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OMDoc -- an open markup format for mathematical documents : (version 1.2) / Michael Kohlhase ; foreword by Alan Bundy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: LNCS sublibrary. SL 7, Artificial intelligence. | Lecture notes in computer science. Lecture notes in artificial intelligence. | Lecture notes in computer science ; 4180.Publication details: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 428 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783540378983
  • 3540378987
  • 9783540378976
  • 3540378979
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: OMDoc -- an open markup format for mathematical documents.DDC classification:
  • 510.28553 22
LOC classification:
  • QA76.95 .K64 2006
Other classification:
  • O1-37
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. Setting the stage for open mathematical documents -- pt. 2. An OMDoc primer -- pt. 3. The OMDoc document format -- pt. 4. OMDoc applications, tools, and projects -- pt. 5. Appendix.
In: OhioLINK electronic book center In: SpringerLinkSummary: Computers arechanging the way wethink. Of course, nearly all desk-workers have access to computers and use them to email their colleagues, search the Web for information and prepare documents. But I'm not referring to that. I mean that people have begun to think about what they do in compu- tional terms and to exploit the power of computers to do things that would previously have been unimaginable. This observation is especially true of mathematicians. Arithmetic c- putation is one of the roots of mathematics. Since Euclid's algorithm for?nding greatest common divisors, many seminal mathematical contributions have consisted of new procedures. But powerful computer graphics have now enabled mathematicians to envisage the behaviour of these procedures and, thereby, gain new insights, make new conjectures and explore new avenues of research. Think of the explosive interest in fractals, for instance. This has been driven primarily by our new-found ability rapidly to visualise fractal shapes, such as the Mandelbrot set. Taking advantage of these new oppor- nities has required the learning of new skills, such as using computer algebra and graphics packages.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-388) and index.

pt. 1. Setting the stage for open mathematical documents -- pt. 2. An OMDoc primer -- pt. 3. The OMDoc document format -- pt. 4. OMDoc applications, tools, and projects -- pt. 5. Appendix.

Computers arechanging the way wethink. Of course, nearly all desk-workers have access to computers and use them to email their colleagues, search the Web for information and prepare documents. But I'm not referring to that. I mean that people have begun to think about what they do in compu- tional terms and to exploit the power of computers to do things that would previously have been unimaginable. This observation is especially true of mathematicians. Arithmetic c- putation is one of the roots of mathematics. Since Euclid's algorithm for?nding greatest common divisors, many seminal mathematical contributions have consisted of new procedures. But powerful computer graphics have now enabled mathematicians to envisage the behaviour of these procedures and, thereby, gain new insights, make new conjectures and explore new avenues of research. Think of the explosive interest in fractals, for instance. This has been driven primarily by our new-found ability rapidly to visualise fractal shapes, such as the Mandelbrot set. Taking advantage of these new oppor- nities has required the learning of new skills, such as using computer algebra and graphics packages.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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