On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:18:33 +0200 Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I need to do symbolic computation from time to time on my Fedora > machine. So far I have tried maxima, which seems quite good for > simple things but often fails to give me any usable results for more > complicated cases. Acquiring Mathematica licenses is not feasible at > the moment; so my question is what other alternatives have people used > and liked? > > So far I have come across these: > > 1. SymPy - this seems a bit lacking in features (what I could gather > from the Wikipedia page as the project page is rather sparse). > 2. Sage - this seems to be quite well mature but non-trivial to > maintain an installation. > > Anyone has any opinions? There seems to be a big bunch of free Computer Algebra Systems, see e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_computer_algebra_systems I've mainly used Maple (proprietary) and Maxima (GPL) for my work. -- Jussi Lehtola Fedora Project Contributor jussilehtola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
