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jinlisp ◴[] No.44380180[source]
I was going to ask if maxima (a symbolic computation system) can be implemented in the browser, but it was answered four months ago [1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42853528

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mixedmath ◴[] No.44380203[source]
Do you use maxima? Would you say it's still worth using and learning?
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jinlisp ◴[] No.44380333[source]
It depends of what you need, but for example for calculus is a nice program. There is also sympy and Wolfram Mathematica. For symbolic computation I think that Mathematica is the strongest then maxima and then sympy, but sympy is based on python and I think it will get stronger. If you need numerical computation then there is octave or matlab or julia.
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1. mrbungie ◴[] No.44380606[source]
For symbolic computation there is also Maple (*shudders at the thought*).