WWW Interactive Multipurpose Server
{{Infobox software
| name = WWW Interactive Multipurpose Server (WIMS)
| logo = WIMS-4.15d dfsg1 logo-160.gif
| developer = Xiao Gang
| latest_release_version = WIMS-4.17e[http://sourcesup.cru.fr/frs/?group_id=379 WIMS download page]
| released = 1997[http://wims.unice.fr/wims/wims.cgi?+lang=en&+module=help%2Fmain.en&+chapter=1&+open=%2C1_copy#copy WIMS Copyright Notice]
| latest_release_date = May 7, 2019
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| platform =
| programming language = C
| language =
| genre = Server software
| license = GNU General Public Licence
| website = [http://wims.unice.fr/ wims.unice.fr]
}}
File:Wims-4.01e-accueil-fr.png
The WWW Interactive Multipurpose Server (WIMS) (sometimes referred to as WWW Interactive Mathematics Server) project is designed for supporting intensive mathematical exercises via the Internet or in a computer-equipped classroom with server-side interactivity, accessible at the address http://wims.unice.fr.
The system has the following main features:
- A modular design allowing applications and software interfaces to be created and maintained independently from each other.
- Features interfaces for software including MuPAD, PARI/GP, Gnuplot, POV-Ray, Co.
- Dynamic rendering of mathematical formulas and animated graphics.
- A structure of virtual classes, including mechanisms for automatic score gathering and processing.
[http://wims.unice.fr/paper/wims/wims.html WIMS Paper]
The program is open source and freely available under the GNU General Public Licence, however each WIMS module has its own copyright policy, which may differ from that of the server program.
It is often cited and linked for its sophisticated "online calculator" tools capable of generating animated GIFs of parametric 2D or 3D graphs or allowing prime tests with very large numbers.
Author
Xiao Gang was a professor at University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. He was interested in solar energy and algebraic geometry. He was also the active site manager of the WIMS of the university he worked for.[http://wims.unice.fr/xiao/xiao.html Homepage of Xiao Gang at wims.unice.fr] Xiao Gang died on June 27, 2014.[http://www.mathadore.fr/xiao-gang-le-createur-de-wims-nous-a-quittes/ Xiao Gang, le créateur de Wims nous a quittés (French)]
Xiao Gang taught himself during the Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside Movement. He obtained his master's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China. Xiao obtained his Ph.D. degree from University of Paris-Sud in 1984. Xiao Gang returned to China and became a lecturer at East China Normal University. He was promoted to professor in 1986, and was awarded the Shiing-Shen Chern Prize in Mathematics in 1991. In 1992, Xiao became a professor at University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.{{Cite web |url=http://wims.math.ecnu.edu.cn/wsysx/xiaog.html |title=Profile of Xiao Gang (Chinese) |access-date=2014-07-03 |archive-date=2021-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414170113/http://wims.math.ecnu.edu.cn/wsysx/xiaog.html |url-status=dead }}
External links
- [http://wims.unice.fr/wims/en_home.html English WIMS at wims.unice.fr ] - The WIMS of the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in France, the most popular WIMS [http://www.google.com/search?q=WWW+Interactive+Multipurpose+Server UNICE WIMS first Google Result] for it was the first one and is hosted at the creator's university.
- [http://wims.ac-nice.fr/wims/ WIMS at wims.ac-nice.fr] - The WIMS of the Académie de Nice - One of the few featuring a redesigned skin.
- [http://wims.unice.fr/wims/wims.cgi?+lang=en&+module=help%2Fmain.en English WIMS help ]
- [https://wimsauto.universite-paris-saclay.fr/wims/wims.cgi?+lang=en&+module=adm%2Flight&+phtml=mirror.phtml.en List of WIMS Servers/Mirrors at Université Paris-Saclay]
- [http://wims.unice.fr/paper/wims/wims.html "WIMS A server for interactive mathematics on the internet"] - Paper on WIMS by XIAO, Gang written in 1999
- [https://sourcesup.cru.fr/frs/?group_id=379 WIMS download page]
- [http://wims.unice.fr/wims/wims.cgi?+lang=en&+module=tool%2Fdirectexec.en Interface to the Direc exec WIMS module] - This gives direct code access to many other WIMS modules (e.g. the POV-Ray renderer or a C compiler).
- [http://wims.unice.fr/0citers.html A list of frequent citers of unice.fr WIMS modules (some Wikipedia articles)]
- [http://wims.unice.fr/wims/wims.cgi?lang=en&cmd=new&module=home&search_keywords=&search_category=T#searchform List of the online calculators available] sorted by popularity.
- [https://wimsedu.info/ WIMS EDU association site.]