LaTeX Files

LaTeX is an extension of the TeX mathematical document formatting language.

I have a collection of some LaTeX style files.

Individual LaTeX files are available:

• acs2_mpi_2012,
  Distributed Memory Programming with OpenMP, Lecture Notes, presented to the Advanced Computational Science II Class, FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 16/18 October 2012.
• acs2_mpi_2012_exercises,
  Distributed Memory Programming with MPI, Laboratory Exercises, presented to the Advanced Computational Science II Class, FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 23 October 2012.
• acs2_openmp_2012,
  Shared Memory Programming with OpenMP, Lecture Notes, presented to the Advanced Computational Science II Class, FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 9/11 October 2012.
• acs2_openmp_2012_exercises,
  Shared Memory Programming with OpenMP, Laboratory Exercises, presented to the Advanced Computational Science II Class, FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 16 October 2012.
• ajou_2009_death_map,
  The Death Map,: Reading Nature's Geometry
  presented at the Department of Mathematics, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, 12 May 2009.
• ajou_2009_parallel
  An Introduction to Parallel Programming,
  presented at the Department of Mathematics, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, 13 May 2009.
• ajou_2009_sparse,
  Covering Pascal's Triangle on a Budget: Accuracy, Precision, and Efficiency in Sparse Grids,
  presented at the Department of Mathematics, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, 08 May 2009.
• ajou_2009_sparse_intro,
  An Introduction to High Dimensional Sparse Grids
  presented at the Department of Mathematics, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, 11 May 2009.
• ajou_fast_2011,
  Fast Programs for Big Problems,
  hosted by Professor Hyung-Chun Lee, Ajou University Department of Mathematics, Suwon, Korea, 29 September 2011.
• ajou_matlab_2011,
  Parallel Programming with MATLAB,
  hosted by Professor Hyung-Chun Lee, Ajou University Department of Mathematics, Suwon, Korea, 22 September 2011.
• ajou_sparse_2011,
  Sparse Grids for Stochastic Integrals,
  hosted by Professor Hyung-Chun Lee, Ajou University, Department of Mathematics, Suwon, Korea, 24 September 2011.
• arby
  Flow Optimization using Sensitivities;
• asa_2011_geometry,
  Algorithms for Science Applications:
  Lecture Notes on Computational Geometry Algorithms,
  Department of Scientific Computing,
  Florida State University, Spring Semester 2011.
• asa_2011_geometry_homework,
  Algorithms for Science Applications:
  Homework Assignments on Geometry Algorithms,
  Department of Scientific Computing,
  Florida State University, Spring Semester 2011.
• asa_2011_geometry_lab,
  Algorithms for Science Applications:
  Lab on Geometry Algorithms,
  Department of Scientific Computing,
  Florida State University, Spring Semester 2011.
• asa_2011_graphs,
  Algorithms for Science Applications:
  Lecture Notes on Graph Algorithms,
  Department of Scientific Computing,
  Florida State University, Spring Semester 2011.
• asa_2011_graphs_homework,
  Algorithms for Science Applications:
  Homework Assignments on Graph Algorithms,
  Department of Scientific Computing,
  Florida State University, Spring Semester 2011.
• asa_2011_graphs_lab,
  Algorithms for Science Applications:
  Lab on Graph Algorithms,
  Department of Scientific Computing,
  Florida State University, Spring Semester 2011.
• asa_2011_images,
  Algorithms for Science Applications:
  Lecture Notes on Image Algorithms,
  Department of Scientific Computing,
  Florida State University, Spring Semester 2011.
• asa_2011_images_homework,
  Algorithms for Science Applications:
  Homework Assignments on Image Algorithms,
  Department of Scientific Computing,
  Florida State University, Spring Semester 2011.
• asa_2011_images_lab,
  Algorithms for Science Applications:
  Lab on Image Algorithms,
  Department of Scientific Computing,
  Florida State University, Spring Semester 2011.
• asa_2011_midterm,
  Algorithms for Science Applications:
  Midterm Question on Graph Algorithms,
  Department of Scientific Computing,
  Florida State University, Spring Semester 2011.
• auburn_2009,
  Covering Pascal's Triangle on a Budget: Accuracy, Precision, and Efficiency in Sparse Grids,
  presented at the Applied Mathematics Seminar, Auburn University Mathematics Department, 06 February 2009.
• auburn_siam_2009,
  The Death Map,: Reading Nature's Geometry
  presented to the SIAM Student Chapter, Auburn University, 05 February 2009.
• auburn_2012,
  Maximum MATLAB,
  presented to the mathematics graduate students at Auburn University, 22 March 2012;
• bc_1996
  Sensitivities for Optimization,
  a draft writeup for a talk given in Victoria, British Columbia in 1996;
• bc_slides_1996
  Sensitivities for Optimization,
  a slide presentation given in Victoria, British Columbia in 1996;
• beamer_example,
  a small example of using the BEAMER class to make presentations;
• benchmark.tex,
  "Benchmarking on the Cray YMP", a discussion of benchmarking programs on the PSC's Cray YMP, written about 1990;
• bifurcation,
  Some background and a programming assignment to accompany Jim Fink's presentation "Bifurcation, Catastrophe, Singularity, and All That",
  presented to the Virginia Tech Math Modeling Seminar,
  21 October 2008;
• bozeman_1994
  Discretization of Costs and Sensitivities in Shape Optimization,
  presented at the Fourth Bozeman Conference on Computation and Control, July 1994;
• bozeman_2003
  PDE Model Reduction by Clustering,
  presented at the Eighth Bozeman Conference on Computation and Control, July 2003;
• bulgaria_2013
  A Hyperspherical Method for Discontinuity Location in Uncertainty Quantification,
  presented at the conference "Recent advances in high-dimensional approximation of PDEs with random input data", Sozopol, Bulgaria, June 2013;
• cdoc
  Computational Control of a Crystallization Process;
• cg_lab_barycentric_tetrahedrons,
  a computer lab exercise involving the barycentric coordinate system in a tetrahedron;
• cg_lab_barycentric_triangles,
  a computer lab exercise involving the barycentric coordinate system in a triangle;
• cg_lab_fem,
  a computer lab exercise on the finite element method;
• cg_lab_fem_basis_tetrahedron,
  a computer lab exercise on the definition, computation and use of finite element basis functions on a single tetrahedron;
• cg_lab_fem_basis_triangle,
  a computer lab exercise on the definition, computation and use of finite element basis functions on a single triangle;
• cg_lab_fem_basis_triangulation,
  a computer lab exercise on the definition, computation and use of basis functions in the finite element method as applied to a triangulation in 2D;
• cg_lab_mapping_tetrahedrons,
  a computer lab exercise involving maps between a reference tetrahedron and an arbitrary tetrahedron;
• cg_lab_mapping_triangles,
  a computer lab exercise involving maps between a reference triangle and an arbitrary triangle;
• cg_lab_monte_carlo_tetrahedrons,
  a computer lab exercise on Monte Carlo estimation of integrals over a tetrahedron;
• cg_lab_monte_carlo_triangles,
  a computer lab exercise on Monte Carlo estimation of integrals over a triangle;
• cg_lab_monte_carlo_triangulations,
  a computer lab exercise on representing triangulations, and computing boundary and triangle neighbor arrays;
• cg_lab_quadrature,
  a computer lab exercise on quadrature using triangulations;
• cg_lab_search_tet_mesh,
  a computer lab exercise on searching a tet mesh for the tetrahedron that contains a point;
• cg_lab_search_triangulation,
  a computer lab exercise on searching a triangulation for the triangle that contains a point;
• cg_lab_tetrahedrons,
  a computer lab exercise on tetrahedrons;
• cg_lab_triangles,
  a computer lab exercise on triangles;
• cg_lab_triangulations,
  a computer lab exercise on triangulations;
• chain.tex,
  "This is No Joke", a meditation on chain letters;
• change_problem.tex,
  Michael Renardy's description of a change-making puzzle;
• clustering_images,
  a classroom presentation on clustering images, presented 23 September 2009;
• clustering_kmeans,
  a classroom presentation on K-Means clustering, presented 21 September 2009;
• clustering_linkage,
  a classroom presentation on single linkage clustering, presented 16 September 2009;
• clustering_voronoi,
  a classroom presentation on clustering with Voronoi diagrams, presented 28 September 2009;
• clustering_weighted,
  a classroom presentation on weighted clustering, presented 25 September 2009;
• crystal,
  A Note on a Crystallization Problem;
• cs_2009_death_map,
  John Snow - A Model of Disease Transmission
  presented to the final meeting of the directed study class in Computational Science, Virginia Tech, 05 May 2009.
• cvt_basis,
  The CVT Basis Generation Algorithm;
• cvt_uman.tex,
  A User's Manual for the CVT (Centroidal Voronoi Tesselation) Code;
• delaunay_refinement.tex,
  a note on the number of nodes in Delaunay Mesh refinement on a sphere;
• fdi_2008
  An Overview of Parallel Computing,
  a series of lectures given as part of the Virginia Tech Faculty Development Institute (FDI) 10-12 June 2008;
• fdi_2009
  Using Virginia Tech High Performance Computing,
  a series of lectures given as part of the Virginia Tech Faculty Development Institute (FDI) 26-28 May 2009;
• fdi_matlab_2009
  Introduction to Parallel MATLAB at Virginia Tech,
  a lecture given as part of the Virginia Tech Faculty Development Institute (FDI) 09 September 2009;
• fem_basis,
  The Finite Element Basis for Simplices in Arbitrary Dimensions;
• fem_meshing
  a short talk on meshing for the finite element method, presented to the FSU Graduate Finite Element Seminar, 04 November 2011.
• fem_neumann
  Jeffrey Borggaard, John Burkardt, John Burns, Eugene Cliff,
  Working Notes on a Reaction Diffusion Model: A Finite Element Formulation.
• fem_ns,
  Finite Element Treatment of the Navier Stokes Equations;
• fem_stokes,
  Finite Elements for the Stokes Equations of Fluid Flow,
  a short talk on some of the computational issues involved in setting up a finite element mode for the Stokes equations, presented to the FSU Graduate Finite Element Seminar, 02 December 2011.
• fem2d_heat_steady_spmd,
  Notes on a 2D Thermal Model: an Example for MATLAB's Parallel Computing Toolbox.
• forburns,
  An Overview of Flow Optimization using Sensitivities;
• fsu_2006,
  PDE Model Reduction Using the SVD,
  presented at FSU School of Computational Science, 21 September 2006.
• fsu_2007,
  "Stalking the Wild Integral",
  presented at FSU School of Computational Science, 19 June 2007.
• fsu_2008,
  Parallel Programming with OpenMP and MPI,
  presented at FSU Department of Scientific Computing, September 2008.
• fsu_2009,
  Sparse Grids for Stochastic Integrals,
  presented at FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 08 October 2009.
• fsu_2010_openmp,
  "Parallel Programming: OpenMP + Fortran",
  presented to the FSU Department of Scientific Computing Class on Introduction to Scientific Computing with Fortran, 15 April 2010.
• fsu_2010_parfor,
  "Parallel MATLAB at FSU: Parallel FOR Loops",
  presented to the FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 12 April 2010.
• fsu_2010_sparse,
  Integration, Quadrature, and Sparse Grids,
  presented at the Research Group Seminar, FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 10 September 2010;
• fsu_2010_spmd,
  Parallel MATLAB at FSU: SPMD and Message Passing Programming
  presented to the FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 13 April 2010.
• fsu_2010_tasks,
  "Parallel MATLAB at FSU: Task Computing",
  presented to the FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 16 April 2010.
• fsu_2011_grad_seminar,
  "The Big Thaw: Simulating Greenland's Future",
  presented to the FSU Department of Scientific Computing Graduate Student Seminar, 08 April 2011.
• fsu_2011_matlab_parallel,
  Parallel MATLAB at FSU: PARFOR and SPMD,
  presented at the FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 31 March 2011.
• fsu_2011_matlab_tasks,
  "Parallel MATLAB at FSU: Task Computing",
  presented at the FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 07 April 2011.
• fsu_2012_mesh, "How to Make a Mesh", a talk on generating meshes in two dimensions, given in the FSU Department of Scientific Computing, Graduate Student Seminar ISC5934, 12 October 2012.
• fsu_fast_2010,
  "Fast Programs, Big Problems",
  presented to the FSU Department of Scientific Computing class, ISC 3222-01, "Symbolic and Numeric Calculations", Professor Ming Ye, 11:15am-12:05pm, 152 DSL, 19 and 22 November 2010.
• fsu_fast_2012,
  "Maximum MATLAB",
  presented to the FSU Department of Scientific Computing class, ISC 3222-01, "Symbolic and Numeric Calculations", Professor Ming Ye, 12:20pm-1:10pm, 152 DSL, 5/7 November 2012.
• fsu_mpi_2008_exercises,
  Parallel Programming with MPI, Laboratory Exercises,
  presented at FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 22 September 2008.
• fsu_mpi_2011,
  "Parallel Programming with MPI",
  presented at FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 25/27 October 2011.
• fsu_mpi_2011_exercises,
  Parallel Programming with MPI, Laboratory Exercises,
  presented at FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 01 November 2011.
• fsu_mpi_2012,
  "Parallel Programming with MPI",
  presented to an FSU class on Parallel and Distributed Monte Carlo Methods, 13 July 2012.
• fsu_openmp_2008_exercises,
  Parallel Programming with OpenMP, Laboratory Exercises,
  presented at FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 15 September 2008.
• fsu_openmp_2011,
  Parallel Programming with OpenMP,
  presented at FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 18/20 October 2011.
• fsu_openmp_2011_exercises,
  Parallel Programming with OpenMP, Laboratory Exercises,
  presented at FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 25 October 2011.
• genetic_2013,
  "Genetic Algorithms",
  presented to the Junior Seminar, FSU Department of Scientific Computing, 04 February 2013.
• hermite_interpolant, "Computing the Hermite Interpolant Polynomial", a discussion of the standard interpolating polynomial, the simple Hermite interpolating polynomial (function values plus derivatives), and a procedure for computing it;
• hppc_2008,
  slides for lectures given as part of the Virginia Tech / University of Virginia High Performance Parallel Computing Bootcamp 28 July - 02 August 2008;
• icms_2010,
  Sparse Grids for Anisotropic Problems,
  presented at the ICMS workshop on Uncertainty Quantification,
  Edinburgh, 24-28 May 2010;
• icms_2010_poster,
  Sparse Grids for Anisotropic Problems,
  a poster for the ICMS workshop on Uncertainty Quantification,
  Edinburgh, 24-28 May 2010;
• ima_1992,
  "Control of Steady 2D Incompressible Flow",
  presented at the IMA Period of Concentration on Flow Control,
  Minneapolis, November 1992;
• isc_2011,
  Introduction to Scientific Computing,
  lectures for a course taught for the Department of Scientific Computing at Florida State University, Summer 2011;
• isc_2012,
  Introduction to Scientific Computing,
  lectures for a course taught for the Department of Scientific Computing at Florida State University, Summer 2012;
• jacobi_poisson_1d,
  Jacobi Iterative Solution of Poisson's Equation in 1D;
• An Introduction to LaTeX;
• mathematica_glossary.tex,
  A Mathematica Command Glossary;
• matlab_parallel,
  "Parallel Programming with MATLAB";
• matmul.tex,
  MATMUL: An Interactive Matrix Multiplication Benchmark;
• model_problems,
  "Model Problems", a presentation of some sample problems for mathematical modeling, given at Virginia Tech, 04 May 2013.
• monte_carlo_probability,
  a classroom presentation on probability, for Monte Carlo Methods, presented 26-28-30 October 2009;
• monte_carlo_sampling,
  a classroom presentation on Monte Carlo Sampling Methods, presented 02-04-06 November 2009;
• monte_carlo_simulation,
  a classroom presentation on Monte Carlo Simulation Methods, presented 09-11-13 November 2009;
• mpas_interface,
  The Interface between the MPAS Land Ice Dynamic Core and the Velocity Solver;
• mpi_intro_2005,
  "An Introduction to MPI",
  presented at the FSU School for Computation Science,
  Tallahassee, October 2005;
• multigrid_poisson_1d,
  Multigrid Iterative Solution of Poisson's Equation in 1D;
• new_orleans_2005,
  a talk on "Natural Inclusion of Boundary Points in a Mesh",
  presented at the SIAM Conference on Control,
  New Orleans, 13 July 2005;
• orlando_2005,
  "Natural Inclusion of Boundary Points in a Mesh",
  Orlando, 15 February 2005;
• ornl_2012,
  "Sparse Grid Collocation for Uncertainty Quantification",
  a talk given at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 02 March 2012.
• ornl_interp_1d_2012,
  "The Interpolation Problem in 1D",
  a talk given at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 20 August 2012.
• ornl_samsi_2012.html,
  "Parallel Collocation for Uncertainty Quantification on High Performance Systems",
  a talk given at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 02 May 2012.
• paper_sample.tex,
  a sample paper of just two pages, with an abstract, a table, a formula, a figure, a few references;
• parallel_matlab_2010,
  a talk on "Parallel MATLAB",
  Virginia Tech, 08 February 2010;
• peridynamic_quadrature,
  Quadrature Rules for Peridynamics Problems,
  written by Miroslav Stoyanov.
• pitt_2008,
  SPARSE GRIDS: Turning High Dimensional Data into Information,
  presented at the Computational Science Seminar, University of Pittsburgh Mathematics Department, 11 November 2008.
• pitt_2010,
  "The Big Thaw: Simulating Greenland's Future",
  presented at the Computational Science Seminar, University of Pittsburgh Mathematics Department, 10 December 2010.
• pitt_2011,
  Finite Elements for the (Navier) Stokes Equations of Fluid Flow,
  a short talk on some of the computational issues involved in setting up a finite element mode for the Stokes or Navier Stokes equations, presented to the Numerical Analysis Seminar, University of Pittsburgh, 08 December 2011.
• poster_template,
  a LaTeX template for creating large posters to display at conferences.
• psc_2007,
  "Stalking the Wild Integral",
  presented at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 27 June 2007;
• rumpelstiltskin,
  a verse form of the story of Rumpelstiltskin;
• sandia_2007,
  "A Low Level Introduction to High Dimensional Sparse Grids",
  presented at the Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI), Sandia National Laboratory, 21 August 2007;
• sandia_2009,
  "Accuracy, Precision, and Efficiency in Sparse Grids",
  presented at the Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI), Sandia National Laboratory, 23 July 2009;
• sandia_2010,
  FINAL REPORT: Advanced Numerical Methods for Computing Statistical Quantities of Interest from Solutions of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations,
  Sandia National Laboratory, 15 August 2010;
• sanfran_1995,
  "Sensitivity Inconsistency for Geometric Parameters",
  AIAA Conference,
  San Francisco, March 1995;
• scala_2012,
  "Sparse Grid Collocation for Uncertainty Quantification",
  a talk for the SCALA 2012 Conference, 20-21 January 2012.
• sem_2012_mesh, "How to Make a Mesh", a talk on generating meshes for 2D, 2.5D, and 3D, given in the FSU Department of Scientific Computing Summer Seminar Series, 10/12 July 2012.
• sem_2012_openmp, "OpenMP for C or Fortran", a talk on parallel programming in C or FORTRAN using OpenMP, given in the FSU Department of Scientific Computing Summer Seminar Series, 31 July/02 August 2012.
• sem_2012_parfor "Parfor for MATLAB", a talk on parallel programming in MATLAB, given in the FSU Department of Scientific Computing Summer Seminar Series, 24/26 July 2012.
• sem_2012_shallow, "What Makes the Ocean Wave?", a talk on approximating the shallow water equations, focussing on a simple code by Cleve Moler, given in the FSU Department of Scientific Computing Summer Seminar Series, 17/19 July 2012.
• sgmga_1d_rules,
  1D Quadrature Rules for Sparse Grids.
• sgmga_ccs,
  Slow Exponential Growth for Clenshaw Curtis Sparse Grids.
• sgmga_ccs2,
  Slow Exponential Growth for Clenshaw Curtis Sparse Grids.
• sgmga_coefficient,
  The "Combining Coefficient" for Anisotropic Sparse Grids.
• sgmga_coefficient2,
  Efficient Calculation of the Anisotropic "Combining Coefficient".
• sgmga_counting,
  Counting the Abscissas in Sparse Grids.
• sgmga_gls,
  Slow Growth for Gauss Legendre Sparse Grids.
• sgmga_gps,
  Slow Exponential Growth for Gauss Patterson Sparse Grids.
• sgmga_precision,
  On the Precision of Certain Multidimensional Quadrature Schemes;
• shallow_water_2010,
  two lectures on approximating the shallow water equations, focussing on a simple code by Cleve Moler, and addressed to the class on Mathematical Modeling of Oceanic and Atmospheric Flows, at Virginia Tech, 22-24 March 2010.
• siam_poster_2009,
  A poster describing experiences using parallel Matlab with several algorithms,
  SIAM Annual Meeting, Denver, 06-10 July 2009.
• siam_uq_2012_part3,
  "Analysis of SPDE's and numerical methods for UQ, Part III: The Sparse Collocation Method", a tutorial presented at the SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification, 03 April 2012, by Clayton Webster and John Burkardt.
• sparse_interpolant,
  The Sparse Grid Interpolant;
• sphere_mesh,
  "Gridding the Earth for Climate Models", presented at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 20 February 2013.
• stochastic_integrals,
  "Approximating Integrals for Stochastic Problems",
  for presentation to the FSU class on "Numerical Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations", 26/28 February 2013.
• syllabus_computational_geometry,
  a draft syllabus for a directed individual study (DIS) course on computational geometry, intended as an example of the kind of special topics that could be handled as a DIS class.
• my thesis;
• trinity_2013,
  "Genetic Algorithms",
  presented to the Undergraduate Seminar, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 21 February 2013.
• tulane_2012,
  "Maximum MATLAB",
  presented to the mathematics graduate students at Tulane University, 12 January 2012;
• upg_2008,
  "The Death Map",
  presented at the Math Club at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, 14 October 2008.
• upg_2011,
  "The Capture of Infinity",
  presented to the Math Club at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, 7 December 2011;
• usc_2006,
  "Turning Data into Information with the SVD",
  presented to the University of South Carolina Student Chapter of SIAM, 26 October 2006.
• vt_2005
  "The Poison Pump and the Spitting Fish",
  presented at Virginia Tech, 25 April 2005.
• vt_2006,
  "Reduced Order Modeling of Fluid Flows",
  presented at Virginia Tech, 17 August 2006.
• vt_2007,
  "The Death Map",
  presented at Virginia Tech, 25 October 2007.
• vt_2009,
  "The Death Map",
  presented at Virginia Tech, 10 November 2009.
• vt_2010_matlab,
  "Parallel Programming with MATLAB",
  presented at the Virginia Tech Parallel Programming "Bootcamp", 10 August 2010.
• vt_2010_openmp,
  "Parallel Programming with OpenMP",
  presented at the Virginia Tech Parallel Programming "Bootcamp", 10 August 2010.
• vt_2010_parfor,
  "Parallel MATLAB: Parallel FOR Loops",
  presented at Virginia Tech, 04 June 2010.
• vt_2010_spmd,
  "Parallel MATLAB: Single Program Multiple Data",
  presented at Virginia Tech, 25 June 2010.
• vt_2010_tasks,
  "Parallel MATLAB: Task Computing",
  presented at Virginia Tech, 02 July 2010.
• yonsei_matlab_2011,
  "Parallel Programming with MATLAB",
  hosted by Eunjung Lee,
  Department of Computational Science and Engineering,
  Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea,
  28 September 2011;

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