[math4] willing to contribute to fourthgardemath

[Kalpa Welivitigoda]

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 12:58, Kalpa Welivitigoda <callkalpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Edward,
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 12:22, Kalpa Welivitigoda <callkalpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am Kalpa Pathum Welivitigoda from Sri Lanka and I'm reading for my
>>>> degree in Electrical Engineering. I love maths and maths is highly
>>>> used in my studies and I though to join this project and share my
>>>> knowledge.
>>>
>>> Welcome.
>>>
>>>> For the moment, I am contributing to Sugar in lokalization and in
>>>> packaging sugar activities for Fedora.
>>>
>>> Excellent. I have a possible project for your consideration, to turn
>>> Ken iverson's final version of his APL programming language into a
>>> Sugar activity and also to package it for Fedora. Iverson taught
>>> primary school arithmetic once using a loaned IBM 360 with Selectric
>>> printing terminals, and wrote textbooks on Arithmetic, Algebra, and
>>> Analysis. Here is a little bit of Arithmetic.
>>>
>>>   2+3
>>> 5
>>>   i. 3
>>> 0 1 2
>>>   1+a =. i.3
>>> 1 2 3
>>>   a+/a
>>> 0 1 2
>>> 1 2 3
>>> 2 3 4
>>>
>>> and so on, with builtin functions for polynomials, permutations,
>>> solving systems of linear equations, trig, hyperbolic, exponential,
>>> hypergeometric functions, a derivative operator, and much more.
>>> Command-line, Web, and GTK versions are provided.
>>>
>>> The language, now called J, was recently put under GPL3, and the
>>> textbooks under Creative Commons-BY-SA. I have started to enter the
>>> algebra book on the Sugar Labs Replacing Textbooks server.
>>>
>>> Links:
>>>
>>> http://jsoftware.com/
>>>
>>> J downloads, docs, mailing lists
>>>
>>> http://booki.flossmanuals.net/make-your-own-sugar-activities/_edit/
>>> As it says
>>>
>>> http://booki.treehouse.su/algebra-an-algorithmic-treatment/
>>>
>>> I will create a J version of all of the Math4Team content.
>>>
>>>> So if there's any way I can contribute to Math4Team I highly appreciate.
>>>
>>> Likewise.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your detailed reply. I spent my leisure these days to
>> complete Sinhala lokalization in Sugar, as it is about to freeze for
>> the next release.
>
> Wonderful. I'll pass this news on to my Sinhalese contacts.
>

Sorry I expressed the idea in a wrong manner. I have not yet completed
it 100%. I'm working on to get it to 100%. I have mis-typed earlier.

>> So I'll look into your links and see what I can do there after the
>> localization is over.
>
> Perfect.
>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Kalpa Pathum Welivitigoda
>>>> http://about.me/callkalpa
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin
>>> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
>>> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Kalpa Pathum Welivitigoda
>> http://about.me/callkalpa
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin
> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks
>



-- 
Best Regards,

Kalpa Pathum Welivitigoda
http://about.me/callkalpa