows 7 as well as Maple 15. Maple is used in conjunction with Calculus instruction in the lab. The computers are also loaded with several other mathematically orientated programs and are available for general use outside the time the lab is scheduled for course related labs. View the current schedule for the lab.
Statistics Multimedia Classroom
The Mathematical Sciences Multimedia Classroom located in Kaven Hall Room 202 has 28 Intel® Core™2 Duo computers running Microsoft Windows Vista as well as SAS 9.3 used in conjunction with various Statistics programs offered by the Mathematical Sciences Department. View the current schedule for the Statistics Multimedia Classroom. Aside from times that classes are scheduled the lab is available for use 24/7.
Financial Multimedia Classroom
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Financial Math Lab is located in Salisbury Labs Room 412. The lab is equipped with 12 Dual Core Workstations with dual monitors and is used in conjunction with the Financial Mathematics Masters Program.
Maple Resources
MATLAB Resources
LaTeX and Windows
To LaTeX under Windows you will need 5 pieces of software; fortunately they can all be obtained without cost.
- MiKTex; You can download it from http://www.miktex.org/ Make sure you run the 'total install". Detailed information on installing Miktex can be found at http://docs.miktex.org/manual/installing.html
One note: MiKTex can take up to an hour or more to install. - Ghost script and Ghost view; You can download the latest versions from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
- Acrobat Reader; you can download the latest version from http://www.adobe.com/ of all the applications needed this one is most likely already on your Windows computer.
- A Tex editor such as TeXnicCenter. Winedt can be used without cost for 30 days on a trial basis. TeXnicCenter is open source software and free to use without trial. It's your choice which you wish to use. The first time you start TeXnicCenter you will need to configure it.
Once you have installed all of the necessary applications you will use the Tex editor to edit your LaTeX document and then be able to build and output it to any combination of dvi, ps, and pdf files.
Help & Support
List of Printers Available in the Mathematical Sciences Department
Location Windows/Printers Name Unix/Linux Q name Model/Type
SH108-Main Office math108 math108 HP B&W Laserjet 4250dn w/duplexer
SH108-Main Office sh_ma4 mathcolor09 HP Colorjet 4700dn w/duplexer
SH104D sh_ma1 mathprint3 HP B&W Laserjet P4014dn w/duplexer
SH207 sh_ma7 mathprint207 HP B&W Laserjet 4014n w/duplexer
SH003-Maple Lab sh_ma2 sh306 HP B&W Laserjet 4250n
SH014-Basement sh_ma9 sh-9 HP B&W Laserjet 4100 dn w/duplexer
SL405 sl_math1 mathprintsal HP B&W Laserjet MFP M3035
SL412 sh_ma8 financialmath HP B&W Laserjet 4050n
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