Path: utzoo!censor!hugh
From: hugh@censor.UUCP (Hugh D. Gamble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: symbolic math environment for the Amiga
Summary: MAPLE Amiga version.
Keywords: math, amiga
Message-ID: <971@censor.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 89 17:38:51 GMT
References: <1092@jtsv16.UUCP>
Organization: Bell Canada, Business Development, Toronto
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In article <1092@jtsv16.UUCP>, brian@jtsv16.UUCP (Brian A. Jarvis) writes:
> 'Lo, folks!
> 
> I've starting doing a little math research in my spare time (Some social
> life! B{), but have run into a bit of a hitch...
> 
> Can anyone out there recomment a symbolic mathematics software package
> which can support manipulation of a number of rather pathological polynomials?
> Matrix handling and a graphing mechanism are also necessary.  Graph and
> data printing would be useful.
> 
> I have currently only an Amiga 500, but if there is a software package
> capable of what I need, I'll be able to justify to myself the extra costs
> of upgrading to the 2000.
> 
> I am aware of Mathematica for some systems and U of Waterloo's Maple
> packages; I've even used Maple *at* Waterloo, but I've never seen an
> Amiga version or a description of necessary hardware.
> 
> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!

I'm just in the final throws of deciding to order MAPLE to run on an
A2500.

If you send email to Joyce Brennan at wmsi@watmum.uwaterloo.ca
(phone 519 747-2373) and ask for an information packet & mention
that you're interested in the Amiga version in particular, you
should have all the info you want shortly thereafter.

The current version on the Amiga is supposed to be 4.2.
It runs on an A1000, so it aught to run on a 500.
You probably need 1M RAM, & a system without a hard disk
might not be exactly wonderful to use.

I'm planning to process the LaTeX output from MAPLE with
AmigaTeX, and print the postscript graphs on an HP DeskJet Plus
using PrintScript.

I could type reams of stuff at you out of the pamphlets, but
a) other netreaders would get bored
b) you can get the info direct from the beaver's mouth
3) if you do b) it should help encourage the MAPLE folks
that it's worthwhile bumping up the priority of Amigas in
the list of machines to get MAPLE 4.3 running on.
(hey, the cray 2 is still at version 4.0)

> /___/_/ (_<_(_/|_/ / <_    /  ( o	My dog, Goof, still says "Hi!"

Not to my cat, Leather, he'd better not. :-)

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