From: A.H.M. Levelt (ahml@sci.kun.nl)
Date: 05/07/93


From: ahml@sci.kun.nl (A.H.M. Levelt)
Subject: Re: Symbolic algebra/intergation
Date: Fri, 7 May 1993 11:56:54 GMT

In <1993Apr22.181902.103506@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> dlj0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DAVID L. JOHNSON) writes:

>In article <1993Apr20.202137.1228@nynexst.com>, baruch@nynexst.com (Robert Baruch) writes:
>>In article 9482@blue.cis.pitt.edu, bard@neurocog.lrdc.pitt.edu (Bard Ermentrout)
>>cries out, saying:
>>>
>>>Does anyone know of a public domain symbolic algebra package
>>>available for Linux (source would be desirable) I have
>>>looked at jacal and scm but these are much lower level
>>>than I had in mind ( I dont want to become a LISP
>>>programmer.) There are a number of packages for PCs that
>>>are commercial ventures so that the source cant be obrtained.
>>
>I use pari-gp (1.37.3). Compiles easily.

>It's better at algebra than integration. In fact, it treats all transcendental
>functions as power series. This is OK numerically, but not for calculus
>homework.

>maybe Maple will offer a linux version - maybe a linux Student version - or
>maybe let us borrow the code...

>--
>Sincerely,

>David L. Johnson ID: dlj0@lehigh.edu
>Christmas-Saucon Hall #14, rm 241 dlj0@chern.math.lehigh.edu
>Department of Mathematics

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