Mathematical Python Library

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Cameron Laird wrote:
> In article <DZSdnRBfsMGT02fanZ2dnUVZ_uSgnZ2d at earthlink.com>,
> Dennis Lee Bieber  <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 09:05:57 -0700 (PDT), mc <m.otteneder at gmail.com>
>> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
>>
>>> I'm looking for a library which can do mathematical stuff like
>>> solving  equations. Or calculation the nulls of a function and so on.
>>> Does anyone know one?
>>>
>> 	Other than coding some serial/USB interface to an HP50g...
>>
>> 	Maybe SAGE? 
>> 			sympy?
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=python+computer+algebra+system&btnG=Google+Search
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> 			.
> 			.
> While there are in fact several possible approaches to symbolic mani-
> pulation of "mathematical stuff" in Python, I STRONGLY recommend that
> beginners in the area look into SAGE <URL: http://www.sagemath.org/ >, 
> already mentioned above by Dennis.  SAGE is life-altering software, for
> those with a life focused on mathematics or related science or
> engineering.

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