The following tables provide a comparison of
computer algebra system
A computer algebra system (CAS) or symbolic algebra system (SAS) is any mathematical software with the ability to manipulate mathematical expressions in a way similar to the traditional manual computations of mathematicians and scientists. The ...
s (CAS). A CAS is a package comprising a set of algorithms for performing symbolic manipulations on algebraic objects, a language to implement them, and an environment in which to use the language. A CAS may include a user interface and graphics capability; and to be effective may require a large library of algorithms, efficient data structures and a fast kernel.
General
These computer algebra systems are sometimes combined with "front end" programs that provide a better user interface, such as the general-purpose
GNU TeXmacs.
Functionality
Below is a summary of significantly developed ''symbolic'' functionality in each of the systems.
- via SymPy
- via qepcad optional package
Those which do not "edit equations" may have a
GUI
The GUI ( "UI" by itself is still usually pronounced . or ), graphical user interface, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and audio indicator such as primary notation, inste ...
, plotting, ASCII graphic formulae and math font printing. The ability to generate plaintext files is also a sought-after feature because it allows a work to be understood by people who do not have a computer algebra system installed.
Operating system support
The software can run under their respective
operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ef ...
s natively without
emulation. Some systems must be compiled first using an appropriate compiler for the source language and target platform. For some platforms, only older releases of the software may be available.
Graphing calculators
Some
graphing calculators have CAS features.
See also
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:Computer algebra systems
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Comparison of numerical-analysis software
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Comparison of statistical packages
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of statistical analysis packages.
General information
Operating system support
ANOVA
Support for various ANOVA methods
Regression
Support for various regression m ...
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List of information graphics software
This is a list of software to create any kind of information graphics:
* either includes the ability to create one or more infographics from a provided data set
* either it is provided specifically for information visualization
Vector graphics
V ...
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List of numerical-analysis software
Listed here are notable end-user computer applications intended for use with numerical or data analysis:
Numerical-software packages
General-purpose computer algebra systems
Interface-oriented
Language-oriented
Historically signific ...
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List of numerical libraries
This is a list of numerical libraries, which are libraries used in software development for performing numerical calculations. It is not a complete listing but is instead a list of numerical libraries with articles on Wikipedia, with few except ...
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List of statistical software
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Mathematical software
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Web-based simulation
References
External links
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