agc@briar.philips.com (Aldo G. Cugnini;6080;2.08d;$0205) (11/07/89)
Has anyone used software similar to MathCad on other than a PC? (MathCad is a PC package which, for example, performs calculations, does array math such as FFT's, and has graphics (2- and 3-D) capabilities.) I have used it in the past on a PC, but don't have access to one now. I understand ILB is available on workstations, but I don't need anything that powerful, and am already comfortable with MathCad. I'd like to have these capabilities on VMS or UNIX. Any suggestions?
hallett@positron.uucp (Jeff Hallett x5163 ) (11/07/89)
In article <67496@philabs.Philips.Com> agc@briar.philips.com (Aldo G. Cugnini;6080;2.08d;$0205) writes: >Has anyone used software similar to MathCad on other than a PC? >(MathCad is a PC package which, for example, performs calculations, >does array math such as FFT's, and has graphics (2- and 3-D) capabilities.) >I have used it in the past on a PC, but don't have access to one now. >I understand ILB is available on workstations, but I don't need anything >that powerful, and am already comfortable with MathCad. I'd like to have >these capabilities on VMS or UNIX. Any suggestions? Yeah, try Mathematica. It is the Cadillac of math-processing programs today. Full symbolic manipulation, numeric, plotting, the works. Supports a nice notebook for organizing your stuff. Currently it runs on Sun and Mac and a coupla others. Retails for $795. f o d d e r -- Jeffrey A. Hallett, PET Software Engineering GE Medical Systems, W641, PO Box 414, Milwaukee, WI 53201 (414) 548-5163 : EMAIL - hallett@gemed.ge.com "Your logic was impeccable Captain. We are in grave danger."
sasingh@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Sanjay Singh) (11/17/89)
Sender: Reply-To: sasingh@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Sanjay Singh) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Keywords: In article <1369@mrsvr.UUCP> hallett@gemed.ge.com (Jeffrey A. Hallett (414) 548-5163) writes: >Aldo G. Cugnini writes: >>Has anyone used software similar to MathCad on other than a PC? >>(MathCad is a PC package which, for example, performs calculations, >>does array math such as FFT's, and has graphics (2- and 3-D) capabilities.) >>I have used it in the past on a PC, but don't have access to one now. >>I understand ILB is available on workstations, but I don't need anything >>that powerful, and am already comfortable with MathCad. I'd like to have >>these capabilities on VMS or UNIX. Any suggestions? Jeffrey A. Hallet writes: >Yeah, try Mathematica. It is the Cadillac of math-processing programs >today. Full symbolic manipulation, numeric, plotting, the works. >Supports a nice notebook for organizing your stuff. > >Currently it runs on Sun and Mac and a coupla others. Retails for >$795. > You may want to look into into Maple. I like it, but I might be a little biased since the Symbolic Computation Group in the CS department developed it here. If you are willing to skimp a bit on the graphics, you can get a very fast, powerful, and reliable package for a low price, for a large number of machines. To illustrate: Mathematica for Cray: $160000-$240000; Maple for Cray: $1500.
6500gsv@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (George S. Vaughan) (11/18/89)
If you are more into, on the other hand good plotting and a symbolic manipulator with source that you can build into your code, you might want to look at Mathlib from (oh, ask somebody with a first name account on hmcvax.claremont.edu.) They may be going by the name INNOSOFT now. George S. Vaughan
cheung@pyr.gatech.EDU (S. Y. Cheung) (11/18/89)
In article <18254@watdragon.waterloo.edu> sasingh@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Sanjay Singh) writes: > >You may want to look into into Maple. I like it, but I might be a little >biased since the Symbolic Computation Group in the CS department developed >it here. If you are willing to skimp a bit on the graphics, you can get >a very fast, powerful, and reliable package for a low price, for a large >number of machines. To illustrate: Mathematica for Cray: $160000-$240000; >Maple for Cray: $1500. Two major systems on symbolic math are: MacSymma and Maple. There is an article about MacSymma in IEEE Transactions of Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1989. MacSymma is a huge symbolic manipulation system. From what I have seen on the net, Maple and MacSymma can crunch quite a variety of math problems. Also, my feeling is that the people of Maple (U. of Waterloo) are still extending the system. As for Mathematica, it does not compare with the two systems above. But the frontend (especially on the Mac) is impressive (I am impressed by the 3-D plots). -- Shun Yan Cheung Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!cheung