Lectures:
Tips and Learning Resources:
Games as a medium of instruction
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For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business, by K. Werbach and D. Hunter
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Project Euler - Challenging mathematical / computer programming problems. Learn new concepts in a fun and recreational context.
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Rational Games - Playful negotiation for serious people
Tools for the preparation of mathematical documents
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LaTeX - A document preparation system.
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TeXstudio - An integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents.
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Inkscape - A professional vector graphics editor.
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Organize your references using BibTex and zbMATH or MathSciNet. There usually is no need to write the bibliography by hand.
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Detexify helps you find the latex code for mathematical symbols. This is often faster than going through the comprehensive symbol list.
On mathematical writing
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Terence Tao's advice on writing papers.
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Knuth, Larrabee, and Roberts' report on mathematical writing.
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Glasman-Deal's book on science research writing.
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Halmos' essay "How to write mathematics"; American Mathematical Society, 1971
Learn to code
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W3Schools - the world's largest web developer site
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Links / advice: your first semester as an undergraduate
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Take the initiative. It's your responsibility to envision and achieve your goals.
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Check if your university offers affordable (or even free) language courses, transferable skills training or sport activities!
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Consider planning a study abroad year! Depending on the destination, preparation (getting a scholarship, visa, etc.) may take over one year.
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Thomas Frank's youtube channel on "studying and habits and stuff".