know of software to easily type math?

[Comdrpopnfresh]

I've got a prof who requires every homework assignment to be typed and placed in a dropbox online. I can see digitally doing homework where graphs are needed- it's senseless otherwise. But the homework is a bunch of equations- it's an engineering class. It'd take forever to use office's equation editor, and that's all I know of.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

There is the Microsoft Equation Editor, but I think it sucks. But it is an option.

 

[armstrda]

You can try a trial of this - not too bad

http://www.microsoft.com/learn...roducts.aspx?prod=math

 

[Zorba]

MathCAD, man I loved this when I was in Grad school and now at work. A student version is $30, or you can easily find it via other means.

 

[WildHorse]

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[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Mathematica?

 

[Dari]

Just use latex.

 

[CP5670]

I use Mathematica's frontend for this. It's a bit buggy, but you can type math in it much faster than Latex or anything else I've seen.

 

[KayGee]

Originally posted by: Zorba
MathCAD, man I loved this when I was in Grad school and now at work. A student version is $30, or you can easily find it via other means.

This. The equations look pretty and it evaluates as well.

 

[armstrda]

Where do you see a student version of MathCAD for $30? I see $130 on their webiste ???

 

[Zorba]

Check with your school's ASME (Mechanical Engineering) or ASCE (Civil Engineering) chapter, most will do a group buy and get the $30 deal. I have also used versions all the way back to 2000 and they all do everything you need, so you can look for a cheaper old version (I actually use 2000 at work).

If you school ha a decent size engineering college they should have MathCAD on the engineering computers if all else fails. I know my school also had Mathematica in all the computer labs, although I like MathCAD much better.

If you get it shoot me a PM and I'll help you out with some of the basics, it is really easy to use once you get a quick overview.

 

[WildHorse]

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