New math rendering engine

[Xyzzy]

\(x = {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac} \over 2a}\)

[Stargate38]

\(\Gamma(0)=-1!={1 \over 0}-\gamma\) because \(\Gamma(x)-1/x\) approaches \(-\gamma\) as x approaches 0.

[Xyzzy]

With the super-high DPI screen on our iPad, these formulas are rendered without any jagged lines.

We hope someday regular displays (non-Apple) have super-high DPI screens because we are definitely hooked on reading clear text!

[VBCurtis]

Originally Posted by Stargate38

\(\Gamma(0)=-1!={1 \over 0}-\gamma\) because \(\Gamma(x)-1/x\) approaches \(-\gamma\) as x approaches 0.

Conflating "equals" with "approaches" is not a path to mathematical enlightenment. Or were you making a subtle joke?

[ewmayer]

Note to those of you who, like me, use site-selective Javascript enable/disablement - one must allow JS for both mersenneforum.org and mathjax.org in order to see the rendered TeX.

[0PolarBearsHere]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Note to those of you who, like me, use site-selective Javascript enable/disablement - one must allow JS for both mersenneforum.org and mathjax.org in order to see the rendered TeX.

I think it's worth it to see nicely formatted though.

[WraithX]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Note to those of you who, like me, use site-selective Javascript enable/disablement - one must allow JS for both mersenneforum.org and mathjax.org in order to see the rendered TeX.

Or the current version of MathJax could be hosted locally on the mersenneforum server. This would eliminate an external dependency, potentially allow for faster mathjax loading, and reduce Javascript (en|dis)ablement to just mersenneforum.

[retina]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

(Hopefully that doesn't break anything!)

All completely broken here. All I see are $ signs surrounding some rather unintuitive text.

$what is this?$

I assume it is because it requires JS?

[retina]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Note to those of you who, like me, use site-selective Javascript enable/disablement - one must allow JS for both mersenneforum.org and mathjax.org in order to see the rendered TeX.

Oh, I see. What happens when mathjax.org is down? Is relying upon external resources really a good idea? Should one trust mathjax.org (and mersenneforum.org) not to get hacked and take over ones computer and/or generally do bad things?

Also: Now all the dates are the nonsense (IMO) low information density "today" and "yesterday" etc. Archiving posts is now rendered silly with everything being "today".

[cuBerBruce]

Originally Posted by Mark Rose

Each GTX 580 will dump 200-250 watts into your coolant loop at stock clocks. That's a lot of radiator to add. I've never done water cooling because it's way cheaper to run on air.

I picked up a GTX 580 for $75 CAN on Saturday, off Kijiji. That's about $60 US at the moment. I had an available power supply that could handle it, so it was too tempting to not buy. I see another for sale at $80 CAN OBO, and this one on eBay for $72 CAN shipping included.

So is the intent to mangle all existing posts containing dollar signs? I think that's ludicrous.

[Chuck]

Originally Posted by retina

Also: Now all the dates are the nonsense (IMO) low information density "today" and "yesterday" etc. Archiving posts is now rendered silly with everything being "today".

I also don't like the new dates.