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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:16588 comp.os.386bsd.apps:1672 comp.os.linux.help:79412 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.nic.surfnet.nl!tuegate.tue.nl!asterix.urc.tue.nl!wmbfmk From: wmbfmk@urc.tue.nl (Marc van Kempen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.linux.help Subject: Re: Symbolic Math Package for NetBSD-1.0-i386 or Linux Date: 12 Feb 95 08:56:42 GMT Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Lines: 76 Message-ID: <wmbfmk.792579402@asterix.urc.tue.nl> References: <ramD34L4v.C2M@netcom.com> <3gjpi8$jo8@onyx.telesciences.com> <3hcnjc$aou@nof.abdn.ac.uk> <BOLDT.95Feb9211057@emile.math.ucsb.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: asterix.urc.tue.nl X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #10 (NOV) boldt@emile.math.ucsb.edu (Axel Boldt) writes: [ stuff deleted ] >Al> src.doc.ic /gnu/jacal/ >Al> swiss-ftp.ai.mit.edu /pub/scm/ >Al> you should probably go for scm4e1.tar.gz and >Al> jacal<whatever>.tar.gz If you are feeling enthusiastic, then you >Al> can also find scm4e2 kicking about there; and there is an early >Al> version of Guile lurking on ftp.cygnus.com.. >There's also MuPad, kind of a parallelized Maple, but with less >algorithms implemented (all the graphics fun is there, though). It's >free for non-commercial use and runs on Linux (with or without X), >among other things. Some of the documentation is only available in >german. It's on ftp.uni-paderborn.de in /pub/unix/MuPad or /pub/MuPad >I believe. They make you fill out a license form first. MuPAD has been ported to FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 and you will find the necessary files in /pub/unix/MuPAD/unix. A port to NetBSD is being worked on. Below a small excerpt from the FACTSHEET: MuPAD - the Multi Processing Algebra Data Tool ---------------------------------------------- Because of the attention MuPAD has received on the net, here are some basic facts about it: MuPAD is a system for symbolic and numeric computation, parallel mathematical programming and mathematical visualization. It is intended to be a 'general purpose' computer algebra system. MuPAD has easy-to-use language constructs for parallel programming. A prerelease Version for parallel programming exists for Sequent and Sun multiprocessor machines. Programming in MuPAD's own programming language is supported by a comfortable source code debugger. Window-based user interfaces for MuPAD exist for the X-Window-System and the Apple Macintosh. The 400+ page user manual (in German) and the 200 page tutorial (in English) for MuPAD are published by Birkhaeuser, Basel. On-line Hypertext versions of the manual/tutorial and a demo are distributed with the system. The English reference manual will follow in spring 1995. There also is sufficient on-line documentation, both in English and German. (Reference manual and helppages in German; tutorial, sample session and a demo in English) MuPAD is distributed for free, but not in the public domain; a registration is required. MuPAD is available via anonymous FTP for Sun Silicon Graphics, DEC, PC with Linux or FreeBSD, IBM workstations and Apple Macintosh. Prereleased versions exist for Sequent a HP. But be aware: MuPAD is (up to now) not a full fledged computer algebra system in the sense that there are hundreds or thousands of library routines for any problem you have at hand. The MuPAD group is just entering the business of developing the necessary libraries. The first libraries to be developed will be in the field of polynomial operations, number theory and basic domains and categories. For the development of libraries MuPAD counts on its user community. Anyone who wants to make contributions to the libraries is invited to contact the MuPAD group. We will be eager to support you and to solve any problems you might have with the system. .. .. .. Regards, Marc van Kempen.