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+Title: Interactive Interface for Numeric and Symbolic Math and Physics
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+Group: Bryan Newbold and Laura Harris
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+Our system will be a generic user interface for visualization and exploration
+of mathematical procedures and objects. The intent is to generate a user
+interface from a set of interaction widgets and visualization methods
+appropriate to any supplied procedure or expression. For example, a list or
+vector of value pairs would be plotted in two dimensions and have statistical
+properties calculated on demand. An n-artity procedure returning a tuple of
+values could be numerically evaluated for a given set of inputs, have it's
+symbolic derivatives returned, etc. The unique aspect is that the user would
+not have to specify the context of interaction for each object, a single
+generic 'explore' procedure will determine and generate the appropriate
+interface and handle computations in parallel (aka seperate process threading
+for interface and computation, with possible compilation).
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+The user interface will include a command line REPL interface for debugging 
+and either a GTK GUI or web interface.
+
+Features that will be interesting to implement will be:
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+ * Halting and restarting of evaluation with continuations
+ * Determination of the algebraic properties of functions
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+Bryan will be responsible for backend components and evaluation control
+structures while Laura will be responsible for the generic front end interface
+and interaction control.
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