rich-internet-application

How to display simple mathematical formulas in a rich internet application

I have some mathematical formulas of the type

p = (l + m + n) / (i+j*2)

Note: This is just an example. The real equations are more complicated with several variables participating in the equations.

I want to display these formulas in a tree like structure in an interactive, rich web component.

Initially the screen should display

p = x/y

with p, x and y as boxes. The user can click on the box labeled x which will "unfold" the box to expand and display x = (l + m + n) and so on.

Since this is a J2EE based application, I can use any RIA library compatible with J2EE.

Are there any 3rd party RIA libraries out there that can help me render these formulas?

Solution

  • Looks like MathOverflow has this down... check it out.