Flash card app - pasting/creating Math/Statistics formulas?

[Malleable]

So I want to get a flash card application that allows me to make my own flash cards with math and statistical formulas. I know most flash cards are for learning languages, but I am an PhD in economics and having trouble memorizing formulas (as well as normal definitions).

These will be very complex looking formula's requiring the full greek alphabet, multiple sub and super scripts, integrals - the works.

I wanted to find out which programs people know will work - rather than purchase something, and find out hours into creating cards that what I am using wont do everything I need.

I will be creating the cards in Windows, probably using Microsoft OneNote for getting the formula worked out, and then pasting them into cards - BUT it would be helpful if I had the ability to create the formula within the program.
But whatever can recognize the complex txt and not screw it up on pasting is the main thing.

Recommendations greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Mal

 

[jae_63]

I can't address the flash cards issue, but I have dabbled in this space a bit.

First of all, I think that there is little chance of editing equations on your phone, if you built them using Word. Similarly you can build equations using Google Docs on your desktop, and view them on your phone using Docs To Go, but I don't know whether editing an equation is possible using Google Docs via your phone.

It is possible to build and edit equations on your phone using other (LaTeX-based) tools, and even generate PDFs for them, all on your phone. But I don't know how to get from there to generating flash cards.

First, this nice website (which is unfortunately down as I write this) provides a way to prepare a LaTeX formula interactively.

http://www.sciweavers.org/free-online-latex-equation-editor

[ as nice as it is, it could be much more useful if someone wrote a custom app and/or HTML5 version of this ]

Then you can copy and paste that equation into the VerbTeX Android app, which can then produce a PDF for you. I find that there is sufficient cutting and pasting required that (for this and other reasons) I use an Android clipboard manager such as Clipper.

If your Latex is very fluent (mine isn't), then you needn't bother with the sciweavers site and can just edit your formulas directly using VerbTeX. Another helpful app is the clever "DeTexify", but unfortunately it doesn't permit you to copy your LaTeX candidate into the clipboard, so you need to manually enter the LaTeX string which you've identified.

I can provide further details upon request, but I think that this may already be too much information for a single post.

 

[Malleable]

Thanks Jae. I'll look into these things.

Mal