Mathpendium
Learning and science
math reference
SHOW HN2020
108points
36comments
#599of 3,028 in 2020
Top 20%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
1 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score -0.49.
Design: 0 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good direction for math learning tools
From 1 comment
> Yes, I agree that Mathworld is great. Slighty OT but, Apart from the fact that it looks and feels like 2006 (that latex renderer is so, so horrible, it's a distraction), and…
K0SM0S on HN
Eric Weisstein's MathWorld praised as complementary reference
From 2 comments
I just searched for "game theory" and got no results which is jarring even though I understand why. Indexing LaTex snippets has its use but is too far removed from higher level…
throwaway5752 on HNWow, thanks for sharing that article about Eric Weisstein. Very interesting. > He is also a prolific communicator of mathematics, having authored most of MathWorld's nearly…
breck on HN
Objections
Content is sparse; many common searches return no results
From 4 comments
There appears to be quite a lot of missing (basic) content. Try searching "Cauchy-Schwarz" (or its variants). Nothing. Same for "Fourier".
r-zip on HNI noticed some issues rendering LaTex. Also if I were you, I would probably prioritize curated annotation. For example: * I searched for "Lebesgue integral" and got no results. I…
throwaway5752 on HNIt's a little lacking in content. I searched for 'Bernoulli' and came up with nothing, so widened this to 'probability' and nothing still. It would benefit from some kind of…
mr_gibbins on HN"probability" search term doesn't give a useful result. How is data fed into the system?
klundqist on HN
Home page is empty and unclear about what the site is for
From 3 comments
When I landed on the front page i thought it hadn't loaded properly. Had no idea what to do. Is this just for people who already know lots about math? If so maybe that's why I…
jonplackett on HNDo entries have categories? Searching for e.g. "calculus" only brings up one result. I think the home page needs to say what the site is for and what kinds of things are on it,…
mkl on HNThe front page is too empty. You must add some links to popular topics (quadratic equation? topology?) and some link to random topics. Something like the Wikipedia main page.…
gus_massa on HN
Cookie consent dialog blocks content
From 2 comments
I searched for 'logic' and 'proof', and all I got was a request to consent to their use of cookies.
pjmorris on HNChrome/OS X. I didn't agree to the cookies, and wouldn't do so until I was satisfied that the site was of interest and value. Give people a chance to test drive it before…
pjmorris on HN
LaTeX rendering errors and equations overflow the content box
From 3 comments
I noticed some issues rendering LaTex. Also if I were you, I would probably prioritize curated annotation. For example: * I searched for "Lebesgue integral" and got no results. I…
throwaway5752 on HNLong equations break out of the content box. E.g., view/5e33c093981ec41bc6b279b7
obscura on HNThe front page is too empty. You must add some links to popular topics (quadratic equation? topology?) and some link to random topics. Something like the Wikipedia main page.…
gus_massa on HN
The word discover in the title over-promises
From 1 comment
> Yes, I agree that Mathworld is great. Slighty OT but, Apart from the fact that it looks and feels like 2006 (that latex renderer is so, so horrible, it's a distraction), and…
K0SM0S on HN
Requests
Add category or topic navigation
From 3 comments
I’m not convinced about the usefulness of this format, but I’ll reserve judgement for now. However, one thing I’m almost certain is that categorization and navigation by topic is…
oefrha on HNIt's a little lacking in content. I searched for 'Bernoulli' and came up with nothing, so widened this to 'probability' and nothing still. It would benefit from some kind of…
mr_gibbins on HNThanks for the feedback. Yes, it seems others too have felt the home page was hard to navigate because it was too empty. I will explore ways to make it more clear how to use the…
CatsAreCool on HN
Allow editing without an account
From 1 comment
The front page is too empty. You must add some links to popular topics (quadratic equation? topology?) and some link to random topics. Something like the Wikipedia main page.…
gus_massa on HN
Populate the home page with popular and random topics
From 1 comment
The front page is too empty. You must add some links to popular topics (quadratic equation? topology?) and some link to random topics. Something like the Wikipedia main page.…
gus_massa on HN
Support pull requests or git-based contribution
From 1 comment
> What if you could easily answer the question "what is everything currently known in mathematics." I love this. I work on this problem a lot. More generally of the form "what is…
breck on HN
Add a bio or personal homepage for the maker
From 1 comment
I’m not convinced about the usefulness of this format, but I’ll reserve judgement for now. However, one thing I’m almost certain is that categorization and navigation by topic is…
oefrha on HN
Questions
How is data fed into the system
From 1 comment
"probability" search term doesn't give a useful result. How is data fed into the system?
klundqist on HN
Is there a public API
From 1 comment
> Yes, I agree that Mathworld is great. Slighty OT but, Apart from the fact that it looks and feels like 2006 (that latex renderer is so, so horrible, it's a distraction), and…
K0SM0S on HN
Is it rendered server-side or client-side
From 1 comment
Are you rendering the LaTeX on server-side or on client-side using JavaScript? I am asking these questions because I find MathJax code in your website: ``` <script…
yori on HN
Alternatives named
MathWorld
From 2 comments
I just searched for "game theory" and got no results which is jarring even though I understand why. Indexing LaTex snippets has its use but is too far removed from higher level…
throwaway5752 on HN> Yes, I agree that Mathworld is great. Slighty OT but, Apart from the fact that it looks and feels like 2006 (that latex renderer is so, so horrible, it's a distraction), and…
K0SM0S on HN
Wikipedia
From 2 comments
The front page is too empty. You must add some links to popular topics (quadratic equation? topology?) and some link to random topics. Something like the Wikipedia main page.…
gus_massa on HN> Yes, I agree that Mathworld is great. Slighty OT but, Apart from the fact that it looks and feels like 2006 (that latex renderer is so, so horrible, it's a distraction), and…
K0SM0S on HN
Stacks Project
From 1 comment
I’m not convinced about the usefulness of this format, but I’ll reserve judgement for now. However, one thing I’m almost certain is that categorization and navigation by topic is…
oefrha on HN