m-xbutterfly / lysa

Learn You Some Algebras for Glorious Good!

Nightly builds - http://dtscode.io/~lysa/develop/

Learn You Some Algebras for Glorious Good!

This is a math book. We aim to take a logically rigorous, yet informal approach to math. You can see the source for the book in the book/ directory.

Builds

Nightly builds are available at develop/. Releases are available at master/. As of now, there are no releases.

For more details on the build system, refer to the guide to contributing.

To build the project from source, you'll need most of the TeXLive packages.

For a list of dependencies, refer to our guide to contributing on software.

git clone https://github.com/learnmath/lysa.git -b develop
cd lysa/book
./build

The build script is not dangerous, you can look at it if you want. It builds the book, and generates it into a file called lysa.pdf in the book/ directory. If you have a slow computer, it might take about 30 seconds or so to build. On a fast computer, it will take less than a second. We don't include the PDF file in the git tree because it's a binary file, and thus causes merge conflicts if we try to track it.

Contributing

You are welcome to add content, but please see the contributing guide first.

If you like chatting on IRC, come see us in #learnmath on FreeNode. If you don't know what IRC is, or you don't have a client set up, you can connect through FreeNode's webchat.

If you notice any errors, don't be shy to report then in the issue tracker. If you have any suggestions for improving LYSA, also post them in the issue tracker (or bring them up in the IRC channel).

If you have any questions about LYSA (or math), feel free to ask in the channel, or in the issue tracker.

Roles

The following people are the main contributors to LYSA:

• Randy Brown (project leader)
  • GitHub: beingbrown
  • IRC: beingbrown
  • Website: http://www.beingbrown.net/
• Anton Golov (author)
  • Email: [e-mail]
  • GitHub: jesyspa
  • IRC: jesyspa
• Peter Harpending (author)
  • Email: [e-mail]
  • GitHub: pharpend
  • IRC: pharpend
  • Website: https://pharpend.github.io/
• Ng Wei En (build system manager & quality control)
  • Email: [e-mail]
  • GitHub: wei2912
  • IRC: wei2912
  • Twitter: @wei2912
  • Website: https://wei2912.github.io/
• Nick Chambers (site maintainer)
  • Email: [e-mail]
  • GitHub: DTScode
  • IRC: dts|pokeball

They are also operators on our IRC channel. You may contact them if you need any help, but we encourage you to speak in the IRC channel rather than in PM.

License

LYSA is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. The license can be found in the LICENSE file in the project root.