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Open Source Math

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wouldn't-it-be-nice dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The American Mathematical society has an opinion piece about open source software vs propietary software used in mathematics. From the article : "Increasingly, proprietary software and the algorithms used are an essential part of mathematical proofs. To quote J. Neubüser, 'with this situation two of the most basic rules of conduct in mathematics are violated: In mathematics information is passed on free of charge and everything is laid open for checking.'""

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  1. Lol by Matt867 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks for the article, now some crazed company is going to try to copyright math.

    1. Re:Lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I am going to copyright 0 = 1.
      Any software that contains i = i+1 must license my math.

  2. Re:speaking of proprietary by Main+Gauche · · Score: 5, Funny

    "While it was typeset with TeX (open), only the PDF (closed and uneditable) is provided."

    Indeed. Now we are left wondering whether the TeX code is buggy. Like maybe an extra character accidentally slipped into the file.

    therefore mathematics software should %not
    be open source!

    Now we'll never know.

  3. Maths...... by Seoulstriker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look around you. Look around you!

    That's how I learned maths in high school.

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