[seqfan] Re: MathJax

[Charles Greathouse]

> One big problem, though, is the fact that the database is so dynamic,
with a sequence possibly having multiple edits on a given day, so the wiki
a-pages might be nearly impossible to maintain with any real accuracy.

Yes -- keeping two versions in sync is a losing proposition. Two entirely
separate versions would no doubt drift apart -- and take more work to
maintain.

The furthest I'd want to go would be something like

%F a(n) = (n + log n)/(log log n) + O(sqrt(n)).
%Ftex a(n) = \frac{n + \log n}{\log\log n} + O(\sqrt n).

where everything is kept together, but that still has the possibility for
drift. Another possibility (ignoring the massive conversion issues for a
moment) would be to keep TeX lines only and have an automatic conversion to
plain text. This is quite successful for simple formulas but I'm not sure
how well complex formulas are handled.

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University


On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 2:31 PM, L. Edson Jeffery <lejeffery2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> >We've often talked about this subject in the past.
> >But the problems seem impossible to solve.
>
>
>
> If the overhead would not be too high, then there is one possible
> "solution," if you want to call it that. The system could generate a page
> on OEIS wiki corresponding to each sequence in the database, for example
> like oeis.org/wiki/A000041. Interested contributors could then edit a page
> using a combination of html and tex to create the content contained in the
> different %-sections of a sequence while carefully typesetting the formulas
> or equations wherever they appear, as can be done with any OEIS wiki page
> currently. Users should use each author's original notation whenever
> possible.
>
> A disclaimer by oeis.org regarding accuracy of the content would likely be
> necessary, since errors might be frequent, users might disagree about
> notation, there could be many inconsistencies as is already the case with
> notation in the sequence database, etc.; and OEIS editors would not be able
> to monitor page content at all. One big problem, though, is the fact that
> the database is so dynamic, with a sequence possibly having multiple edits
> on a given day, so the wiki a-pages might be nearly impossible to maintain
> with any real accuracy.
>
> Ed Jeffery
>
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