Ask HN: Which tool do you use to take math-heavy notes?

For context: I'm looking for the best tool that I could utilize to write my college notes. I've read about TiddlyWiki, Notable, Typora (and other markdown editors)... But can't decide which would be the best and don't have enough time to try them all.

6 points | by Eugeleo 1898 days ago

5 comments

  • rayraegah 1897 days ago
    I took most math heavy notes in markdown with LaTeX. Sometimes, I used google sheets. Lately I've been using Observable[1].

    [1] https://beta.observablehq.com/

  • mhh__ 1897 days ago
    I can be quite quick in Tex, and a modern surface or ipad is very good but to be completely honest paper is still king.
  • ISNIT 1898 days ago
    Math Notepad is quite nice: http://mathnotepad.com/
  • a-saleh 1898 days ago
    a) paper and pencil

    b) once I had enough skill in typesetting in LaTeX, I was often just typing Tex in vim directly.

  • yesenadam 1896 days ago
    LaTeX, with TikZ for diagrams.