FloatingPoint Blog http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/ Blogging on Terribly Irrelevant Things en Copyright 2009 Sun, 03 May 2009 22:00:00 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss List of Math Blogs
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    • Glen PS. Note: Over time, I'll add more to the page, above. So, be aware, just check in a year or so.]]>     http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/05/list_of_math_blogs.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/05/list_of_math_blogs.html Math math Sun, 03 May 2009 22:00:00 -0600     Bar Chart Demo Notebook on MaplePrimes of Barchart Demo. Testing display issues - you can look, if curious. Glen]]> http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/04/bar_chart_demo.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/04/bar_chart_demo.html Math math Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:00:00 -0600 Apples vs Oranges 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]]>     http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/03/apples_vs_oranges.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/03/apples_vs_oranges.html Math apps math Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:00:00 -0600     Semantic Context: MathML
  • 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]]>     http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/03/semantic_context_mathml.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/03/semantic_context_mathml.html Math documents Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:00:00 -0600     MathType: Design Science
  • 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]]>     http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/02/mathtype_design_science.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/02/mathtype_design_science.html Math math Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:00:00 -0600     Problems MathML 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]]>     http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/02/problems_mathml.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/02/problems_mathml.html Math documents Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:00:00 -0600     Pythagorean Triples 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]]> http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/01/pythagorean_triples.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/01/pythagorean_triples.html Math math Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:00:00 -0600 MaplePrimes Usage Maple Notebook = You can click it, and the section under it, will collapse, then expand. Glen]]> http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/01/mapleprimes_usage.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/01/mapleprimes_usage.html Math Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:00:00 -0600 Prorating Interest Word Doc: Here. Maple Notebook Glen]]> http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/01/prorating_interest.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2009/01/prorating_interest.html Math math Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:00:00 -0600 Maple Reader for MWS
  • 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]]>     http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/12/maple_reader_for_mws.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/12/maple_reader_for_mws.html Math notebooks Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:00:00 -0600     Write Your Novel Official NaNoWriMo 2008 Participant]]> http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/11/write_your_novel.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/11/write_your_novel.html Writing scifi Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:00:00 -0600 Nano Meeting Tonight 2008 Curious, myself, I just check the forums, occasionally. Glen]]> http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/10/nano_meeting_tonight_2008.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/10/nano_meeting_tonight_2008.html Writing scifi Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0600 Math Musings Math Musings Click: the Talk Func varx plus one Child. Glen]]> http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/09/math_musings.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/09/math_musings.html Math Brain-Update functions Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:00 -0600 XEmacs Nullx Blog Nullx Blog Enjoy Glen]]> http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/08/xemacs_nullx_blog.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/08/xemacs_nullx_blog.html Math web Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0600 MBW Updated
  • Located: Download MBW Here. I'd suggest - click Save Link As
    • Glen]]>     http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/07/mbw_updated.html http://www.floatingpointdesigns.com/floating_blog/2008/07/mbw_updated.html News Brain-Update Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0600