Displaying fancy equations with Java

Question

I'm working on a Java applet that needs to display "fancy" equations. Is there any Java renderer for MathML or LaTeX that's open source? Ideally it would be a pure Java solution that doesn't use JNI.

Ideally it would also allow to animate the generated glyphs (e.g. animating adding a constant to both sides of a equation, lines going through terms for cancellation, etc.)

Answer 1

Take a look at JEuclid, it seems to do the first part of what you want.

Answer 2

I know these libraries for Java:

• JEuclid (MathML renderer; Apache License)

• JMathTeX (Latex renderer; GNU License)

• HotEqn (Latex renderer; GNU License ?)

• SnuggleTex (Latex renderer; BSD License)

For the animation part of your question, you can look at these projects:

• DragMath equation editor (Swing interface; GNU License)

• Mirai Calc calculator (SWT interface; GNU License; uses JMathTeX)

For a web interface you can also use the jsMath JavaScript or it's successor Mathjax library as a Latex/MathML renderer.