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Maple will take input like y=int(x^2,x=0..100) and turn it into pretty print. That seems more natural than LaTeX. LaTeX is for getting exactly what you wan
by alien_acorn 17y ago
Maple will take input like
y=int(x^2,x=0..100)
and turn it into pretty print. That seems more natural than LaTeX. LaTeX is for getting exactly what you want on paper, at the expense of ease of typing.
- tesseract 17y agoMathematica will do In[1]:= Unevaluated[y = Integrate[x^2, {x, 0, 100}]] // TeXForm Out[1]= y=\int_0^{100} x^2 \, dx which in that case is rather pointless but I suppose it could be helpful in the case of something more complicated. Maybe Maple can do that too; I don't know since I've only ever used Maple for one 20-minute session and don't have a copy handy.
- jacobolus 17y agoYes, it can, and the input syntax is much nicer, even: > latex('y = int(x^2, x=0..100)') y=\int _{0}^{100}\!{x}^{2}{dx}
- yummyfajitas 17y agoIs that harder than $\int_{0}^{100} x^2 dx$? Your version is only 4 chars less, and mine looks more like the actual math... LaTeX has the added advantage that most mathematicians have it in muscle memory. (I have latex in emacs muscle memory, so I have a hard time using mathim.)
- cracki 17y agoi find the non-latex version better because it has fewer $ and \ and {}