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Matt's MathTools: Open-Source Java Software

 

 

Matt's MathTools is an open-source Java program designed to help math teachers design math tests and worksheets. There are six basic parts: the core tools, the helper tools, the demo panels, the utilities, the graph paper generators and the scripting environment.

 

At its heart, MathTools is a text-generation package. It is designed around OpenOffice, MathML, LaTeX, HTML and SVG. It is by no means limited to these, though, and it can handle any type of text-based mathematical formatting. It does this by defining mathematical things, such as polynomials, fractions and matrices, and manipulating them as mathematical objects and NOT as floating-point approximations. Fractions, for instance, are handled as numerator-denominator; the individual parts are tracked separately and may be combined and formatted as desired.

 

Matt's MathTools is released under the Apache license by default and it is totally FREE!!

 

Software

Matt's Writing Tools: These are what I use

 

 

These are the tools I use for writing and formatting my books. Each of these programs is open-source, which means freedom, but they're also FREE in terms of price. Besides that, they work much better than most commercial software! And they're FREE!

 

  • OpenOffice / LibreOffice - This is simply the BEST office suite available. The package contains a word processor, spreadsheet, database, presentation graphics and an awesome text-based math formatting editor!

  • calibre E-book managment - This handy program can read in an OpenOffice document and format it into .mobi and .epub, along with an impressive list of others. It has tons of other formats too, and at least three tons of other options.

  • Scribus - This is a desktop publishing program and it is a MONSTER! There are hundreds of ways to format a page with absolute granularity. There is a bit of a learning curve but not a bad one. I use it for generating paperback cover PDFs.

  • The GIMP - This is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It's an incredible image creation and editing tool. I use it occasionally for tweaking colors for my book covers, but if you're an artist, the GIMP is a treasure!

 

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