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Subject: Re: Symbolic Calculus on FreeBSD
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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.

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