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Ask HN: What tools do you use to solve practical math problems?
I find myself regularly needing to solve different types of math problems. Nowadays there's a number of powerful tools, and I've dabbled with many of them. I want to choose a set of tools and stick with them long-term so that I can become more familiar with the tools and thus more productive.
I'm being deliberately vague about what kinds of problems since others might find the information useful even if I do not.
Which tools do you use? What do you use them for? What do you like about them? What do you dislike?
Inexhaustive list of popular maths tools:
Languages:
- Python
- Julia
- R
- Lisps
Integrated Math Packages:
- Mathematica
- Maple
- Matlab
- GNU Octave
- Maxima
- Mathcad
- Anaconda
- SageMath
Notebooks:
- Jupyter
- Emacs/Sublime/VSCode/etc. IPython Notebook
Cloud:
- CoCalc (formerly SageMath Cloud)
- Wolfram Alpha / Cloud
- Desmos
Calculators:
- TI
- HP
- Emacs calc
- bc
Don't Forget:
- Pencil and paper