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Recommend a free Mathematical software package

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  • 03-05-2012 10:07pm
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    Brussels Sprout
    Registered Users Posts: 6,603 ✭✭✭


    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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    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,961 ✭✭✭✭bnt


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

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    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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    woof im a dog
    Registered Users Posts: 195 ✭✭woof im a dog


    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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