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Recommend a free Mathematical software package

Brussels Sprout · 2012-05-03 21:07:21

I used Mathematica in university. My licence has expired and I can't afford to renew it. Features I'd like: * Ability to perform calculus * Easy to create graphs * Lots of built in functions * Ability to write your own functions * Ability to work with Arrays and Matrices * Nice typesetting would be a bonus * Compatible…

03-05-2012 9:07pm

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I used Mathematica in university. My licence has expired and I can't afford to renew it.

Features I'd like:
Ability to perform calculus

Easy to create graphs

Lots of built in functions

Ability to write your own functions

Ability to work with Arrays and Matrices

Nice typesetting would be a bonus

Compatible with C#/Java

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#2 05-05-2012 8:06pm

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The only one I've used that can do Symbolic maths, including Calculus, is Maxima - specifically wxMaxima, the version with a GUI.

It can also export formulae as LaTeX. I don't think it has an API for C# or Java, but it can be called as a CLI application, taking and returning text arguments.

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#3 08-05-2012 10:30am

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octave it's like the open source version of matlab. it's mostly used for numerical stuff but they have built-in functions to do symbolic stuff as well.

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