MathWorld is an online mathematics reference work, created and largely written by Eric W. Weisstein. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Eric W Weisstein (born March 18, 1969, in Bloomington Indiana) is an Encyclopedist who created and maintains MathWorld It is sponsored by Wolfram Research Inc. and partially funded by the National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library grant to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The National Science Foundation (NSF is a United States Government agency that supports fundamental Research and Education in all the non-medical The United States ' National Science Digital Library (NSDL is a free online library for education and research in science technology engineering and mathematics This article is about the flagship campus For other uses and locations of University of Illinois, see University of Illinois (disambiguation The University of
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History
Eric W. Weisstein, the creator of the site, was a physics and astronomy student who got into the habit of writing notes on his mathematical readings. Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study In 1995 he put his notes online and called it "Eric's Treasure Trove of Mathematics". it contained hundreds of pages/articles, covering a wide range of mathematical topics. The site became popular as an extensive single resource on mathematics on the web. Weisstein continuously improved the notes and accepted corrections and comments from online readers. In 1998, he made a contract with CRC Press and the contents of the site were published in print and CD-ROM, titled "CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics". The CRC Press, LLC is a publishing group which specializes in producing technical books in a wide range of subjects The free online version became only partially accessible to the public. In 1999 Weisstein went to work for Wolfram Research, Inc. (WRI), and WRI renamed the Math Treasure Trove to MathWorld at http://mathworld.wolfram.com and hosted it on the company's website without access restrictions.
CRC lawsuit
In 2000, CRC Press sued WRI, WRI president Stephen Wolfram, and author Eric Weisstein, due to what they considered a breach of contract: that the MathWorld content was to remain in print only. The CRC Press, LLC is a publishing group which specializes in producing technical books in a wide range of subjects Stephen Wolfram (born August 29, 1959 in London) is a British Physicist, Mathematician and Businessman known for his The site was taken down by a court injunction. The case was later settled out of court, with WRI paying an unspecified amount and complying with other stipulations. Among these stipulations is the inclusion of a copyright notice at the bottom of the website and broad rights for the CRC Press to produce MathWorld in printed book form. The site then became once again available free to the public.
This case made a wave of headlines in online publishing circles. The PlanetMath project was a result of MathWorld being unavailable. PlanetMath is a free, collaborative online Mathematics Encyclopedia.
See also
References
- Official website
- Making MathWorld, Eric Weisstein, The Mathematica Journal, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2005. PlanetMath is a free, collaborative online Mathematics Encyclopedia.
External links
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