Firemath is a

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(GPL) version 3. Firemath is an add-on for the web browser

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. It uses the rendering facilities of the browser. Firemath is incompatible with the Firefox Quantum release (Version 57.0) from november 2017 and with all later releases. The add-on was removed from addons.mozilla.org and is not available elsewhere.It is not known whether the author of FireMath plans to release a version for Firefox Quantum. Firemath screenshot

Features

Firemath must be installed as an addon into the Firefox browser. After invocation it opens in a new tab. The following list summarizes the main features of the software. * Firemath supports a large number of mathematical symbols, operators and arrows. * The majority of the MathML 2 presentation markup elements are supported. * While editing equations these are displayed in two formats simultaneously, namely properly rendered and with editing elements added. * Equations can be saved in MathML format or as

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images. The same is true for copying equations to the

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. * When saving/copying MathML the user can choose between

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. * Some editing can be done using the keyboard, while all elements can be accessed using the mouse. * Simple

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expressions are interpreted. * MathML equations on web pages can be opened in Firemath via the context menu (right click) of the equations.

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External links

Firemath website

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