Troy Henderson Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics 315 Weaver Hall University of Mobile Mobile, AL 36613 (251) 442-2298 Education Tools Publications Vitae Family Interests

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy,Mathematics,Texas A&M University, August 2005
• Master of Arts,Mathematics,The University of Alabama, August 1999
• Bachelor of Science,Electrical Engineering,The University of Alabama, May 1997

Tools

• Function Grapher uses MetaPost and allows users to easily graph functions, parametric curves, and surfaces.
• MetaPost Previewer allows users to test MetaPost and generate EPS, PDF, and SVG output for the generated graphics.
• LaTeX Previewer is useful for experimenting with LaTeX without having to deal with many of the intricacies of the compile process.
• Animations is a compilation of several animations created with MetaPost/ConTeXt.
• Root Finder locates a root of a real-valued function on a given interval.
• Quadratic Factorer demonstrates the process of factoring any quadratic over the integers.
• Use continued fractions to approximate any real number with a Rational Number.
• Convert EPS/PDF/SVG to Grayscale.
• Place a EPS/PDF wrapper around PNG/JPEG Raster Graphics.
• Loan Calculator computes the principal, payment, interest rate, or term for loans with compound interest.

Selected Publications

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  User-friendly web utilities for generating LaTeX output and MetaPost graphics, TUGboat, vol. 33 (2012), no. 1.

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  A beginner's guide to MetaPost for creating high-quality graphics, TUGboat, vol. 28 (2007), no. 1 (Editors requested simultaneous publication in PracTeX Journal).

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  A beginner's guide to MetaPost for creating high-quality graphics, PracTeX Journal, vol. 2006, no. 4. (Editors requested simultaneous publication in TUGboat, vol. 28 (2007), no. 1).

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  Embedding fonts in MetaPost output, TUGboat, vol. 26 (2005), no. 3, pp. 250-252.

Curriculum Vitae

• PDF (printable) version
• Email Me to request the ConTeXt (source)

Family

• My wife Greta can be contacted via Facebook or Email
• Our family picture Gallery

Interests

• Wavelets, Frames, and Sampling Theory – Much of my mathematical research interest can be encapsulated into these three areas.
• Gentoo Linux – Since I began using Linux as my primary operating system, I often feel crippled when having to use Micro$ith Window$.
• LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system, with features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents. Including graphics in LaTeX documents should require an understanding between raster and vector graphics.
• MetaPost is a powerful graphics language (by John Hobby) based on Donald Knuth's METAFONT, but with PostScript output and facilities for including typeset text. Knuth says that he uses nothing but MetaPost for diagrams in text that he is writing.

Updated Tuesday 9 April, 2013