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diff --git a/final_project/proposal/stub b/final_project/proposal/stub new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8df985e --- /dev/null +++ b/final_project/proposal/stub @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ + +Title: Interactive Interface for Numeric and Symbolic Math and Physics + +Group: Bryan Newbold and Laura Harris + +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). + +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: + + * Halting and restarting of evaluation with continuations + * Determination of the algebraic properties of functions + +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. + |