As a student, I used Mathematica for years and loved it. But now, I no
longer qualify for an educational discount, but still have occasional
need (or desire) to do some math -- but the standard price ($2500) is
ridiculous, absolutely out of the question for me.
So, now I'm looking for an open-source equivalent. It seems like this
would be a good candidate for open-source development, but I can't seem
to find anything that's quite what I'm looking for. I'm aware of these:
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~wdj/opensource_math.html
....but none of them sound as general and powerful as Mathematica.
Maxima sounds close, though it's actually a predecessor of Mathematica;
I wonder how well it's stood up over time.
Any opinions on these, or anything to consider not on the above list?
Thanks,
- Joe
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work.
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