FloatingPoint Blog tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2009:/floating_blog//3 2009-06-04T14:10:49Z Blogging on Terribly Irrelevant Things Movable Type 3.34 List of Math Blogs tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2009:/floating_blog//3.489 2009-05-04T04:00:00Z 2009-06-04T14:10:49Z Writing about Mathematics is not that popular. Sure, most people don't care about math, as I do. Anyhow, here is... Oberon
  • URL Bundle of Math Blogs
    • Glen PS. Note: Over time, I'll add more to the page, above. So, be aware, just check in a year or so.]]>     Bar Chart Demo tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2009:/floating_blog//3.487 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z 2009-05-21T21:59:20Z Example of a barchart from Maple. Notebook on MaplePrimes of Barchart Demo. Testing display issues - you can look, if... Oberon Notebook on MaplePrimes of Barchart Demo. Testing display issues - you can look, if curious. Glen]]> Apples vs Oranges tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2009:/floating_blog//3.485 2009-03-30T04:00:00Z 2009-05-21T18:49:24Z Best way to show Math - outside of xhtml MathML on my own web site. The MaplePrimes web site lets... Oberon The MaplePrimes web site lets me publish my Notebooks, for everyone.
    This review is written in 2009. A lot is happening on the Scientific Processing front. Your average PC is faster, than ever. [Actually, most people are saying, computers are fast enough, even though Moore’s law is still climbing.) Multiple cores are now the new processor standard, with eight cores to occur, soon. Microsoft is switching us all to 64-bit systems, if we want it or not. (Don’t ask the average person about Vista. You will hear what I mean.) Math software, Wikipedia, the universe inside the Internet, computers with several monitors, advanced graphics for everyone, speech recognition getting closer – every day, videos as the new data stream, and visualization tools – capable to see everything, from our World (mapped and Satellite views) to anything we can name or tag. ]
    Full Apple vs Oranges Article Glen]]>     Semantic Context: MathML tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2009:/floating_blog//3.483 2009-03-16T04:00:00Z 2009-05-21T17:12:24Z Timothy Cole in his Article - Title: Thoughts about Publishing Mathematics on the Web - tells exactly one of the... Oberon
  • Search for: cole thoughts publishing mathematics
  • Google Cache Link: (otherwise, you can download his PDF)
  • After following the above link; Find "digital" - this will take you to the section, mentioned.
    • A human reader viewing will ... immediately recognize that the entity “e” appearing in both has a semantically different meaning in the two contexts.
    Content from the Digital Mathematics Library of T. Cole's PDF. This is why, I am talking so much about MathML, and not just showing mini-images of x squared equations.
    However, look at this page. A conference of Mathematicians, about preserving Math, searching Math, cataloging Math, and paper to XML issues, besides concerns of Publishers. Yet, look at the date!!! It is over five years old, and there still is not a "known convention" / just how it is done, way to put an equation onto a Web Page. So, if you have an issue with how - I'm writing MathML content? I don't care, just doing it this way, until the W3C clears up the issue, and gets everyone to follow their ruling. This is the best working solution, I have found, and Google should scrap these math pages - fine. Glen]]>     MathType: Design Science tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2009:/floating_blog//3.481 2009-03-01T04:00:00Z 2009-05-21T16:49:53Z If you want to publish equations to MathML? Microsoft Word 2007 with the Insert Equation feature, does a fantastic job,... Oberon
  • Microsoft Word 2007 with the Insert Equation feature, does a fantastic job, of supporting, storing, writing, keeping, and printing Equations with MathType.
  • Next, yes, my hard core MathML pages on here, require the MathPlayer from Design Science.
  • Save MathML from Maple or Mathematica - forget it! Publish Math in MS Word without MathType - forget it. Too many Apps dump as invisible data in GIF graphics.
  • The whole purpose of why the W3C created the MathML standard was?
    • The whole story in my MathType article. Glen]]>     Problems MathML tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2009:/floating_blog//3.480 2009-02-18T04:00:00Z 2009-05-21T16:36:22Z MathML - the Quest !!! b crowell really nails it here. Ben's Home Page The majority of users, who have... Oberon b crowell really nails it here. Ben's Home Page
    • The majority of users, who have IE with no plugin, should see some kind of graceful degradation.
    • Firefox users should see the math displayed correctly.
    • The tiny minority of users who have MathPlayer+IE should see the math displayed correctly.
    Unfortunately, you just can't accomplish this by any reasonable technique. The technique I've ended up using for the web browser version of my own physics textbooks is to use mod_rewrite to serve mathml to Firefox 3+ users, and serve a version with bitmapped renderings of the equations to everyone else.
    Quote Slashdot More to follow in next Post. Glen]]>     Pythagorean Triples tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2009:/floating_blog//3.477 2009-02-01T04:00:00Z 2009-05-21T12:59:35Z Next Topic: Have you heard of? Pyats? A Pythagorean triple consists of three positive integers a, b, and c, such... Oberon A Pythagorean triple consists of three positive integers a, b, and c, such that a * a + b *b = c * c. Personally, I prefer my own format, my classic. from Wikipedia Of course, we all know about the (3, 4, 5) Triple. Continued on this MathML page. Glen]]> MaplePrimes Usage tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2009:/floating_blog//3.476 2009-01-24T04:00:00Z 2009-05-21T12:12:48Z If you click - on this Notebook to view. You'll see the large black triangle on Maple's Community Web Site.... Oberon Maple Notebook = You can click it, and the section under it, will collapse, then expand. Glen]]> Prorating Interest tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2009:/floating_blog//3.474 2009-01-13T04:00:00Z 2009-05-21T00:44:35Z What is the problem? How do you solve it? Read Polya’s book? Sure, but who has time? Let’s say, you... Oberon Word Doc: Here. Maple Notebook Glen]]> Maple Reader for MWS tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2008:/floating_blog//3.472 2009-01-01T04:00:00Z 2009-05-20T23:41:57Z How does one read a Maple Worksheet (MWS)? It takes a while, to find this. However, the answer is negative.... Oberon
  • It takes a while, to find this. However, the answer is negative. You cannot read Maple Notebooks plain. As this page, plainly states.
  • However, as shown in this post. You can view a Maple Notebook, online, from MaplePrimes. Online viewing with printing is not supported from Wolfram.
  • If you want the PDF, of my notebook? Some are on Scribd, too. Although, for the moment, I don't have too many there.
  • For example, my demonstration of a Quadratic Notebook.
  • What does the competition have? Wolfram Demonstrations Project
  • ?
  • However, there are several problems with Mathematica. Licensing and super expensive to start and isn't top notch in everything, either. (Maybe close? But - so what.)
  • Check out - MacSlash. If you perform, a minor upgrade on your OS. Maplesoft won't bump you. Mathematica will say, "sorry, you're no longer registered." Like you did something illegal.
  • The whole point of the Mathematica Reader with Wolfram is? When your "only paid" for a yearly subscription / ie, purchased the program - expires. Your "once, I loved it" program turns into just a pathetic Reader.
  • So, now you see, why I am a Maple fan. Even if, it isn't as Functional-program code savvy as Mathematica. Maple is powerful, too. Which, seems to be a key point, everyone overlooks.
    • Glen]]>     Write Your Novel tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2008:/floating_blog//3.456 2008-11-03T04:00:00Z 2008-11-02T13:04:07Z Well, it is NanoWriMo (2008) kick off time. Horray! Good luck fellow Writers Glen... Oberon Official NaNoWriMo 2008 Participant]]> Nano Meeting Tonight 2008 tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2008:/floating_blog//3.452 2008-10-28T04:00:00Z 2008-10-26T22:39:58Z At the Bismarck Barnes & Noble, around Tues. 7pm, Oct. 28. We are having a Wordsmiths meeting. The public is... Oberon Curious, myself, I just check the forums, occasionally. Glen]]> Math Musings tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2008:/floating_blog//3.431 2008-09-06T05:00:00Z 2008-09-09T03:20:50Z Here it is, the first page of my Math Musings. Math Musings Click: the Talk Func varx plus one Child.... Oberon Math Musings Click: the Talk Func varx plus one Child. Glen]]> XEmacs Nullx Blog tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2008:/floating_blog//3.450 2008-08-19T04:00:00Z 2008-10-26T02:57:52Z = Hasn't been used too much, since 2008. However, I have plans to diversify a bit. So, check out my... Oberon Nullx Blog Enjoy Glen]]> MBW Updated tag:www.floatingpointdesigns.com,2008:/floating_blog//3.416 2008-07-30T04:00:00Z 2008-07-30T02:22:04Z Now sitting at 520 thoughts with 708 links. Located: Download MBW Here. I'd suggest - click Save Link As Glen... Oberon
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