{"id":4405,"date":"2012-07-14T16:33:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T15:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingrandomly.com\/?p=4405"},"modified":"2012-07-14T16:33:23","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T15:33:23","slug":"new-interactive-mathematics-website-based-on-sage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingrandomly.com\/?p=4405","title":{"rendered":"New interactive mathematics website based on Sage"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have an interest in mathematics, you’ve almost certainly stumbled across The Wolfram Demonstrations Project<\/a> at some time or other.\u00a0 Based upon Wolfram Research’s proprietary Mathematica<\/a> software and containing over 8000 interactive demonstrations, The Wolfram Demonstrations Project is a fantastic resource for anyone interested in mathematics and related sciences; and now it has some competition.<\/p>\n

Sage<\/a> is a free, open source alternative to software such as Mathematica and, thanks to its interact function<\/a>, it is fully capable of producing advanced, interactive mathematical demonstrations with just a few lines of code.\u00a0 The Sage language is based on Python<\/a> and is incredibly easy to learn.<\/p>\n

The Sage Interactive Database<\/a> has been launched to showcase this functionality and its looking great.\u00a0 There’s currently only 31 demonstrations available but, since anyone can sign up and contribute, I expect this number to increase rapidly.\u00a0 For example, I took the simple applet I created back in 2009<\/a> and had it up on the database in less than 10 minutes!\u00a0 Unlike the Wolfram Demonstrations Project, you don’t need to purchase an expensive piece of software before you can start writing Sage Interactions….Sage is free to everyone.<\/p>\n

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Not everything is perfect, however.\u00a0 For example, there is no native Windows version<\/a> of Sage.\u00a0 Windows users have to make use of a Virtualbox<\/a> virtual machine which puts off many people from trying this great piece of software.\u00a0 Furthermore, the interactive ‘applets’ produced from Sage’s interact function are not as smooth running as those produced by Mathematica’s Manipulate function<\/a>.\u00a0 Finally, Sage’s interact doesn’t have as many control options as Mathematica’s Manipulate (There’s no Locator control<\/a> for example and my bounty still stands).<\/p>\n

The Sage Interactive Database<\/a> is a great new project and I encourage all of you to head over there, take a look around and maybe contribute something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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