Oorange: A Virtual Laboratory for Experimental Mathematics

Charles Gunn, Armin Ortmann, Ulrich Pinkall, Konrad Polthier and Uwe Schwarz
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Charles Gunn: Technische Universität Berlin, Sfb 288, Fachbereich Mathematik
Armin Ortmann: Technische Universität Berlin, Sfb 288, Fachbereich Mathematik
Ulrich Pinkall: Technische Universität Berlin, Sfb 288, Fachbereich Mathematik
Konrad Polthier: Technische Universität Berlin, Sfb 288, Fachbereich Mathematik
Uwe Schwarz: Technische Universität Berlin, Sfb 288, Fachbereich Mathematik

A chapter in Visualization and Mathematics, 1997, pp 249-265 from Springer

Abstract: Summary Oorange is a virtual laboratory for experimental mathematics. It consists of a set of infrastructure services supporting the creation, execution, and dissemination of mathematical experiments. For each component of a traditional physical experiment, there is a corresponding Oorange infrastructure feature: Object of study: High level software classes Laboratory equipment: Foundation software classes and function libraries Configuration of specific experiment: Computational network composed of objects Monitor and control: Object inspection; 2D and 3D viewers Running the experiment: Animation objects Recording the experiment: Archiving and scripting Disseminating result: Documentation A hybrid language scheme underlies the design: interpreted scripts in Tcl manage tasks requiring high flexibility, while a compiled object library in Objective C supports the underlying mathematical algorithms. The resulting system is intended to be accessible to wide range of expertise levels. Oorange is free software distributed according to a GNU-like license agreement.

Keywords: Time Manager; Network Manager; Class Hierarchy; Infrastructure Service; Experimental Mathematic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59195-2_17

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