MathWorld

You may even have noted that MathWorld is updated with new and enhanced material on an almost daily basis.

Wolfram Blog : A New Look and New Features for MathWorld 2008

MathWorld is the second Wolfram Web Resource (following The Wolfram Demonstrations Project – about which you’ll hear much more below) to become “platformed.”

Wolfram Blog : A New Look and New Features for MathWorld 2008

Proof of this was evident, according to MathWorld creator Eric Weisstein.

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So please feel free to explore the mathematical concepts you read about on MathWorld in fully interactive form on the Demonstrations site.

Wolfram Blog : A New Look and New Features for MathWorld 2008

MathWorld has been authored and typeset in Mathematica since 2005 (see “MathWorld Introduces New Interactive Features for Teachers and Students,” MathWorld headline news, July 6, 2005; for additional details about how the authoring and website-generation process works, see my recent article in The Mathematica Journal).

Wolfram Blog : A New Look and New Features for MathWorld 2008

As the comparison below shows, the new typesetting that now appears on MathWorld (bottom figure) courtesy of Mathematica 6 vastly improves the visual quality and readability of equations compared to the previous pixelated versions (top figure).

Wolfram Blog : A New Look and New Features for MathWorld 2008

While MathWorld continues to be the most popular and most visited mathematics site on the internet, and while its mathematical content continues to steadily grow and expand, MathWorld readers will today notice more immediate visual changes.

Wolfram Blog : A New Look and New Features for MathWorld 2008

The last time the site received a major infrastructure upgrade was in July of 2005 (see “MathWorld Introduces New Interactive Features for Teachers and Students,” MathWorld headline news, July 6, 2005).

Wolfram Blog : A New Look and New Features for MathWorld 2008

Design changes and major new pieces of functionality are generally years in the making for large informational websites like MathWorld.

Wolfram Blog : A New Look and New Features for MathWorld 2008

Your comments are extremely valued and helpful, so please feel free to make liberal use of the “Contribute to MathWorld” and “Send a Message to the Team” links in the left sidebar of every entry.

Wolfram Blog : A New Look and New Features for MathWorld 2008