![]() The reasons listed above made the author write this instructable. This possibility along with writing the code in Lisp are beyond the scope of this text, as well as beyond the author's comprehension, though it is worth noting, Maxima is capable of such things. V) Wikipedia also states, that 'Maxima offers the possibility of generating code in other programming languages (notably Fortran) which may execute more efficiently'. IV) wxMaxima is a cross-platform software, which is important for people using different operating systems. III) It seems to be somewhat lightweight and moderatly fast piece of software (from my personal experiences). II) Maxima is distributed under General Public License, which makes it very interesting alternative to proprietary software. Maxima is capable, through Gnuplot, of presenting 2D and 3D plots. Matrices and Linear Algebra - Matrix operations.Ĭhapter 8 title is Plotting. Arrays - Creating and working with arrays.Ģ5. Numerical - Numerical integration, Fourier transforms, etc.Ģ4. Differential Equations - Defining and solving differential equations.Ģ3. ![]() Equations - Defining and solving equations.Ģ2. Differentiation - Differential calculus.Ģ1. Elliptic Functions - Elliptic Functions and Integralsġ9. Trigonometric - Manipulating expressions with trig and inverse trig functions.ġ6. Logarithms - Manipulation of expressions involving logarithms.ġ5. Polynomials - Standard forms for polynomials, and functions operating on them.ġ4. Titles of some chapters of Maxima help are:ġ2. It can be used as a simple calculator, and it can solve sophisticated and complex mathematical problems (where complex can be read both figuratively and literally). I) Since Maxima is a general-purpose system, its capabilities cover a wide range of applications. ![]() Matlab, Octave, Mathematica, Maxima.īut what makes Maxima worth interest? There are at least few answers. There is a variety of computer software assisting calculations of various kind, beginning with hand calculators equivalent on each operating system, through Excel/Calc/Gnumeric/Numbers spreadsheets, finishing on computer algebra systems, e.g. In such cases humans, for the time being, prefer to use some devices with suitable capabilities, such as hand calculators or computers. Great many of these computations are complex and complicated, beyond pen-and-paper calculations. There are scenarios in which the calculations must be performed consciously, with the results preserved for later on. Human brain calculates all the time, luckily humans are not aware of the most of these computations. WHY THIS INSTRUCTABLEĮveryone needs calculations of various sort. The system includes a complete programming language, with ALGOL-like syntax and Lisp-like semantics. The graphical output is presented using Gnuplot. It has, both, capability of symbolic, as well as numerical operations ( Maxima homepage).Ī graphical user interface for Maxima is cross-platform wxMaxima (at least it is one of the GUIs for Maxima). Maxima is a computer algebra system, distributed under the General Public License.
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