Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux
by rtpg on Friday January 06, 2017 @02:18AM
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Mathematica is super expensive for personal use, unfortunately. Good if you're really into it, but hard as an impulse buy (plus they discriminate based on country and double the price in some places).
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Grab a Pi.
Might be slow, but if you set it up to just remote shell into it, then you do get access to Mathematica for a fairly small outlie.
Great way to experiment with the language, though, even if it is a bit slow. Can't argue with a $0 price, and the Pi is fun to play with by itself. :)
Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux
by UncleSlacky on Friday January 06, 2017 @11:02AM
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You could just emulate a Pi on an x86 PC and run it that way (though it'll probably be slower than a native Pi), see for example: http://www.linux-mitterteich.de/fileadmin/datafile/papers/20...
I use the Home Edition which I bought for just under $300 a while back.
It is a great mathematics playground, although, concerns over being able to peer review the engine or calcs in the software are valid, not for what I use it for.
It is like Emacs for me. I leave it open all day, and just play around in it. The multiple programming paradigms are fun too for coding practice.
It's showing me a price of $310 for the personal edition right now. I think that's worth it if you're going to get a couple hour's usage a month out of it.