[Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
Jackie Grant
j.grant at fce-sessional.bbk.ac.uk
Fri Jan 21 15:28:23 GMT 2011
Hi Adam
This displays fine for me - I had problems using latex until I updated the XMLEngine.swf (thanks to Julian)
We're setting up numeracy and maths LOs as part of our outreach - see the pages 9-11 below for a prototype with some basic fractions (with typos in!).
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/mybirkbeck/xerte/maths/
All the best
Jackie
---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:43:30 +0000
>From: Adam Read <aread at marjon.ac.uk>
>Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>To: Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>
> It does seem strange
>
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>
> Here my LO running the code below:
> http://elearning.net.marjon.ac.uk/rlo/play.php?template_id=201
>
>
>
> Can anyone else get proper symbols appearing in an
> LO using John's code:
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>
>
> <tex src="ax^2 + bx + c"></tex>
>
> <br><br>are given by the formula
>
> <br><tex src="\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}
> "></tex>
>
> <br><br><br>where
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> <br><tex src="a \neq 0"></tex>
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> Should display like:
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> Not like this:
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> Adam
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Julian Tenney
> Sent: 21 January 2011 14:36
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> Bit lost then, because those are images returned
> from a server somewhere. Not sure why the requests
> from your machine / network for the same thing to
> the same place return different results...
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> Post the link to your object so we can run it?
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>
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Adam Read
> Sent: 21 January 2011 14:35
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> Yep - updated it earlier to fix the gapfill problem.
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Julian Tenney
> Sent: 21 January 2011 14:19
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> What XMLEngine.swf have you got?
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>
> Is it this one?
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>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Adam Read
> Sent: 21 January 2011 14:17
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> Hi John
>
>
>
> Thanks very much for providing the examples.
> However, mine still doesn't seem to want to render
> special characters.
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>
> First example:
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> Returns this in Xerte:
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> Any ideas?
>
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>
> Adam
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>
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of John Horton
> Sent: 21 January 2011 14:06
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> Here are some examples:
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>
> <tex src="ax^2 + bx + c"></tex>
>
> <br><br>are given by the formula
>
> <br><tex src="\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}
> "></tex>
>
> <br><br><br>where
>
> <br><tex src="a \neq 0"></tex>
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> <tex src="e^{-i\pi} \;+ \;1 \;=\; 0"></tex>
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> <tex src="E = mc^2"></tex>
>
> <br><br>where
>
> <br><tex src="m =
> \frac{m_0}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}"></tex>
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> <tex src="\frac{1}{c^2}\; \frac{\partial
> \psi^2}{\partial t^2} \;=\; \nabla^2\psi"></tex>
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> This is the general equation where H is the
> Hamiltonian:
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> <br><tex src="i\hbar {\partial\Psi(\mathbf{r} ,\,t)
> \over \partial t} = \hat H
> \Psi(\mathbf{r},\,t)"></tex>
>
>
>
> <br><br>For a single particle in three dimensions it
> can reduced to:
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>
>
> <tex src="i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial t}
> \Psi(\mathbf{r},\,t) =
> -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\nabla^2\Psi(\mathbf{r},\,t) +
> V(\mathbf{r})\Psi(\mathbf{r},\,t)"></tex>
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Fay Cross
> Sent: 21 January 2011 13:55
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> It's the $ in your example that seems to be causing
> the problems I think. This works without them in:
>
>
>
> <tex src="\sqrt{2}">
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>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Adam Read
> Sent: 21 January 2011 13:07
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> Cheers Julian
>
>
>
> A.
>
>
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Julian Tenney
> Sent: 21 January 2011 13:03
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> It's not my project. I did look at the raw xml, but
> it has a load of escaped characters in there which
> make it more difficult to copy / paste into a mail.
> I have sent your message to the owner of the
> project.
>
>
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Adam Read
> Sent: 21 January 2011 12:16
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> No chance of seeing the text as it appears in that
> Xerte LO?!
>
>
>
> That document doesn't really help at the moment as I
> can't replicate the examples in Xerte until im sure
> what to include and what not to!
>
>
>
> For example, the document tells you to write:
>
>
>
> \documentclass{article}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> The square root of two: $\sqrt{2}$. I can type math!
>
> \end{document}
>
>
>
> To output:
>
>
>
>
>
> But in Xerte
>
>
>
> <tex src="\documentclass{article}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> The square root of two: $\sqrt{2}$. I can type math!
>
> \end{document}
>
> ">
>
>
>
> Renders:
>
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> And
>
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> <tex src="The square root of two: $\sqrt{2}$. I can
> type math!"> renders:
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> <tex src="$\sqrt{2}$"> just renders:
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> Any ideas? I could probably work out what I'm
> missing from that example Nottingham LATEX LO!
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Adam Read
> eLearning Technologist
>
>
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Julian Tenney
> Sent: 21 January 2011 11:55
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/
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>
>
> I don't think there is anything `funny' about the
> latex service we use. It is a third party service
> though, but we are working to implementing it
> ourselves,
>
>
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Adam Read
> Sent: 21 January 2011 11:45
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> Any chance of seeing the LATEX code to generate
> these equations:
>
>
>
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_595
>
>
>
> My LO doesn't seem to want to do fancy graphic ones
> (e.g. special chars) - do you need to tell latex to
> load a set of chars? I can get it to render things
> like e=mc2 but not much else:
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> Bl***y maths...
>
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> I've tried doing
>
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> <tex src="\usepackage{amsmath}"> to no avail.
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Adam Read
> eLearning Technologist
>
>
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Julian Tenney
> Sent: 21 January 2011 11:00
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Math Symbols
>
>
>
> Use latex in text fields
>
>
>
> <tex src="e=mc^2">
>
>
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
> Behalf Of Adam Read
> Sent: 21 January 2011 11:00
> To: Xerte discussion list
> (xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk)
> Subject: [Xerte] Math Symbols
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
>
>
> Is anyone using Math / Scientific symbols in Xerte?
> I've had a request for help from a Maths lecturer
> who needs to use symbols.
>
>
>
> I've had a go using <sub> and <sup> which works in
> XOT with "allow subscripts" ticked, and also came
> across an earlier list post pointing out HTML chars
> which seem to work, but I also came across some
> reference to Latex.
>
>
>
> Does latex work in XOT? Last I read it seemed some
> service you chaps used had crashed?
>
>
>
> If there is an easier way than using HTML syntax
> then let me know. I guess another alternative would
> be to use some other software and save them as
> images.
>
>
>
> Cheers, Adam
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Adam Read
> eLearning Technologist
>
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