Real time handwriting recognition techniques for mathematical notation in interactive teaching & learning applications

This paper presents a selection of primary techniques used in the encoding of handwritten mathematical notation into a meta-string that can later be converted to a standard document markup language. This method is used to archive or deliver documents with handwritten mathematical notation via the Internet utilising platform independent devices. The techniques used include, encoding sequence that are unique for each symbol; and fuzzy membership functions to determine position, spacing andsize of symbols.