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Questions tagged [math-software]
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Math without pencil and paper
For someone who is physically unable to use a pencil and paper, what would be the best way to do math?
In my case, I have only a little movement in my fingers. I can move a computer mouse and press the left button. Currently I do very little math…
Jeroen
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Online MathJaX editor
I suspect this might easily be a clone question, it seems impossible that nobobdy would've asked this before, but my searches seem to return nothing.
I've grown very used to the MathJaX input here. So much, that when I need to show some maths to…
Dahn
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Software to render formulas to ASCII art
I guess all computer algebra systems have command line interfaces which render formula as 2D monospace "ascii art". But the only standalone tool to render TeX to 2D I know is tex2mail (comes with PARI/GP).
Are there other standalone programs or…
Yrogirg
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Writing mathematical presentations using mathjax
I would like to make (simple) mathematical presentations using mathjax. Most importantly I want to be able to let text show up step by step. Does anybody here know a program that would allow me to do this without too much hazzle ?
I'm afraid that…
Kasper
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Software for organising mathematics
While I like working with matematics inside LaTeX (that is to say, scribble notes e.t.c. even for things I know I will never want typeset), I often find myself resorting to pen and paper for the simple reason that I find it more convenient (being…
Tilo Wiklund
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Windows lightweight Math Software
I'm looking for lightweight, free, Windows, Math software.
Something I can put an expression and get an answer, or graph it.
I tried Euler, but it is quiet complicated and HUGE.
Basic needs:
Expression Based
Supports Variables
Support Functions,…
Ayman
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A good, free, graphics package for mathematics?
A student of mine has cooked up a new graphical notation for computing with knots on surfaces. The trouble is, writing up his results is difficult due to his new notation. Is there a good "drawing tool" for mathematics that anyone can suggest?
Jon Bannon
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Have equation, want its name
In reading journal articles (in physics), I often come across recurring equations in the Introduction sections. Sometimes they don't mention its name. For example, I come across
$$\begin{eqnarray*}
E\Psi &=&…
Kit
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Software For Creating Commutative Diagrams
I am aware of various latex packages (e.g., XYPic) that facilitate the creation of commutative diagrams in the context of latex documents. What I would like to ask though is whether there exists a stand-alone tool that creates these diagrams? An…
ItsNotObvious
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About LAMBDA editor
I'm a graduate student and I've working about a year ago with blind students. I teach basic math to them (euclidean geometry, calculus, algebra, etc...) and recently I've heard about LAMBDA project (Linear Access to Mathematic for Braille Device and…
jnaf
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Variants to PowerPoint for math paper presentations?
For a math talk, typing equations in PowerPoint is a really painful process, and yes, it's very far from the beautiful layout of LaTeX.
Is there a FREE non-PowerPoint software which I can use to create a nice talk which has support for LaTeX?
kodyv
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LaTex for home use
I would like to have a program similar to this website that allows me to write math equations. Is there a good program that is easy to use. I tried the LaTex add in for Google docs, but it is not that good. It was simple to install, but I am not…
Benp404
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Scratch Pad software for Windows
I'm looking for software that can serve as a replacement for a physical "scratch pad", on a Windows system with only keyboard and touchpad interfaces. This is intended to facilitate manual calculations, but not actually do any computation.
$\LaTeX$…
Iszi
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Sketching graphs
How are graphs plotted or sketched?
If you have a graph plotting software for example mathematica or matlab, or you want to see what the graph of $e^{2x}$ looks like, how do you plot/sketch such a graph?
If you proceed by using a finite number of…
picakhu
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Casio hand calculator vs Mathematica at (1+1/n)^n
The CASIO fx-7400G calculator is very quick at doing $(1+1/1000000)^{1000000}$, giving an output of $2.718280469$.
Mathematica (v7) takes over a minute, running on an Intel Core2 Duo processor, and its output is this:
With $n=10000000$, my patience…
Weltschmerz
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