LaTeX workshop
The aim of this workshop is to teach LaTeX by using it. Here are the parameters:
Every participant will type up approximately a page or 2 of some paper chosen for the particular workshop.The paper is this: Quillen's "homology of commutative rings"
By the end, you will know all the basics of latex: typesetting, writing commands, different fonts, good conventions etc.
You can also put your name on the typeset paper, which will be a part of the TeXromancers
Here are some resources:
Detexify, a tool that will help you identify what the LaTeX code corresponding to a symbol.
List of LaTeX symbols
quiver, to make commutative diagrams.