Math app idea

[Unity+]

My current project list is stacking up...

 

I had an idea for a math app that people can use to share what they have found within a set of equations that is either completely new or has additions to it. This would create a new equation page, where people can add onto the equation. People also moderate the pages to ensure that the content is legitimate.

 

What do you think? Has it already been made?

Edited October 22, 2014 by Unity+

[ajb]

Has it already been made?

There is the arXiv

 

I am not sure in practice that your idea will work very well. One needs a lot of context to mathematics, simply posting systems of equations would not be useful; if that is what you are suggesting?

[Unity+]

There is the arXiv

 

I am not sure in practice that your idea will work very well. One needs a lot of context to mathematics, simply posting systems of equations would not be useful; if that is what you are suggesting?

There would be more to it then systems of equations, of course.

 

Instead of having individual PDF's or documents that make up the particular subject, there would be multiple documents a part of one particular topic pertaining to a set of equations or ideas.

 

• Subject
  • Concept
    • Equation 1
    • Equation 2
    • Equation 3
  • Concept...

[ajb]

More like an encyclopedia that the members can edit?

[Strange]

Is this similar to the concept known as a "forum"

http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/38-mathematics/

 

More like an encyclopedia that the members can edit?

 

Someone should create one of those ...

 

Actually, Googling for "mathpedia" brings up quite a few results.

Edited October 23, 2014 by Strange

[Unity+]

Is this similar to the concept known as a "forum"

http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/38-mathematics/

 

 

Someone should create one of those ...

 

Actually, Googling for "mathpedia" brings up quite a few results.

The idea more goes along the concept of an organized whiteboard.

[ajb]

Actually, Googling for "mathpedia" brings up quite a few results.

 

Mathworld; http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

Planetmath; http://planetmath.org/

 

are two that are good.

 

More advanced and not always great (sorry Urs) is the nLab; http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/HomePage

 

The nLab sounds the closest to the OP here. It consists of not always very polished notes on advanced mathematics, almost always from a (higher) category point of view. However, it could be the model to follow.

Edited October 23, 2014 by ajb

[Strange]

The idea more goes along the concept of an organized whiteboard.

 

More like a multidimensional, tree/graph-structured, interactive, multi-user whiteboard. I like the idea of being able to unfold/reveal various different explorations/derivations/discussions.

 

As these derivations and discussions might go off in multiple directions, maybe some sort of collaborative "mind mapping" tools is what is needed? Or, at least, you could use some of the concepts as a starting point and then add the math capability on top.

Edited October 23, 2014 by Strange

[Unity+]

 

More like a multidimensional, tree/graph-structured, interactive, multi-user whiteboard. I like the idea of being able to unfold/reveal various different explorations/derivations/discussions.

 

As these derivations and discussions might go off in multiple directions, maybe some sort of collaborative "mind mapping" tools is what is needed? Or, at least, you could use some of the concepts as a starting point and then add the math capability on top.

That actually would be a great idea. Have one particular point of an idea, which then users can branch off into other concepts and maybe even connect some concepts together.

[Unity+]

I have another part of the idea:

What could happen is with the tree concept, users can first define a set of axioms for a concept(if they are not already defined). Then, other concepts can branch off those axioms.