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

[David Chandler]

I've just started poking around with Sage, and it looks pretty good to me.
I don't see any big advantages using Mathics instead.  For students I'm
planning to just present them with a limited set of commands, for the topic
at hand, and point them to Ted Kosan's very nice newby tutorial for more.
--David Chandler


On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:46 PM, michel paul <pythonic.math at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
> ===================================
> "Computer science is the new mathematics."
>
> - Dr. Christos Papadimitriou
> ===================================
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