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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 20 Aug 2001.
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mathematical expressions

mathematical expressions

alt.ascii-art · 12 messages · 20 Aug 2001 - 24 Aug 2001
Hi everybody,

I am looking for ascii art representations of mathematical expressions.
I have heard of some math programs like maple having an export to
ascii-art, but I do not have this program at hand.
The most I am interested in symbols like the integral symbol for
example. Is there a web site with a complete set of such symbols in
ascii?

Thanks,
Markus

PS: Here is what I have already found:

  2                              -------------
 ---   pi       3 * pi          /  9      2
 \    ---   =  --------  =     /  --- * pi
 /     n          2          \/    4
 ---
 n=1

               k                                k
              ___                              ___
              \     / k \    i    k - i        \     / k \    k    k
(n + a) ^ k =  >   |     | n    a         <=    >   |     | n    a
              /__   \ i /                      /__   \ i /

             i = 0                            i = 0

                k
               ___
           k  \      / k \        k      k         k
   = (n a)     >    |     |   = n    c a     =  O(n )
              /___   \ i /
              i = 0

              n
             ___
             \       n - k    k
  (x - y) *   )    x        y
             /___
            k = 0

    ----------
   / 1 + x
  v

    --------
  3/ 1 + x
  v

  _
_/  f(x) dx > 0.

  oo                2
 ---    1        __
 \     ---   =   ||
 /       2       ---
 ---    n         6
 n=1

  oo
   /   1
  |    -  dx    = log(x) + C
  /    x
  1

       1
 lim  ---
n->oo  n

                    _
12 + 144 + 20 + 3 \/4             2
--------------------- + 5*11  =  9
          7

Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL> ASCII art 20 Aug 2001 12:00 · permalink
--(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)--
		--(Markus Gebhard said it like only they can.)--
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I am looking for ascii art representations of mathematical expressions.
> I have heard of some math programs like maple having an export to
> ascii-art, but I do not have this program at hand.
> The most I am interested in symbols like the integral symbol for
> example. Is there a web site with a complete set of such symbols in
> ascii?
> 
> Thanks,
> Markus
> 

While we are at it does anyone know of a program that dose ascii art
molecules?

Nothing this fancie is needed:
    _.-"""-._   _.-"""-._
   /     (#\ \_/     (#\ \
  :       \#) |NNn.   \#) :
   \         /N(#\N\     /
    "-.___.-nNNN\#)N|_.-"
         \NNNNNNNNN/
          "*NNNNN*"
              "

H H
`O'

I am thinking that if i can find one with a good modulare build that I
can use it to make a realy fun ascii art screen saver.


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Christian Mertes <c_m...@t-online.de> ASCII art 20 Aug 2001 15:04 · permalink
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:00:19 GMT
Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL (Faux_Pseudo) wrote:
[snip]
> 
> I am thinking that if i can find one with a good modulare build that I
> can use it to make a realy fun ascii art screen saver.
> 
[snip]

I can't find a Linux console screensaver which is not vga but really text mode.
Which programs are there or which are you using?

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Bill Taylor <mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz> ASCII art 21 Aug 2001 03:16 · permalink
See if you can calculate the following...



       .-----------------------------------------------------------
      /         .------------------------------------------------
     /         /         .-------------------------------------
    /         /         /         .--------------------------
   /         /         /         /         .---------------
  /  7 +  1 / 17 +  4 / 31 +  9 / 49 + 16 / 71 + 25 /~~~...
 v         v         v         v         v         v



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Bill Taylor wrote:
> 
> See if you can calculate the following...
> 
>        .-----------------------------------------------------------
>       /         .------------------------------------------------
>      /         /         .-------------------------------------
>     /         /         /         .--------------------------
>    /         /         /         /         .---------------
>   /  7 +  1 / 17 +  4 / 31 +  9 / 49 + 16 / 71 + 25 /~~~...
>  v         v         v         v         v         v

At first sight I would say the result is:
  __
 V14

Looking again I convert your series into this recursion:
     
            2     _______
a  =  c  + n  *  / a  + 1
 n     n        V   n

with  c  = c    + 4*n + 2;  c  = 1
       n    n-1              0
                          ____
And you are looking for  / a
                        V   1

And now looking again at what I have written makes me very sad and so I
better go having some breakfast. Well, here is the coffee:

               (        (
                )   )    )
              _(,..(....(__
         _.-''  )   )    ) '-..
        '          ( (         `.
       '.   ..::::::::):::....  ,
       '.-.::::::::::::::::::,`'/
        \   '`--........---'   /
         |                    /''--.
         '.                   /    ,|
          \                  /   _,'
     _.--''\                ' ,-.._
  ,-'     . \              ,,'     '-.
,'     .     \            '    .      `
|     .       `.________.'       .     |
 \       .                   .       _'
  '-._        .    .     .        _.-
      '--...___          ___,.,-''
               ''''''''''
Markus

--(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)--
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> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:00:19 GMT
> Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL (Faux_Pseudo) wrote:
> [snip]
>> 
>> I am thinking that if i can find one with a good modulare build that I
>> can use it to make a realy fun ascii art screen saver.
>> 
> [snip]
> 
> I can't find a Linux console screensaver which is not vga but really text mode.
> Which programs are there or which are you using?

Right now I dont use any.  Thats why I am thinking of makeing one.

There is one called csd or ConsoleSaver on freshmeat.net but it is not
a screen saver in the sence that it is a damon that starts when SDTIN
is not active for a period of time.  In fact it is in version 0.01pre
and has been that way for over a year.  

I would emagin that one would not be hard to build.

find out what criteria "console blanking" uses to cut the display and
rewrite as a seperet damon to launch a saver instead.
aalib could be used to handle the actual graphics.

/me pictures a naked dancing lady screensaver in ascii vision.

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Bill Taylor <mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz> ASCII art 21 Aug 2001 10:37 · permalink
Hmmm...  that coffee looks good!   Must knock off and have some.

But anyway; Markus Gebhard <ukg...@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> writes:

|> Looking again I convert your series into this recursion...

Yep, you can do that, but a hit and miss method might also work.
Hmmm...  maybe that one *was* a bit too hard.


OK then, try this simpler one...

        .-----------------------------------------------------------
       /        .------------------------------------------------
      /        /       .-------------------------------------
     /        /       /        .--------------------------
    /        /       /        /        .---------------
   /  1 + 1 / 1 + 2 /  1 + 3 /  1 + 4 /  1 + 5 /~~~...
  v        v       v        v        v        v


A chocolate candy goes to whoever gets the right answer first!

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                 : :      |      | |      |     : :
                 \ \      |    __| !___   |     / /
                  : :     |   /  |/   /   |    : :
                  \ \     |__/   '   /____|    / /
                   : :      /_______/|        : :
                    `.`.         |   !      ,','
                      `.`.       |  /     ,','
                        `.`.     | /    ,','
                          `.`.   |/   ,','
                            `.`. '  ,','
                              `.`.,','
                                `.,'

Harry Mason <spa...@no.spam> ASCII art 21 Aug 2001 13:52 · permalink
On 21 Aug 2001 10:37:16 GMT, Bill Taylor <mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> OK then, try this simpler one...
> 
>         .-----------------------------------------------------------
>        /        .------------------------------------------------
>       /        /       .-------------------------------------
>      /        /       /        .--------------------------
>     /        /       /        /        .---------------
>    /  1 + 1 / 1 + 2 /  1 + 3 /  1 + 4 /  1 + 5 /~~~...
>   v        v       v        v        v        v

Is that ----------------------^ 3 * square root(1+...) or cube root(1+...) ?

-- 
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Bill Taylor <mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz> ASCII art 22 Aug 2001 03:07 · permalink
|> >         .-----------------------------------------------------------
|> >        /        .------------------------------------------------
|> >       /        /       .-------------------------------------
|> >      /        /       /        .--------------------------
|> >     /        /       /        /        .---------------
|> >    /  1 + 1 / 1 + 2 /  1 + 3 /  1 + 4 /  1 + 5 /~~~...
|> >   v        v       v        v        v        v
|> 
|> Is that ----------------------^ 3 * square root(1+...) or cube root(1+...) ?

Ambiguous indeed.

Yes, they are all square roots.   Multiplied in front by "n".

Happy solving.   (It's not all that hard, BTW...)


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Christian Mertes <c_m...@t-online.de> ASCII art 22 Aug 2001 10:19 · permalink
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:23:24 GMT
Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL (Faux_Pseudo) wrote:

> --(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)--
> 		--(Christian Mertes said it like only they can.)--
> > On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:00:19 GMT
> > Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL (Faux_Pseudo) wrote:
> > [snip]
> >> 
> >> I am thinking that if i can find one with a good modulare build that I
> >> can use it to make a realy fun ascii art screen saver.
> >> 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > I can't find a Linux console screensaver which is not vga but really text mode.
> > Which programs are there or which are you using?
> 
> Right now I dont use any.  Thats why I am thinking of makeing one.
> 
> There is one called csd or ConsoleSaver on freshmeat.net but it is not
> a screen saver in the sence that it is a damon that starts when SDTIN
> is not active for a period of time.  In fact it is in version 0.01pre
> and has been that way for over a year.  
> 
> I would emagin that one would not be hard to build.
> 
> find out what criteria "console blanking" uses to cut the display and
> rewrite as a seperet damon to launch a saver instead.
> aalib could be used to handle the actual graphics.
> 

Yeah, cool things could be done there. Even mess-dos had some cool screensavers.
It's an incredible lack in the linux program repertoire.
Imagine, I found two VGA screensavers for the console but there's no text only
saver around?? Well, ok there's an aa version of the vgalib but I think the two
vgalibs can't be in use at the same time so I didn't install it.

> /me pictures a naked dancing lady screensaver in ascii vision.
> 

:-)

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Michael Schierl <sch...@gmx.de> ASCII art 23 Aug 2001 21:46 · permalink
mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) wrote:

>|> >         .-----------------------------------------------------------
>|> >        /        .------------------------------------------------
>|> >       /        /       .-------------------------------------
>|> >      /        /       /        .--------------------------
>|> >     /        /       /        /        .---------------
>|> >    /  1 + 1 / 1 + 2 /  1 + 3 /  1 + 4 /  1 + 5 /~~~...
>|> >   v        v       v        v        v        v
>|> 
>|> Is that ----------------------^ 3 * square root(1+...) or cube root(1+...) ?
>
>Ambiguous indeed.
>
>Yes, they are all square roots.   Multiplied in front by "n".
>
>Happy solving.   (It's not all that hard, BTW...)

i would say 

gur erfhyg vf rknpgyl gjb.
(ROT13)

it is simple to determine this by a small program (i have tried it in
Q(uick)Basic). Calculate the value while ~~~... in the above
expression is zero and while it is e.g 1e+20 and when the result is
nearly the same, it is ok. going up to sqrt(26) is enough.

For the prog, see my sig (which is too long...)

ob-Ascii (it's my first):
  ____________
 |.----------.|
 ||12345678. ||
 |`----------'|
 |    _       |
 | % V  CE ON |
 |[] [] [] [] |
 |M+ M- MR MC |
 |[] [] [] [] |
 | 7  8  9  : |
 |[] [] [] [] |
 | 4  5  6  * |
 |[] [] [] [] |
 | 1  2  3  - |
 |[] [] [] [] |
 | 0  , +/- + |
 |[] [] [] [] |
 |____________|

Michael
-- 
DIM i AS INTEGER, x AS SINGLE, y AS SINGLE, ky AS STRING
FOR i = 1 TO 50
  x = 0
  y = 1E+30
  FOR j = i TO 1 STEP -1
   x = SQR(x) * j + 1
  NEXT
  FOR j = i TO 1 STEP -1
   y = SQR(y) * j + 1
  NEXT
  PRINT i, SQR(x), SQR(y)
  DO
    ky = INKEY$
    IF ky = CHR$(27) THEN END
  LOOP UNTIL ky <> ""
NEXT

Bill Taylor <mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz> ASCII art 24 Aug 2001 03:48 · permalink
Michael Schierl <sch...@gmx.de> writes:

|> >|> >         .-----------------------------------------------------------
|> >|> >        /        .------------------------------------------------
|> >|> >       /        /       .-------------------------------------
|> >|> >      /        /       /        .--------------------------
|> >|> >     /        /       /        /        .---------------
|> >|> >    /  1 + 1 / 1 + 2 /  1 + 3 /  1 + 4 /  1 + 5 /~~~...
|> >|> >   v        v       v        v        v        v
|> >|> 
|> >|> 
|> > they are all square roots. 

|> i would say      gur erfhyg vf rknpgyl gjb. (ROT13)

You are correct!    Here is your chocolate candy...

                     ____
          ___      .' /:::.      ___
          \  "-.  /  (:::-'\  .-"  /
           > -=.\/:\__\/__  \/.=- <
           > -='/\::::/\:::\/\'=- <
          /__.-'  \::'  )::/  '-.__\
                   '.__/::'

|> it is simple to determine this by a small program 

Yes, you can do that; though some of us might say that's a little bit cheating.

Of course, once one guesses the answer, it's not too hard to prove,
(say using induction).

The fascinating thing about these infinitely nested square roots is how
incredibly rapidly the numbers inside can increase, yet still have the
whole thing converge.  Much more than infinite series and products and things.
The numbers can be as high as  c^(2^n)  or so.  Very unusual in math. 
Also interesting is that the "2" there cannot be increased, 
though the constant "c" can be anything.     Weird huh!?

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