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1.Axiom
Axiom is a general purpose Computer Algebra system. It
is useful for research and development of mathematical algorithms.
It defines a strongly typed, mathematically correct type hierarchy.
It has a programming language and a built-in compiler.
Axiom has been in development since 1973 and was sold as a
commercial product. It has been released as free software (under a
BSD-like license).
Efforts are underway to extend this software to
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Develop a better user interface;
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Make it useful as a teaching tool;
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Develop an algebra server protocol;
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Integrate additional mathematics;
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Rebuild the algebra in a literate programming style;
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Integrate logic programming;
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Develop an Axiom Journal with refereed submissions.
Axiom web page : http://www.nongnu.org/axiom/
Axiom project : http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/axiom
2.Giac
Giac Is A Computer algebra system.
The system has been designed by Bernard Parisse
and is under active development.
3.GTybalt
GTybalt is a free computer
algebra system which is built on top of GiNaC,
CLN and a program to interpret C and C++ commands. gTybalt,
which is still in an experimental stage, is maintained by Stefan Weinzierl. Some of the main features of
gTybalt are the following:
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Object Oriented: gTybalt allows symbolic
calculations within the C++ programming language.
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Efficiency for large scale problems: Solutions developed with
gTybalt can be compiled with a C++ compiler
and executed independently of gTybalt.
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Short development cycle: gTybalt can
interpret C++ and execute C++ scripts. Solutions can be developed
quickly for small-scale problems, either interactively or through
scripts, and once debugged, the solutions can be compiled and
scaled up to large-scale problems.
4.Macaulay 2
Macaulay 2 is a new software system
devoted to supporting research in algebraic geometry and commutative
algebra. The software is available now in source code for porting, and
in compiled form for Linux, SunOS, Solaris, Windows, and a few other
unix machines. An interface with TeXmacs is currently being
implemented.
5.Maxima
Maxima is not only one of the
oldest and best computer algebra systems around, it is also one of
the only general purpose systems for which there is a free
implementation. The current free Maxima
implementation was started by William F.
Schelter. It is dedicated to his memory. Here follow
some features of Maxima:
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Plotting via netmath over the network.
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Computations over network
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Well tested on a large array of problems.
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Source level Debugger for maxima code
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Documentation available as html, texinfo, info, dvi and
postscript. The documentation can be read inside TeXmacs.
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Easy to extend in fundamentally new ways, because you have
complete access to source, and access to Common Lisp.
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Portable to many systems.
6.Pari
Pari-gp is a software package for
computer-aided number theory. It consists of a C library,
libpari (with optional assembler cores for some popular
architectures), and of the programmable interactive gp
calculator. While you can write your own libpari-based
programs, many people just start up a gp session, or have
gp execute their scripts. Pari sessions can now be
started inside TeXmacs.
Originally developed at Bordeaux by a team led by Henri Cohen, PARI-GP is now
maintained by Karim Belabas at the Université
Paris-Sud Orsay with the help of many volunteer contributors.
7.Sage
Sage is an open source system for
mathematical computations. It is written in Python
and provides interfaces for a wide variety of other systems, such as
Axiom, Gap, Pari
GP, Macaulay 2, Maxima,
Octave, and Singular. The
system was started by William
Stein.
8.Yacas
Yacas is, as it's name suggest, yet
another computer algebra system. Things implemented include: arbitrary
precision, rational numeric, vector, complex, and matrix computations
(including inverses and determinants and solving matrix equations),
derivatives, solving, Taylor series, numerical solving (Newtons
method), and a lot more non-mathematical algorithms. The language
natively supports variables and user-defined functions. There is basic
support for univariate polynomials, integrating functions and tensor
calculations. Yacas is still under development.
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