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On 2/17/2011 3:15 AM, Invisible wrote:
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> Most CAS systems I've seen are hard-wired for algebra, and many of them
> have the transformation rules hard-wired as well. Mathematica is more
> general than that.
Underneath it all, Maxima is similar. Its all symbolic. Certain things
have certain meanings. All functionality and rules are defined in
libraries, it has a standard set that it loads when started that gives
pretty standard algebra and calculus. Depending on how far down the
rabbit hole you want to go, you can even from the Maxima command line
give it instructions in Lisp.
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~Mike
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