On Sun, Apr 22, 2001, M G wrote: > Have any of you used mathematica for linux? i use the > windows version and find it very helpful... but i > don't want to pay all that money for a linux version > if i should just continue using it in windows.. > > > Thanks, > Michael
Michael, You may want to look into Maxima, a symbolic computer algebra program under continual development for last 15 years (similar lineage from MIT as commercial Macsyma) and just recently relicensed under GPL (free, then, as in both beer and speech). It's already packaged for testing and unstable, and you can download source from main page: http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/wfs/maxima.html Also, in different vein, but also very useful for GPL unix-based math use, I assume you're familiar with Octave (www.octave.org) It's packaged for all Debian current releases, relatively analogous to Matlab, and in many rudimentary cases, uses exact same syntax. I've found octave especially to be a pleasure to use. Hope this helps and take care, Daniel -- Daniel A. Freedman Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics Department of Physics Cornell University
