Displaying fancy equations with Java

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I'm working on a Java applet that needs to display "fancy" equations. Is there any Java renderer for MathML or LaTeX that's open source? Ideally it would be a pure Java solution that doesn't use JNI.

Ideally it would also allow to animate the generated glyphs (e.g. animating adding a constant to both sides of a equation, lines going through terms for cancellation, etc.)

axelclk · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-11T16:55:15.213

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I know these libraries for Java:

JEuclid (MathML renderer; Apache License)
JLatexMath (Latex renderer; GNU License) improved JMathTeX
JMathTeX (Latex renderer; GNU License)
HotEqn (Latex renderer; GNU License ?)
SnuggleTex (Latex renderer; BSD License)

For the animation part of your question, you can look at these projects:

DragMath equation editor (Swing interface; GNU License)
Mirai Calc calculator (SWT interface; GNU License; uses JMathTeX)
Java Swing Equation builder

For a web interface you can also use the jsMath JavaScript or it's successor Mathjax library as a Latex/MathML renderer.

edited Aug 11 '18 at 16:55

answered Jan 20 '09 at 20:08

axelclk

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JMathTeX and DragMath look *perfect*. Thank you so much! – Ryan Jan 23 '09 at 06:12
jsMath I have found to be common, but often the equations are not rendered at all on the linux machines I have used due to missing libraries. – Alex May 20 '09 at 00:13
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this answer work for swing, swt and awt , but for javaFX can we use this ? – HinoHara Jul 12 '14 at 15:47
Is there any documentation or examples on how to use JMathTex to render formulae or equations? – Hamda Binte Ajmal Jan 29 '15 at 14:26
Can we use this Libraries for Android i have been using MathJax which works very slow. – iAviatorJose Mar 07 '15 at 11:42

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '09 at 22:23

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Take a look at JEuclid, it seems to do the first part of what you want.

answered Jan 18 '09 at 22:23

Allain Lalonde

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