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AprilHare · 02-15-2010, 05:01 AM

Is anyone aware of a simple way to add mathematical formulae to EPUBs and expect them to be viewable on a liseuse, such as my firmware upgraded PRS-500?
I've been looking around at methods used in HTML:
1) MathML is popular in websites, but liseuses cannot handle it. And MathML is a pain to typeset by hand.
2) There are LaTeX to MathML CSS sheets available, which allows for easier-to-typeset LaTeX to be used however then you have the MathML display problem.
3) I know that Wikipedia supports mathematical script (looks very much like LaTeX) and the on-the-fly generated output is images/SVG. This would be better for EPUB. Something like that would be practical methinks.
4) You can use a dedicated program, make every single equation an image, then plug them manually into a EPUB. Very inconvenient.
Any ideas?
I was thinking along the lines of a 'MathML to image' processor which can take advantage of LaTeX to MathML somehow. Not sure if SVG is an option, anyone tested it?

02-15-2010, 05:01 AM	#1
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	Mathematics/MathML in EPUB Is anyone aware of a simple way to add mathematical formulae to EPUBs and expect them to be viewable on a liseuse, such as my firmware upgraded PRS-500? I've been looking around at methods used in HTML: 1) MathML is popular in websites, but liseuses cannot handle it. And MathML is a pain to typeset by hand. 2) There are LaTeX to MathML CSS sheets available, which allows for easier-to-typeset LaTeX to be used however then you have the MathML display problem. 3) I know that Wikipedia supports mathematical script (looks very much like LaTeX) and the on-the-fly generated output is images/SVG. This would be better for EPUB. Something like that would be practical methinks. 4) You can use a dedicated program, make every single equation an image, then plug them manually into a EPUB. Very inconvenient. Any ideas? I was thinking along the lines of a 'MathML to image' processor which can take advantage of LaTeX to MathML somehow. Not sure if SVG is an option, anyone tested it? Last edited by AprilHare; 02-15-2010 at 05:10 AM.