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Mathematics Wordprocessing and Typesetting


    

Mathematics Wordprocessing and Typesetting

  Wiki: LaTeX
  
  LaTeX - A document preparation system
  
  Wikibooks: LaTeX Guide
  
  LaTeX Books
  
   LaTeX Documentation
  
  Overleaf - the collaborative, online LaTeX editor that anyone can use.
  
  YT: LaTeX - Full Tutorial for Beginners
  
  Type mathematical symbols online keyboard
  
  MathJax - a cross-browser JavaScript library that displays mathematical notation in web browsers, using MathML, LaTeX and ASCIIMathML markup
  
  MathML is a low-level specification for mathematical and scientific content on the Web and beyond.
  
  AsciiMath is an easy-to-write markup language for mathematics
  
  Google Search: LaTeX math wiki
  
  ProofWiki: Symbols
  
  Wiki: Typing Mathematics in Microsoft_Word
  

Mathematical Typesetting History

Mathematical typesetting evolved from ancient word-based methods and early symbols (Diophantus, Al-Khwarizmi) to complex modern systems, with key notation solidified by Viète, Descartes, Newton, and Euler in the 16th-18th centuries; it transitioned from laborious physical arrangement of metal type (letterpress, linotype) to specialized typewriters (IBM Selectric) and then revolutionized by Donald Knuth's TeX in the late 1970s, which introduced powerful, portable digital typesetting via markup, leading to systems like LaTeX, making complex math accessible and standardized.

  Wiki: History of Printing
  
  YT: A brief history of math writing: symbol, structure, and proof
  
  YT:Gresham College: Where do Mathematical Symbols Come From? - Sarah Hart
  
  Wiki Typesetting
  
  Wiki: Typography
  
  La TeX History
  
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