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From: ladkin@kestrel.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Equation solver
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 17:38:10 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 30 17:38:10 1986
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In article <11618@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith) writes:
> >Note that I am looking for simple solutions, I have no need of the extensive
> >capabilities of MACSYMA or some such thing. 
> >
> >Ths system would have the capability of SIMPLIFYING expressions, EXPANDING
> >expressions and SOLVING expressions (where possible).
> >
> >Dick Pierce
> 
> 
> 
>   Why NOT use MACSYMA? It already exists, and it does everything you want.
> Why not try it?

There's a very readable tutorial on MACSYMA in the March 1985 issue
of the Journal of Symbolic Computation (vol 1 number 1), by
Pavelle and Wang.

Peter Ladkin