Symbolic mathematics on Linux

Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux by joelg on Thursday January 05, 2017 @08:07PM (#13333059)

Also worth noting is scmutils [0], which is a symbolic computing library for MIT Scheme that Gerry Sussman [1] wrote and uses to teach 6.945 Symbolic Systems and 6.946 Computational Classical Mechanics. The documentation is sparse, but it's incredibly powerful, especially if you're already familiar with Scheme.

[0] http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6946/refman.txt

[1] ... And many others including Hal Abelson and Jack Wisdom

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Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux by agumonkey on Thursday January 05, 2017 @10:13PM (#13333618)

I thought it was merely a starter kit for SICM not something used elsewhere.

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Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux by analognoise on Thursday January 05, 2017 @10:14PM (#13333622)

I wish I had the background to understand SICM. Tried to read it, failed immediately.

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Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux by thatcherc on Friday January 06, 2017 @07:24AM (#13335761)

Gotta say - the projects in the book made all the difference for me. It's one thing to read their high level, notation-heavy chapters, but I found that working through the exercises really solidified everything in my mind.

That said I got pretty lost near the end. I want to go back in a year or so once I have a bit more math background.

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Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux by agumonkey on Thursday January 05, 2017 @10:21PM (#13333640)

I hit a brickwall too, even though the idea behind Lagrangian Physics felt so natural to me, I still trying to re-read books about the subject on a regular basis (very often it's all it takes to get started on something).

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Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux by thatcherc on Friday January 06, 2017 @07:21AM (#13335749)

Jack Wisdom actually uses it in his research, which is in solar system dynamics. I think he converts it to C though in order to run it faster.

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Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux by agumonkey on Friday January 06, 2017 @07:43AM (#13335846)

Never occured to me to check him online https://nerdwisdom.com/tag/sicm/

Thanks

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