We are a small business employing six people, of which five TU/e engineers (mathematics and computer science).

AlgebraKiT offers an online system for interactive mathematics, used by educative math publishers. Our tools enable interactive exercises with step-by-step evaluation, hints, error feedback and unlimited training.

During this lecture we will discuss the key elements that make AlgebraKiT unique in interactive mathematics. Applications like Wolfram Alpha are used in abundance to solve pretty much any mathematical problem in the blink of an eye, but use theory way too complex for a high school student to understand. Our application is built from the perspective of a student, using only the knowledge he or she has at any given time in their education. We will talk in more detail about the challenges that arise with this approach.

We will also discuss the extensive range of additional requirements that apply to offer our solution to large publishers. We show how we set up our architecture and how we organise development with a small team.