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From: simon@alberta.uucp (Simon Tortike)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Math programs, Mathematica, etc.
Keywords: anything cheap?
Message-ID: <1989Jul28.040035.6928@alberta.uucp>
Date: 28 Jul 89 04:00:35 GMT
References: <11834@drutx.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: simon@alberta.UUCP (Simon Tortike)
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Organization: Petroleum Engg, U of Alberta
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In article <11834@drutx.ATT.COM> mcp@drutx.ATT.COM (Mike Paugh) writes:
>I am in need of a mathematics program for the Mac. One of the requirements is
>the ability to generate curves from equations by automatically changing the
>variables. I know about _Mathematica_, but I am looking for something cheaper.
>We do not want to buy an $800 program for each member of the group.
                          ^^^^
Prices in Summer 1989 catalogue from TechAlliance:
   MacPlus+SE version: US$ 307.60
   Mac II version:     US$ 494.00
Not bad for what you get.  You can also try Igor and Kalaedograph for
defining and plotting equations, but Mathematica gives one the most
flexibility and, dare I say it, fun?

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Simon Tortike, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering,
The University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6.
simon@alberta.uucp || simon@cs.UAlberta.CA || Tel. +1 403 492-3338