Eric W. Weisstein, the creator of the site, was a physics and astronomy student who got into the habit of writing notes on his mathematical readings. In 1995 he put his notes online and called it "Eric's Treasure Trove of Mathematics." It contained hundreds of pages/articles, covering a wide range of mathematical topics. The site became popular as an extensive single resource on mathematics on the web. In 1998, he made a contract with CRC Press and the contents of the site were published in print and CD-ROM form, titled "CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics." The free online version became only partially accessible to the public. In 1999 Weisstein went to work for Wolfram Research, Inc. (WRI), and WRI renamed the Math Treasure Trove to MathWorld and hosted it on the company's website[citation needed] without access restrictions.[citation needed]
The case was later settled out of court, with WRI paying an unspecified amount and complying with other stipulations. Among these stipulations is the inclusion of a copyright notice at the bottom of the website and broad rights for the CRC Press to produce MathWorld in printed book form. The site then became once again available free to the public.[citation needed]
This case made a wave of headlines in online publishing circles. The PlanetMath project was a result of MathWorld's being unavailable.[5]
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^Corneli, Joseph (2011). "The PlanetMath Encyclopedia" (PDF). ITP 2011 Workshop on Mathematical Wikis (MathWikis 2011) Nijmegen, Netherlands, August 27, 2011.
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mathworld, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 2017, learn, when, remove, this, template, message,. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources MathWorld news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message MathWorld is an online mathematics reference work created and largely written by Eric W Weisstein 2 3 It is sponsored by and licensed to Wolfram Research Inc and was partially funded by the National Science Foundation s National Science Digital Library grant to the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 3 MathWorldType of businessPrivateType of siteInternet encyclopedia projectAvailable inEnglishOwnerWolfram Research Inc Created byEric W Weisstein 1 URLmathworld wbr wolfram wbr comLaunchedNovember 1999 24 years ago 1999 11 Current statusActive Contents 1 History 2 CRC lawsuit 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editEric W Weisstein the creator of the site was a physics and astronomy student who got into the habit of writing notes on his mathematical readings In 1995 he put his notes online and called it Eric s Treasure Trove of Mathematics It contained hundreds of pages articles covering a wide range of mathematical topics The site became popular as an extensive single resource on mathematics on the web In 1998 he made a contract with CRC Press and the contents of the site were published in print and CD ROM form titled CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics The free online version became only partially accessible to the public In 1999 Weisstein went to work for Wolfram Research Inc WRI and WRI renamed the Math Treasure Trove to MathWorld and hosted it on the company s website citation needed without access restrictions citation needed CRC lawsuit editIn 2000 CRC Press sued Wolfram Research Inc WRI WRI president Stephen Wolfram and author Eric W Weisstein due to what they considered a breach of contract that the MathWorld content was to remain in print only The site was taken down by a court injunction 4 The case was later settled out of court with WRI paying an unspecified amount and complying with other stipulations Among these stipulations is the inclusion of a copyright notice at the bottom of the website and broad rights for the CRC Press to produce MathWorld in printed book form The site then became once again available free to the public citation needed This case made a wave of headlines in online publishing circles The PlanetMath project was a result of MathWorld s being unavailable 5 See also editList of online encyclopedias MathematicaReferences edit Eric Weisstein 2007 Making MathWorld Mathematica Journal 10 3 Archived from the original on 2012 07 09 Retrieved 2010 08 22 Wolfram MathWorld the web s most extensive mathematics resource WorldCat org www worldcat org Retrieved 2023 03 28 a b Making MathWorld The Mathematica Journal Retrieved 2023 03 28 CRC Press LLC v Wolfram Research Inc 149 F Supp 2d 500 Casetext Search Citator casetext com Retrieved 2023 03 28 Corneli Joseph 2011 The PlanetMath Encyclopedia PDF ITP 2011 Workshop on Mathematical Wikis MathWikis 2011 Nijmegen Netherlands August 27 2011 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MathWorld amp oldid 1212388911, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
