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Also check out Maxima [1], the GPL'ed version of the venerable computer algebra system DOE Macsyyma, which made the jump to PCs rather late and was therefore ov

Also check out Maxima [1], the GPL'ed version of the venerable computer algebra system DOE Macsyyma, which made the jump to PCs rather late and was therefore overtaken by Maple and Mathematica. Maxima is still under active development, has an community around it, and is available on Linux, Windows and Macs. [1] http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ http://maxima.sourceforge.net/

lutusp 14y ago
If you're going to mention Maxima, you should be aware that an actively developed open-source program collection called Sage (http://www.sagemath.org/ http://www.sagemath.org/) uses Maxima as well as many other open-source packages to create a rich mathematical environment that's becoming increasingly popular. Sage uses Maxima internally to generate symbolic results, but Sage also has many other integrated math tools, and has a Web 2.0 interface -- a server-enabled front end. My Sage tutorial: http://arachnoid.com/sage http://arachnoid.com/sage