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Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux by infruset on Friday January 06, 2017 @06:13AM (#13335474)
This is probably obvious to most people here, but I just want to mention that such software should not be trusted blindly for mathematical correctness. It is easy in most computer algebra systems to find false results (and trivial if it includes numerical computations).

An interesting related thread: http://mathoverflow.net/questions/11517/computer-algebra-err...

Re:Symbolic mathematics on Linux by mr337 on Friday January 06, 2017 @11:33AM (#13337637)
I never thought of that, just assumed correctness is top priority, but like anything bugs happen.