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Welcome to the UC Berkeley math graduate student wiki. We hope to provide information of use to you during your years as a graduate student at Berkeley.
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=Department of Mathematics Computing Support=
  
* General information for [[Prospective Students|prospective students]], [[First Year Students|incoming students]], and [[Upper Year Students|continuing students]]
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Welcome to the [http://math.berkeley.edu/ Department of Mathematics] computing support wiki. We hope to provide useful information to all members of our department. In order to do that, we want to enlist your help. Anyone with an email address ''@math.berkeley.edu'' or ''@berkeley.edu'' may request a wiki account via [mailto:consult@math.berkeley.edu?Subject=Math%20wiki%20account%20request&body=Please%20create%20a%20wiki%20account%20for%20me. consult@math.berkeley.edu], and use your wiki account to log in and add computing related help or send your suggestions to consult email.
* Information about the [[First Year Students#Preliminary Exam|prelim]], the [[Language Exam|language exam]], and the [[Qualifying Exam|qualifying exam]]
 
* Lists of [[fellowships]], [[conferences]], [[Protected:Internships|summer internships]], [[postdocs]] (see also [[Applying for Postdocs|applying for postdocs]]), and [[Protected:Jobs|jobs]].
 
* [[Academic Books|Math books]] on various topics.
 
* [[Berkeley Life|Berkeley life]]
 
* Answers to computer questions:
 
** How to [[LaTeX basics|use LaTeX]].
 
** How to [[LaTeX Install|install LaTeX]] on your own computer.
 
** How to [[Webpage Guide|create a homepage]].
 
** How to [[File Management|manage files on the math department servers]].
 
** How to [[Software|get software for your research]].
 
** How to [[Proxy Servers|access MathSciNet and UC E-links from off-campus]].
 
  
Certain pages (those beginning with <tt>Protected:</tt>) are only viewable by logged in users, so that the content remains within the Berkeley math community. Most pages can be edited by anyone who's logged in, and anyone can create an account. Feel free to add whatever you think might be of interest to the graduate student community.
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==Math Computing Cheat Sheet==
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* Email, web, printing, scanning, network and more &mdash; all on one page [[Math Computing Cheat Sheet]]
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==Printing and Scanning==
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* How to [[Math Computing Cheat Sheet#Printing|print on the department's printers from your laptop]]
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* [[Printing A4 documents]]
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* How to [/~gbergman/958_scanner.html use the copiers in 958 Evans as scanners]
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* How to [http://math.berkeley.edu/~igor/DR-M160II/ use document scanners in 744 Evans Hall]
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==Math Department Servers==
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* How to [[Webpage Guide|create a homepage]] ('''Deprecated''')
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* How to [[File Management|manage files on the math department servers]]
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* How to use [[SSH Access|remote shell access]]
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* About math [[Software|software]]
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==Getting Help==
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* The primary support email address for computer, printer and network problems within the department is [mailto:request@math.berkeley.edu request@math.berkeley.edu].
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* Web related questions should be addressed to [mailto:webmaster@math.berkeley.edu webmaster@math.berkeley.edu].
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* For hardware printer problems '''only''', (including low toner), use [mailto:trouble@math.berkeley.edu trouble@math.berkeley.edu].
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* [https://studenttech.berkeley.edu/techsupport The student helpdesk, part of Student Tech Services (STS)], provides free tech support to all graduate, professional and undergraduate students at UC Berkeley.
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* [https://technology.berkeley.edu/contact-us The Campus Shared Services (CSS) IT] covers wireless network issues, campus wide outages, support of recently purchased office computers, etc. However, CSS are not familiar with the departmental web, Unix, printing and wired network services.
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* There is also a consult mailing list [mailto:consult@math.berkeley.edu?Subject=subscribe consult@math.berkeley.edu] for general questions, which is read (and answered) by volunteer faculty knowledgeable about Unix and mathematical software.
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'''Please do not copy more than one of above mentioned addresses on your email'''. If you happen to send to the wrong address, it will be redirected by someone to the correct one.
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==CalNet 2-Step Verification==
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* To enroll, go to [https://calnetweb.berkeley.edu/calnet-2-step CalNet account manager]
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* For self-enrollment instructions, visit https://calnetweb.berkeley.edu/calnet-2-step/enroll-device
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==TeX and LaTeX==
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* [[TeX (generally)]]
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* How to [[LaTeX basics|use LaTeX]] and [[LaTeX Install|install LaTeX]] on your own computer
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==Miscellaneous==
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* How to [[Access to MathSciNet and UC eLinks from Home|access to MathSciNet and UC eLinks from home]]
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* How to use [[slides]] in the seminar rooms
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* How to get a  [https://wikihub.berkeley.edu/x/c4Ap Calnet Identity] (Everyone is supposed to have one, and you will need it to set up your [http://bmail.berkeley.edu bMail] account)
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* How to [/~gbergman/papers/arXiv.html post a paper] on the [http://arxiv.org/ arXiv] preprint server
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* [[Disk quotas]]

Latest revision as of 07:56, 16 August 2024

Department of Mathematics Computing Support

Welcome to the Department of Mathematics computing support wiki. We hope to provide useful information to all members of our department. In order to do that, we want to enlist your help. Anyone with an email address @math.berkeley.edu or @berkeley.edu may request a wiki account via consult@math.berkeley.edu, and use your wiki account to log in and add computing related help or send your suggestions to consult email.

Math Computing Cheat Sheet

Printing and Scanning

Math Department Servers

Getting Help

Please do not copy more than one of above mentioned addresses on your email. If you happen to send to the wrong address, it will be redirected by someone to the correct one.

CalNet 2-Step Verification

TeX and LaTeX

Miscellaneous