[HN Gopher] Show HN: Mafs - React components for interactive math
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       Show HN: Mafs - React components for interactive math
        
       Author : stevenpetryk
       Score  : 77 points
       Date   : 2023-01-02 06:09 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (mafs.dev)
 (TXT) w3m dump (mafs.dev)
        
       | lagrange77 wrote:
       | I love it, especially the vector field component is super cool!
       | 
       | Unfortunately i have to build sth. like that myself, because.
        
         | stevenpetryk wrote:
         | Of course, builders gonna build.
        
       | luuuzeta wrote:
       | Such a sweet library! It's nice to see examples so well laid out.
        
       | diskzero wrote:
       | This is really neat. Can you share what inspired you to create
       | these components? My significant other is an educator and she is
       | always looking for fun and inspiring ways to introduce
       | mathematical concepts to her student. Are you approaching this
       | from an educational perspective?
        
         | stevenpetryk wrote:
         | Thank you! I actually can't remember what made me start
         | building it. I think I was learning differential equations and
         | wanted to try visualizing some parts of that, and it spiraled
         | into a full blown thing. I kept getting impressed by the
         | flexibility and accessibility of SVG.
         | 
         | I don't really have a target audience, I just enjoy building
         | it. As I add more examples I expose more weak spots or feature
         | opportunities.
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         | Regarding your SO, Mafs could be a good fit if she knows React,
         | but if not, Geogebra is a fantastic WYSIWYG visualization
         | editor. Mafs would have the cool benefit of being able to show
         | the underlying logic to the student though :)
        
           | diskzero wrote:
           | She has been using Desmos, which is pretty good. I'll tell
           | her about Geogebra. Creating interactive demonstrations can
           | be very helpful. Sequences and series seem to be the latest
           | topic students are having difficulties with.
           | 
           | The underlying logic is good, but being able to visualize the
           | topic and play with parameters is important as well. Thanks!
        
       | iamflimflam1 wrote:
       | Fantastic work. I've been using the Manim library a lot for my
       | YouTube videos - but I've been looking for a replacement.
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       | I see that you already have some animation support. Great work.
        
         | tunesmith wrote:
         | I've been curious about Manim for a while. Why are you looking
         | for a replacement?
        
       | robertlagrant wrote:
       | This is gorgeous. Very Reacty (Reacthonic?) API as well, which is
       | nice.
        
       | pablo24602 wrote:
       | Super cool! Will definitely be using this to explain mathematical
       | concepts
        
       | dmix wrote:
       | That's one beautiful website.
       | 
       | The code snippets colorscheme/nav/typography. Well done.
       | 
       | Edit: looks like it's using Tailwind.
        
       | bee_rider wrote:
       | The name looks like a pun but I can't quite work it out. I mean
       | mafs is already a funny way of pronouncing maths, so maybe that's
       | good enough. But is there more to it?
        
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