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Types two hours of latex in solution, clicks away from the problem box, loses all text.

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@John Muradeli @Agnishom Chattopadhyay This is definitely very inconvenient, and we are planning to improve this behavior. However, it might take us a while and in the meantime, if you will be writing a long Latex solution, you could use a preview program like www.writelatex.com.

Suyeon Khim Staff - 6 years, 9 months ago

Hey, thanks for the link! But here's what I get:

This is from my school computer which has administrative settings that block lots of things, so could be due to that. If I do it from home, it may be different. Meanwhile, I wonder if anyone else has such issues.

John M. - 6 years, 9 months ago

Works for me: writelatex.com screenshot.

Suyeon Khim Staff - 6 years, 9 months ago

There was an extra dot (.) added after the url. If you remove the dot or click on the link (I converted the url from text to a link) it will probably work.

Sam Solomon Staff - 6 years, 9 months ago

@Sam Solomon – Ooh woah what a dumb mistake.

Thank you!

(btw your edit's link is broken)

John M. - 6 years, 9 months ago

@John M. – Haha, of course I would make that mistake... Fixed it.

Sam Solomon Staff - 6 years, 9 months ago

Happens to me very often

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 6 years, 9 months ago

There's a 3D version too, but Wolfram can't render it on my computer. Tell me if you still like yours better.

John M. - 6 years, 9 months ago

Sorry, I can't see the 3D Version there. If you can get an image of it please tell me, I will consider using it in my Valentine's day card.

In the meantime, I created this using complex_plot: Link

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 6 years, 9 months ago

@Agnishom Chattopadhyay – OMG that's amazing!!!

Is it only possible on that website or can I use some other more convenient software to do it?

Oh and 3D I was referring to one of Wolfram's 3 variable equations where they advertised Valentine's Day discounts or something... But I think it plots not as cool as they advertise, but WOAH your heart is the epitome of 2D hearts :O

John M. - 6 years, 9 months ago

@John M. – I did it with SAGE

You can run sage on the cloud with this

Just copy and paste the following code:

def f(z): 
    x = real(z)
     y = imaginary(z)
     return (x^2 + y^2 -1)^3 - x^2*y^3

complex_plot(lambda z: (1/f(z)*i^(z+1)),(-1.5,1.5),(-1.5,1.5),plot_points=50)

Edit the plot_points=50 line if needed for a better resolution

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 6 years, 9 months ago

@Agnishom Chattopadhyay – I actually get a pretty crappy quality with 50. Are you sure you used 50 and not 500? Or it could be my computer. So I basically kinda get it, but what's up with all the lambda z and 1/f(z) and stuff? Is this some computer programming jargon?

John M. - 6 years, 9 months ago

@John M. – I used 300 or 500 but I suggested 50 because it is quicker.

f(z) has been defined in the code already. lambda is a programming jargon. It is just an way of writing a function without giving a name to it

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 6 years, 9 months ago

I suggest typing your solutions on word or something rather than brilliant.

Trevor Arashiro - 6 years, 9 months ago

When I work with Latex I must occasionally click preview to see if I've fixed everything, and this is when my computer can lag and I'll click in a space below the problem box and then I lose everything. Thankfully I anticipated this happening and had the code pasted in an empty tab, though I did have to recover about 20 mins of work that I did not copy at the time.

Still, Brilliant needs to fix this. Imagine if I didn't save that thing? I'd go MAD!

John M. - 6 years, 9 months ago

@John Muradeli I think the best you can do at present is to copy it on the clipboard constantly. I do this, so if I accidentally click on 'back', I can still go back and click on 'paste'...

Satvik Golechha - 6 years, 9 months ago

@Satvik Golechha – Some times I have to copy other sections of the text within the latex (like those that repeat frequently, ex. cuberoots and fractions and stuff), and forget to copy the whole thing... Besides I shouldn't be feeling like I'm on tip-toes on this. The text should remain even if I click away.

But for now, copying repeatedly will do.

John M. - 6 years, 9 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$