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- From: phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin)
- Subject: Re: Where to find PD symbolic math packages (FQA)
- In-Reply-To: Tobin C. Anthony's message of Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:48:59 GMT
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- Date: 10 Nov 92 13:10:30
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- I mentioned calc.el on this group a few weeks ago but I suspect most
- readers don't know about it. It's an astonishing package that runs
- inside GNU Emacs and is written entirely in Emacs Lisp. It does the
- usual things: arbitrary precision integer, real, and complex
- arithmetic (all written in Lisp), scientific functions, symbolic
- algebra and calculus, matrices, graphics, etc. and can display
- expressions with square root signs and integrals by drawing them on
- the screen with ascii characters. It's nowhere near as powerful as
- something like Mathematica, but it is more convenient to use for
- simple things because of its calculator-like interface. It comes with
- a 600 page online manual which is generally well written. You can ftp
- the package from your favorite GNU distribution site.
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