diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c4abc9c51a26473dbbddd1c8bc0f34451a8965cc..963c17cfe8d79c85e12945fb35c6d1d99bb2ba92 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,3 +32,11 @@
*.dot
*.pdf
*.jpg
+
+# latex output
+*.aux
+*.log
+*.out
+*.pdf
+*.toc
+
diff --git a/docs/SelfArx.cls b/docs/SelfArx.cls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..23b8a932f6c93940eddfecd8de09f7632b5acc55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/SelfArx.cls
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+% ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+% Conference proceedings and article templates for
+% personal open-archiving activities
+% September 2012
+% ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
+\ProvidesClass{SelfArx}[25/01/2012, v1.0]
+\RequirePackage{ifthen}
+\RequirePackage{calc}
+\AtEndOfClass{\RequirePackage{microtype}}
+\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{article}}
+\ProcessOptions*
+\LoadClass{article}
+\RequirePackage{ifpdf} % Needed to pick between latex and pdflatex
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+% FONTS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\RequirePackage{times} % Loads the Times-Roman Fonts
+\RequirePackage{mathptmx} % Loads the Times-Roman Math Fonts
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+% VARIOUS USEFUL PACKAGES
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\RequirePackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\RequirePackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb}
+\RequirePackage{graphicx,xcolor}
+\RequirePackage[english]{babel}
+\RequirePackage{booktabs}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+% MARGINS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\RequirePackage[left=2cm,%
+ right=2cm,%
+ top=2.25cm,%
+ bottom=2.25cm,%
+ headheight=11pt,%
+ letterpaper]{geometry}%
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+% FIGURES AND TABLES CAPTIONS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\RequirePackage[labelfont={bf,sf,small},%
+ labelsep=period,%
+ justification=raggedright]{caption}
+\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{0pt}
+\setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{0pt}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+% PAGE HEADER
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\RequirePackage{fancyhdr} % Needed to define custom headers/footers
+\RequirePackage{lastpage} % Number of pages in the document
+\pagestyle{fancy} % Enables the custom headers/footers
+% Headers
+\lhead{}%
+\chead{}%
+\rhead{\small\sffamily\bfseries\@PaperTitle\ --- \thepage/\pageref{LastPage}}
+% Footers
+\lfoot{}%
+\cfoot{}%
+\rfoot{}%
+\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}% % No header rule
+\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}% % No footer rule
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+% SECTION/SUBSECTION/PARAGRAPH SET-UP
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\RequirePackage[explicit]{titlesec}
+\titleformat{\section}
+ {\color{color1}\large\sffamily\bfseries}
+ {}
+ {0em}
+ {\colorbox{color2!10}{\parbox{\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\centering\arabic{section}. #1}}}
+ []
+\titleformat{name=\section,numberless}
+ {\color{color1}\large\sffamily\bfseries}
+ {}
+ {0em}
+ {\colorbox{color2!10}{\parbox{\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\centering#1}}}
+ []
+\titleformat{\subsection}
+ {\color{color1}\sffamily\bfseries}
+ {\thesubsection}
+ {0.5em}
+ {#1}
+ []
+\titleformat{\subsubsection}
+ {\sffamily\small\bfseries}
+ {\thesubsubsection}
+ {0.5em}
+ {#1}
+ []
+\titleformat{\paragraph}[runin]
+ {\sffamily\small\bfseries}
+ {}
+ {0em}
+ {#1}
+\titlespacing*{\section}{0pc}{3ex \@plus4pt \@minus3pt}{5pt}
+\titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pc}{2.5ex \@plus3pt \@minus2pt}{0pt}
+\titlespacing*{\subsubsection}{0pc}{2ex \@plus2.5pt \@minus1.5pt}{0pt}
+\titlespacing*{\paragraph}{0pc}{1.5ex \@plus2pt \@minus1pt}{10pt}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+% TABLEOFCONTENTS SET-UP
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+\newlength{\tocsep}
+\setlength\tocsep{1.5pc} % Sets the indentation of the sections in the table of contents
+\setcounter{tocdepth}{3} % Three levels in the table of contents section: sections, subsections and subsubsections
+
+\usepackage{titletoc}
+\contentsmargin{0cm}
+\titlecontents{section}[\tocsep]
+ {\addvspace{4pt}\small\bfseries\sffamily}
+ {\contentslabel[\thecontentslabel]{\tocsep}}
+ {}
+ {\hfill\thecontentspage}
+ []
+\titlecontents{subsection}[\tocsep]
+ {\addvspace{2pt}\sffamily}
+ {\contentslabel[\thecontentslabel]{\tocsep}}
+ {}
+ {\ \titlerule*[.5pc]{.}\ \thecontentspage}
+ []
+\titlecontents*{subsubsection}[\tocsep]
+ {\footnotesize\sffamily}
+ {}
+ {}
+ {}
+ [\ \textbullet\ ]
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+% MULTIPLE AUTHOR SET
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\newcount\@authcnt
+\newcount\@tmpcnt\@tmpcnt\z@
+
+\def\@affiliation{%
+ \ifnum\@tmpcnt<\@authcnt
+ \global\advance\@tmpcnt1
+ \raggedright \csname @auth\romannumeral\the\@tmpcnt\endcsname\hfill\\%
+ \let\next\@affiliation \vskip1pt
+ \else
+ \let\next\relax
+ \fi
+\next}
+
+\newcommand{\affiliation}[1]{%
+ \global\advance\@authcnt1
+ \expandafter\gdef\csname @auth\romannumeral\the\@authcnt\endcsname
+ {#1}}
+
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+% LIST CONTROL
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\RequirePackage{enumitem}
+%\setlist{nolistsep} % Uncomment to remove spacing between items in lists (enumerate, itemize)
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+% ABSTRACT+AUTHOR FRAME
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\newcommand{\PaperTitle}[1]{\def\@PaperTitle{#1}}
+\newcommand{\Archive}[1]{\def\@Archive{#1}}
+\newcommand{\Authors}[1]{\def\@Authors{#1}}
+\newcommand{\JournalInfo}[1]{\def\@JournalInfo{#1}}
+\newcommand{\Abstract}[1]{\def\@Abstract{#1}}
+\newcommand{\Keywords}[1]{\def\@Keywords{#1}}
+
+% ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\renewcommand{\@maketitle}{%
+\twocolumn[
+ {%
+ \thispagestyle{empty}%
+ \vskip-36pt%
+ {\raggedleft\small\sffamily\bfseries\@JournalInfo\\\@Archive\par}%
+ \vskip20pt%
+ {\raggedright\color{color1}\sffamily\bfseries\fontsize{20}{25}\selectfont \@PaperTitle\par}%
+ \vskip10pt%
+ %{\raggedright\color{color1}\sffamily\fontsize{12}{16}\selectfont \@Authors\par}%
+ \vskip18pt%
+ %\fcolorbox{color1}{white}{%
+ %\parbox{\textwidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule}{\centering%
+ %\colorbox{color2!10}{%
+ %\parbox{\textwidth-4\fboxsep-2\fboxrule}{%
+ %\ifx\@Keywords\@empty%
+ %\sffamily\textbf{\abstractname}\\\@Abstract%
+ %\else%
+ %\sffamily\textbf{\abstractname}\\\@Abstract\\[4pt]%
+ %\textbf{\keywordname}\\\@Keywords%
+ %\fi%
+ %}%
+ %}%
+ %\vskip4pt%
+ %\begingroup%
+ %\raggedright\sffamily\small%
+ %\footnotesize\@affiliation\par%
+ %\endgroup%%
+ %}%
+ %}%
+ %\vskip25pt
+ }
+]%
+}%
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+% REFERENCES
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+% Remove brackets from numbering in List of References
+\renewcommand{\@biblabel}[1]{\bfseries\color{color1}\textsuperscript{[#1]}}
+%\setlength{\bibitemsep}{0cm}
+\let\oldbibliography\thebibliography
+\renewcommand{\thebibliography}[1]{%
+\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\refname}%
+\oldbibliography{#1}%
+\setlength\itemsep{0pt}}%
diff --git a/docs/formulation.tex b/docs/formulation.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..93183fc00f847ed50e0526de711fe97ec1837e89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/formulation.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+\section*{Introduction}
+
+The cable equation is a nonlinear parabolic PDE that can be written in the form
+\begin{equation}
+ c_m \pder{V}{t} = \frac{1}{2ar_{L}} \pder{}{x} \left( a^2 \pder{V}{x} \right) - i_m + i_e,
+\end{equation}
+where
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item $V$ is the potential relative to the ECM $[mV]$
+ \item $a$ is the cable radius \todo{units}
+ \item $c_m$ is the {specific membrane capacitance}, approximately the same for all neurons $\approx 10~nF/mm^2$. Related to \emph{membrane capacitance} $C_m$ by the relationship $C_m=c_{m}A$, where $A$ is the surface area of the cell.
+ \item $i_m$ is the membrane current \todo{units}
+ \item $r_L$ is intracellular resistivity, typical value $1~k\Omega$
+\end{itemize}
diff --git a/docs/makefile b/docs/makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c0e8e4d56f169461af19a7154f07867ca806afd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+report.pdf : *.tex
+ pdflatex report.tex
+
+force : report.pdf
+ pdflatex report.tex
+
+clean :
+ rm -f *.pdf
+ rm -f *.log
+ rm -f *.out
+ rm -f *.aux
+ rm -f *.toc
diff --git a/docs/report.tex b/docs/report.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fdc2cca75baaec1ca7702cb73d4f493bb96ac5d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/report.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Stylish Article
+% LaTeX Template
+% Version 2.0 (13/4/14)
+%
+% This template has been downloaded from:
+% http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com
+%
+% Original author:
+% Mathias Legrand (legrand.mathias@gmail.com)
+%
+% License:
+% CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+% PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\documentclass[fleqn,10pt]{SelfArx} % Document font size and equations flushed left
+
+\usepackage{xspace}
+\usepackage{color}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+% COLUMNS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\setlength{\columnsep}{0.55cm} % Distance between the two columns of text
+\setlength{\fboxrule}{0.75pt} % Width of the border around the abstract
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+% COLORS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\definecolor{color1}{RGB}{0,0,90} % Color of the article title and sections
+\definecolor{color2}{RGB}{0,20,20} % Color of the boxes behind the abstract and headings
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+% PLOTTING and DRAWING
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+\usepackage{tikz}
+\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
+\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows,backgrounds,fit,shapes.geometric,calc}
+\usetikzlibrary{pgfplots.groupplots}
+\usepackage{pgfplots}
+\usepackage{pgfplotstable}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+% HYPERLINKS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\usepackage{hyperref} % Required for hyperlinks
+\hypersetup{hidelinks,colorlinks,breaklinks=true,urlcolor=color2,citecolor=color1,linkcolor=color1,bookmarksopen=false,pdftitle={Title},pdfauthor={Author}}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+% CUSTOM COMMANDS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\newcommand{\HWtwelve}{HW12\xspace}
+\newcommand{\HWtwelves}{HW12$^*$\xspace}
+\newcommand{\HWeight}{HW8\xspace}
+\newcommand{\HWsix}{HW6\xspace}
+\newcommand{\HWfour}{HW4\xspace}
+\newcommand{\SBeight}{SB8\xspace}
+
+\newcommand{\HWtwelvecode}{E5-2690v3\xspace}
+\newcommand{\HWtwelvescode}{E5-2680v3\xspace}
+\newcommand{\HWeightcode}{E5-1660v3\xspace}
+\newcommand{\HWsixcode}{E5-1650v3\xspace}
+\newcommand{\HWfourcode}{E5-1620v3\xspace}
+\newcommand{\SBeightcode}{E5-2670\xspace}
+
+\newcommand{\todo}[1]{\textbf{\textcolor{blue}{TODO: #1}}} % add a comment to the article
+
+\newcommand{\tbl}[1]{\textbf{Table \ref{#1}}\xspace}
+\newcommand{\fig}[1]{\textbf{Figure \ref{#1}}\xspace}
+\newcommand{\eq}[1]{\textbf{(\ref{#1})}\xspace}
+\newcommand{\ssec}[1]{\textbf{\S\ref{#1}}\xspace}
+
+\newcommand{\pder}[2]{\frac{\partial{#1}}{\partial{#2}}}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+% ARTICLE INFORMATION
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\JournalInfo{CSCS} % name of "journal" on upper right corner
+\Archive{working document}
+
+\PaperTitle{Cable Equation}
+
+%===============================================================================
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\flushbottom % Makes all text pages the same height
+\maketitle % Print the title and authors
+\tableofcontents
+
+\thispagestyle{empty} % Removes page numbering from the first page
+
+%------------------------------------------------
+\input{formulation.tex}
+
+
+\end{document}
+