LaTeX: The Standard for Writing Mathematics.

Mathematical typesetting and writing is best done with LaTeX, a free document mark-up system that has versions for all platforms. LaTeX output is 'typeset quality' as would appear in a book or journal.

• Tutorials, manuals, resources
  • CTAN's “Getting started with LaTeX” (pdf)
  • Math into LaTeX by George Grätzer (pdf)
  • Math in LaTeX by Herbert Voß (pdf)
  • "An essential guide to LaTeX 2ε usage: Obsolete commands and packages" by Trettin & Fenn [pdf]
  • MacTeX wiki
  • A Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List (pdf)
  • An Online Tutorial by the India TUG (TeX Users Group)
• Software
  • TeX Live, the standard full LaTeX distribution (current version: TeX Live 2011)
    • MacTeX TeX Live for Macintosh OS X
    • TeX Live for Windows
  • LaTeX-It equation editor for Macintosh OS X
  • TeXworks editor for Mac, Linux, and Windows.
  • MikTeX LaTeX system for Microsoft Windows
  • LaTeX Editor for Microsoft Windows
• How To Give a Talk: Advice on Preparing and Presenting Technical Talks in the Mathematical Sciences by Tamara G. Kolda, Sandia National Labs
• For making posters with LaTeX, see our faculty-information/TeX/ page