This project is developing a standard language for
the representation of mathematical formulas. This language would be
suitable for input of formulas to numerical and graphics programs,
for transportation between computer algebra systems, as well as input
to typesetting programs.
This is a proposal, related to the OpenMath project, for a
mathematical markup language to be included in a future version of HTML.
Although Math-ML includes tags for visual markup (positioning, and so forth)
it has a strong component of logical markup.
Java is a portable programming language that, among other things,
provides the ability for programs to be downloaded into the user's
browser and executed there, rather than at the server. For our project,
one can envision java being used for local computation of function values
for tables or graphics, as well as function viewers.
VRML is a language for describing 3D objects and scenes.
We are using it to describe the complicated, high
resolution, surfaces one encounters in rendering a special
function's surface.
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