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From: sasingh@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Sanjay Singh)
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Subject: math software
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Date: 16 Nov 89 18:42:51 GMT
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In article <1369@mrsvr.UUCP> hallett@gemed.ge.com (Jeffrey A. Hallett (414) 548-5163) writes:
>Aldo G. Cugnini writes:
>>Has anyone used software similar to MathCad on other than a PC?
>>(MathCad is a PC package which, for example, performs calculations,
>>does array math such as FFT's, and has graphics (2- and 3-D) capabilities.)
>>I have used it in the past on a PC, but don't have access to one now.
>>I understand ILB is available on workstations, but I don't need anything
>>that powerful, and am already comfortable with MathCad.  I'd like to have
>>these capabilities on VMS or UNIX.  Any suggestions?

Jeffrey A. Hallet writes:
>Yeah, try Mathematica. It is the  Cadillac of math-processing programs
>today.   Full symbolic manipulation,    numeric, plotting, the  works.
>Supports a nice notebook for organizing your stuff.
>
>Currently it runs on Sun  and Mac and  a coupla  others.   Retails for
>$795. 
>
You may want to look into into Maple. I like it, but I might be a little
biased since the Symbolic Computation Group in the CS department developed
it here. If you are willing to skimp a bit on the graphics, you can get
a very fast, powerful, and reliable package for a low price, for a large
number of machines. To illustrate: Mathematica for Cray: $160000-$240000;
Maple for Cray: $1500.