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What is the format, I wonder? HTML can do animations, lots of graphics, etc., but sometimes struggles with math. PDF (from LaTeX) does a great job at math but
by jimhefferon 11y ago
What is the format, I wonder?
HTML can do animations, lots of graphics, etc., but sometimes struggles with math. PDF (from LaTeX) does a great job at math but making it do executable things is tough.
- sokoloff 11y agoAs an alternative to paper textbooks, animations are tough there as well (other than student-drawn flipbook animations in the margin).
- RogerL 11y agoMy book uses Jupyter Notebook, which uses MathJax for LaTeX generation, and of course Python or any of the other 30 or so kernels available for software. I haven't done JS with it for animation because I also want to support print, but it is trivially possible. We still have a ways to go before online computer/math texts are seemless, but we are on our way.
- jimhefferon 11y agoCan I ask you what book? I have a professional interest in these things.