better display of mathamatical functions.

[olumolu]

∫u dv = uv - ∫v du
|1 0|
|0 1|
∆/∆x

sin²(θ)
______ = cot²(θ)
cos²(θ)

New models have a better mathematical skills so having better support for natural display of integration differential calculus matrix aSummation amd others

[Jeffser]

This would involve implementing a Latex to SVG converter since the GTK Label can't display complex mathematical equations, I mean, it wouldn't be easy but it's not impossible

[olumolu]

This would involve implementing a Latex to SVG converter since the GTK Label can't display complex mathematical equations, I mean, it wouldn't be easy but it's not impossible

Sure now i was looking for the new models and testing its mathematical ability i find this models are good.
They are even able to solve hard infinite series, harmonic func, calculas like integration with partial integration even integration with respect to constant variables, beta gemma function and matrix.
This are the stuff i have tested.
Other basic maths and pure maths need to be tested.

[olumolu]

I am waiting for this feature so we can actually ask maths to this. If this can be the next feature.

[Jeffser]

my guy, it's not that simple, just be patient

[olumolu]

my guy, it's not that simple, just be patient

I know that this is not that simple and it is really good if you start work after basic issues got solved like crash or gpu not using and so on.

[olumolu]

This is something that can be looked into now as the app is in a good state now and models mathematical problem solving skills are even better... You can use llama3.2 90B as a maths tutor now. I have tested with 11B and i find it has exceptional mathematical reasoning power like gpt 4o.

[Jeffser]

What up, it's been a couple of months but I have an update.

So, apparently LaTeX is quite the complex thing.

I added matplotlib as a dependency, with that I can do the following:

1. Render a "simple LaTeX equation" into a PNG in a tempfolder
2. Load the image
3. Crop the image so that it doesn't have any padding
4. Load the image into a button in Alpaca's interface

Now, all of that sounds simple, problem is, matplotlib doesn't include all of LaTeX, so not everything will work, as far as I can see it struggles with matrix and multiline rendering.

Now, I added a check so if LaTeX is available in the system it uses that to fully render whatever, there's even an extension for it in Flathub!

So now you might be asking, why couldn't we add LaTeX itself or the extension as a dependency? The answer is quite simple, you see, it's 5 GIGABYTES.

I ain't doing that.

Now there was another alternative I considered, adding WebKitGtk so I could render a small website with JS rendering LaTeX, the problem with that is that I would have to build Alpaca along with a browser, so nope, not doing that.

Anyways, it works with simple stuff, I suspect most people will only use it with small formulas, I will consider adding the LaTeX extension as an optional thing in Flatpak, I don't know what I'm going to do with MacOS and Snap though

[Jeffser]

It fails sometimes and renders a blank image, I added a button to regenerate (and copy) an equation

[Jeffser]

It can also display syntax errors by parsing them to the button's tooltip_text