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Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux by pmiller2 on Thursday January 05, 2017 @09:19PM (#13333401)
That's neat. I had no idea calc could do calculus!
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Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux by a_e_k on Friday January 06, 2017 @03:19AM (#13334725)
It can indeed! Adapting the first example from the article, in Emacs type:

    M-x quick-calc RET
    integ(exp(-x^2),x) RET
You'll see that it immediately responds back with:

    erf(x) sqrt(pi) / 2
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