Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 15:03:21 -0400 From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Symbolic Calculus on FreeBSD Message-ID: <3AF842F9.92728E42@glue.umd.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105081759330.33741-100000@localhost>
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Octave does symbolic math just like Matlab. Granted, its not as good as Mathematica, but Mathematica isn't free. Declare variables using the syms command (help syms should get you started). Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > > The octave-port installs very well, but octave does numerical > calculations. I am interested in symbolic maths. > > Thanx though! > > Uli. > > On Mon, 7 May 2001, Brandon Fosdick wrote: > > > Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > is any *free* program known to run on FreeBSD that can do symbolic > > > calculus: solving equations, deviations, integrals, etc. (like Maple, but > > > no graphic capabilities needed - gnuplot will do for me) ? > > > > > > jacal is said to do that, but I have no idea how to get it installed. > > > > > > Thanx for your answers. > > > > Octave is a Matlab clone that should do what you want. I think SciLab > > might be a possibility but I haven't looked at it. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > ################################################### > # # > # www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de # > # # > ################################################### > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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