Information on the Web is rapidly growing, and mathematical topics are no exception.
But, information was mostly static. Some mechanism to add interactive features are
| CGI Scripts |
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special access required |
| Hyperlink to, say, Maple |
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software package required |
| Plugins |
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download and updating required |
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| everybody can do it |
| no installation required |
| runs on any platform |
| Java tools available for free |
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