Re: Mathematica and Windows
Hi
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 04:17:26PM +0530, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
> I beg to disagree. As far as I know: number theorists use g-pari/kant,
> group theorists use gap and commutative algebra/algebraic geometry
> people use macaulay/singularity. While none of these are packaged for
> Debian most of them do not have a license as restrictive as Mathematica.
> I would also add that programs written in them tend to run significantly
> faster than corresponding mathematica ones.
>
Pari, gap, and singular are packaged, though singular is not in the
debian archives, obtain it from their own site.
There are many more not on the list above...
> However, these are packages written by mathematicians for
> mathematicians. What you want is perhaps a package written for those who
> do not want to worry about the mathematical details :)
Have a look at the singular documentation and interface, it is real
nice. As soon as surf matures there will be added graph capabilities.
> > 1. Is there no GNU CAS that even comes close to Mathematica?
> In the sense that you mean perhaps not. There is similarly no user
> environment in GNU that comes even close to Mac OS X --- perhaps the
> aims are different. (See Linus' recent rant to the effect that if you
> make an environment which assumes that people using it are stupid
> then only stupid people will use it).
Is there no mathematica licence that comes even close to GPL?
cheers,
Jan
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