How Can I Create and Format Math Graphics for Electronic Homework?

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This discussion focuses on creating and formatting math graphics for electronic homework. The user expresses a need for tools to generate graphs, number lines, and geometric figures, and mentions their experience with LaTeX, which they find overwhelming. Recommendations include using Mathematica for its ease of use and strong graphics capabilities, albeit at a cost, and Python with the Matplotlib package as a free alternative. Both options provide effective solutions for producing the required visual representations.

PREREQUISITES
  • Basic understanding of LaTeX for typesetting mathematical documents
  • Familiarity with Mathematica for advanced graphic generation
  • Knowledge of Python programming language
  • Experience with Matplotlib for creating plots and graphs
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  • Explore advanced LaTeX packages for creating graphics, such as TikZ
  • Learn how to use Mathematica for creating dynamic visualizations
  • Study Python's Matplotlib library for plotting and graphing techniques
  • Investigate other free software options for mathematical graphics, such as GeoGebra
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Students, educators, and anyone involved in creating electronic math homework that requires visual representations, particularly those looking for effective tools to enhance their graphic capabilities.

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I want to write my math homework electronically. I need to make graphs, number lines and intervals, geometric/trigonometic figures, and other sorts of graphics, and I need them to align well with the problems they solve. See below

1. [Homework problem solved out step by step]
[graph or other visual representation]
2. [Homework problem solved out step by step] [inequality represented as an interval on a number line]
3. etc
etc

I've learned some LaTeX but it's been quite overwhelming. I'm willing to continue but I do not know how to make the kinds of visual representations that I need, and I don't know where to begin to learn. Could someone help with that? Or could some make any recommendation as to another program or method to electronically write graphic-heavy homework?
 
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I personally use Mathematica for this type of thing. It is easy to learn, and has great graphics capability. The biggest drawback is that it is not free, so if you don't have access through school you would need to buy it, although student copy is not too expensive. If you want free software, the Python programming language, with the MatPlotLib plotting package is pretty good, and I use it often. Others probably have other software favorites.
 

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