[Edu-sig] mathics - free alternative to Mathematica built on Python and SymPy

[michel paul]

Yeah, it can be slow. As they do say on the site, not necessarily
industrial strength, but could be useful for educational purposes. However,
who knows how it might be able to improve over time?


On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Dan Peirce <peirce.dan at gmail.com> wrote:

> It looks impressive, but at the moment on line it appears to be
> amazingly slow even for simple calculations.
>
> On 2/10/13, michel paul <pythonic.math at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A student sent me this.:  http://www.mathics.org/
> >
> > It's Mathematica lite, for free. Though built with Python, Sage, and
> SymPy,
> > it accepts Mathematica syntax and provides much of its basic
> functionality.
> >
> > In an age where anyone can do genuinely high quality math in their
> browser
> > for free, that's what we should be showing the kids. I think things are
> > going to be heading more in that direction, not less.
> >
> > -- Michel
> >
> > ===================================
> > "What I cannot create, I do not understand."
> >
> > - Richard Feynman
> > ===================================
> > "Computer science is the new mathematics."
> >
> > - Dr. Christos Papadimitriou
> > ===================================
> >
>



-- 
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"What I cannot create, I do not understand."

- Richard Feynman
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"Computer science is the new mathematics."

- Dr. Christos Papadimitriou
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