Informational and Computing Systems

2007 , No. 9/1

A.D. Polyanin, A.I. Zhurov

ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

In the paper current developments and trends in electronic publications in Russia and abroad are presented. It is explained why authors may find it useful to publish their papers and books online. Web addresses with brief descriptions of major mathematical and physical Internet resources are given. Suggestions for the development of scientific online resources in Russia are proposed.
In 2001, one of the authors of the present paper wrote a short article at the end of which he assessed the potential of the Internet quite sceptically. Over the next six years, many events have happened (including the authors’ work resulting in the creation of the scientific-educational website “EqWorld — The World of Mathematical Equations”) that led the authors to much more optimistic assessments and conclusions set out below.