[LON-CAPA-users] Algebra Expression Rendering in LON-CAPA

[Harding, Gene L]

Thanks Damien! That is very helpful. Is there an easy way to display the large numbers with commas (e.g., 32000 -> 32,000)? I tried a couple of different format commands using ",0f", but neither worked. Also, is there a good reference out there to help novices like me with the syntax for these commands? I'm having a hard time keeping the xml, perl, tex, etc. straight. (And have wasted a LOT of time trying to figure it out.)

Best regards,

Gene L. Harding, PE
Associate Professor of ECET
574-520-4190
Purdue University-South Bend


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You have to use eval="true" for <m> if you have variables inside. And make sure the display is using MathJax.

Try this:

<m eval="on" display="mathjax">$$ \frac{$numer}{$denom} \left[ \pi + \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{$sum_numer}{$sum_denom_n_coeff n - $sum_denom_const} \cdot \sin($w nt) \right] $$</m>

If you put the whole expression into a variable, you will also have to escape the "\" with "\\".

Damien

> Hi Damien,
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> Thanks for your reply. At least now I know that I was chasing the wind. I was able to get close by using Sigma in place of sum in the expression, but then only the "n" was subscripted, not the "=1" part, even though I used braces: _{n=1}...
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> I had initially tried to render the equation in the xml portion of the problem, but when I did that I had a lot of trouble properly displaying some of the variables using the <m>$...$</m> command. It worked in some places but not others.
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> This is as close as I have been able to get to a proper expression:
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> [cid:image001.png at 01D26DF0.DF719FF0]
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> In the xml portion I have been able to render it nicely:
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> [cid:image002.png at 01D26DF6.82F21010]
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> ...but only if I hard-code the constants in the two fractions and inside the sine. Is there a way to display variable values from the perl script in place of the constants? I have tried a few things, but all were unsuccessful.
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> Thanks,
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> Gene L. Harding, PE
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> Associate Professor of ECET
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> 574-520-4190
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> Purdue University-South Bend
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