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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!jfinley From: jfinley@netcom.com (John Finley) Subject: Re: Math software? Message-ID: <jfinleyCnt6sw.A0E@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <2nhscc$8vb@mojo.eng.umd.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 23:05:19 GMT Lines: 24 Charles B. Robey (chuckr@glue.umd.edu) wrote: : Hi : I'm looking for public domain math software. I am going to do a : differential equations course (for the 2nd time, I did it 18 yrs ago) : and I understand the course needs something like Mathematica. Does : anyone know of any software of the general flavor, that runs under : Unix, that's public? I can port it, if need be. There's a GNU thing called "octave" that may do some of what you want. I've never used it or even seen it, but the announcement for it caught my eye one day... it's supposedly available from ftp.che.utexas.edu in /pub/octave. The announcement did mention diff eqs. Good luck. -John jfinley@netcom.com : -- : Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data : chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. : 7608 Topton St. | : New Carrollton, MD 20784 | : (301) 459-2316 | : ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------