Re: [OctDev] Re: Nonlinear optimization tutorial

[Matthew W. R. <ma...@fr...>]

> Something tex based certainly seems to be in order since it makes the math
> easier to typeset.  I'm partial to latex myself.

I would be partial to LaTeX as well, but we might want to consider
texinfo for info support.  I haven't used texinfo much, though.

> I don't know what to make of lyx.  While ascii based, I'm guessing that lyx
> would not be very happy if you make modifications directly on the file with
> a plain text editor, so everyone would have to use lyx.

I'd rather not.

> Anyone have experience with MathML?  Is there common browser support?
> Latex2html can be really ugly.  Is MathML something you could edit directly
> (like html), or is it only really usuable with a sophisticated editor.

You be the judge:

Latex:  $\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{1}{y^2}$

MathML:  (From mozilla homepage)
<math xmlns="&mathml;">
  <mrow>
    <mfrac>
      <mrow>
        <mi>d</mi>
        <mi>y</mi>
      </mrow>
      <mrow>
        <mi>d</mi>
        <mi>x</mi>
      </mrow>
    </mfrac>
    <mo>=</mo>
    <mfrac>
      <mn>1</mn>
      <msup>
        <mi>y</mi>
        <mn>2</mn>
      </msup>
    </mfrac>
  </mrow>
</math>

See also:
http://www.w3.org/Math/mathml-faq.html#syntax