Hi,
Sometimes Lurker...

Is there a group that is technical on physics topics?

There has been some interesting discussions here, but
it is also clear that a significant percent of the posters
are only posting 'a general idea'. I was wondering
for example if the actual calculations and such were
posted, one could in a truly scientific way, that is
using theoretical (mathematics of) physics rather
than limiting the discussion to just 'english'. This
can sometimes be a very hard way to discuss
topics that don't translate well to English, a language
never really made to handle some of the topics
involved.

Is there a common software that people use to
represent/post such things? I have used Mathematica
in the past but generally I can't post that type of file to
usenet, and most groups don't like attachments (even
of such files).

Thanks.

The best and easiest way to type up nice-looking mathematical expressions is
to use microsoft's equaton editor in Word, I am pretty sure it comes with
every version of Word. If you want to know how to find it I can tell you.

Jay



not too bad...


"David Union" wrote in message
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Hi,
Sometimes Lurker...

Is there a group that is technical on physics topics?

There has been some interesting discussions here, but
it is also clear that a significant percent of the posters
are only posting 'a general idea'. I was wondering
for example if the actual calculations and such were
posted, one could in a truly scientific way, that is
using theoretical (mathematics of) physics rather
than limiting the discussion to just 'english'. This
can sometimes be a very hard way to discuss
topics that don't translate well to English, a language
never really made to handle some of the topics
involved.

Is there a common software that people use to
represent/post such things? I have used Mathematica
in the past but generally I can't post that type of file to
usenet, and most groups don't like attachments (even
of such files).

Thanks.

In article , JASON MUCIO wrote:
The best and easiest way to type up nice-looking mathematical expressions is
to use microsoft's equaton editor in Word, I am pretty sure it comes with
every version of Word. If you want to know how to find it I can tell you.

Yuck. IMHO Word doesn't even begin to compare with TeX/LaTeX when it comes
to equations (and beauty of output generally). Compare
http://charm.zag.si/primerjava_tex.pdf (written in LaTeX)
http://charm.zag.si/primerjava_word.doc to see what I mean.

Posting Word documents in a non-binary newsgroup is against Usenet
guidelines and *requires* the use of Word to read, while the input to
TeX/LaTeX is ASCII and can be read with any NG reader, e.g.,

\int_{-\infty}^a e^x dx = e^a

meaning the integral of exp(x) from -infinity to a is exp(a).

"David Union" wrote in message
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Hi,
Sometimes Lurker...

Is there a group that is technical on physics topics?

There has been some interesting discussions here, but
it is also clear that a significant percent of the posters
are only posting 'a general idea'. I was wondering
for example if the actual calculations and such were
posted, one could in a truly scientific way, that is
using theoretical (mathematics of) physics rather
than limiting the discussion to just 'english'. This
can sometimes be a very hard way to discuss
topics that don't translate well to English, a language
never really made to handle some of the topics
involved.

Is there a common software that people use to
represent/post such things? I have used Mathematica
in the past but generally I can't post that type of file to
usenet, and most groups don't like attachments (even
of such files).

Thanks.

Cheers, Jan

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