Veselin Jungic & Jacob Groundwater: A Dialogue Tool for Mathematicians and Non-Mathematicians
In this session, we will present the main ideas of a project called ?π2π Math? that originated at the SFU Department of Mathematics a few months ago. The ultimate goal of the project is to create a new tool for communicating mathematics over the web. We will give a demo of the tools already developed and used in the classroom and discuss the upcoming changes.
Currently, a dialogue over the web that involves any kind of mathematical notation can be a painful endeavor. In fact, communication in general over the web is ambiguous and difficult. The π2π Math project is motivated by the need of all of those that use the mathematics syntax in their work to be able to correspond amongst each other effectively. Typing up mathematics should not need to take longer than writing them by hand, but currently it does. The project specially avoids common pitfalls in do-all solutions such as locking data to software, using proprietary components, or not building off of existing standards. ?π2π Math? is building tools to bridge the typesetting power of latex with the organizational power of the semantic web.
Currently, a dialogue over the web that involves any kind of mathematical notation can be a painful endeavor. In fact, communication in general over the web is ambiguous and difficult. The π2π Math project is motivated by the need of all of those that use the mathematics syntax in their work to be able to correspond amongst each other effectively. Typing up mathematics should not need to take longer than writing them by hand, but currently it does. The project specially avoids common pitfalls in do-all solutions such as locking data to software, using proprietary components, or not building off of existing standards. ?π2π Math? is building tools to bridge the typesetting power of latex with the organizational power of the semantic web.
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