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International Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics

CICM 2014: Intelligent Computer Mathematics pp 153–168Cite as

Search Interfaces for Mathematicians

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Access to mathematical knowledge has changed dramatically in recent years, therefore changing mathematical search practices. Our aim with this study is to scrutinize professional mathematicians’ search behavior. With this understanding we want to be able to reason why mathematicians use which tool for what search problem in what phase of the search process. To gain these insights we conducted 24 repertory grid interviews with mathematically inclined people (ranging from senior professional mathematicians to non-mathematicians). From the interview data we elicited patterns for the user group “mathematicians” that can be applied when understanding design issues or creating new designs for mathematical search interfaces.

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  1. Jacobs University Bremen and FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany

    Andrea Kohlhase

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  1. Computer Science Department, The University of Western Ontario, MC 375,, N6A 5B7, London, ON, Canada

    Stephen M. Watt

  2. Departments of Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY, Bath, UK

    James H. Davenport

  3. School of Computer Science, Edgbaston, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK

    Alan P. Sexton

  4. Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Botanicá 6a, 60200, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Sojka

  5. Institute for Computing Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Postbus 9010,, 6525, Nijmegen, GL, The Netherlands

    Josef Urban

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Kohlhase, A. (2014). Search Interfaces for Mathematicians. In: Watt, S.M., Davenport, J.H., Sexton, A.P., Sojka, P., Urban, J. (eds) Intelligent Computer Mathematics. CICM 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8543. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08434-3_12

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