oury@world.std.com (david t oury) (04/16/91)
Greetings,
This is the summary of mathematics and dynamics packages available.
The information below is just the basics, i suppose if you are looking
for a review you could post something to that effect. I have too much
information, and too scattered, to consolidate here. In short,
everything either had no review or had a mixed one. If there are
still more additions please either send me mail or post it, i'll keep
track of the list in case anyone asks for references again. Thanks
much to the many who responded. Maybe as the programs are tried
reviews could be posted as to their usefulness and neat-O-ness. If
anyone needs more info than is provided, send me a message and i
will try to contact to relevant folks from the messages i received.
Y`all have fun now!
-david oury (oury@world.std.com)
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Pari (number theory)
Author: David Cantor
Available: anonymous ftp from math.ucla.edu (128.97.64.16),
/pub/pari/pari-1.35a.tar.Z
Systems: Sun 3, Sparcs, Sony News, NeXT, MacII, and many other platforms.
The Mac specific sources will be installed some time later.
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Jacal (mathematics)
Available: anonymous ftp altdorf.ai.mit.edu (18.43.0.246)
cd archive/scm
get jacal0-2.shar
Note: In the same directory is a scheme implementation to run jacal.
Get the README file for more information.
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SymbMath (mathematics, symbolic & exact computation)
Author: Dr. Weiguang Huang
Available: $20 to address below
System: IBM-PC, maybe other systems
Note: To get more info send email to huang@deakin.oz.au
Dr. Weiguang Huang
Department of Chemistry
Deakin University
Geelong
Vic. 3217
Australia
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KAOS system (dynamics)
Author: Guckenheimer and Kim
Available: ftp from macomb.tn.cornell.edu, /pub directory
(login: anonymous, password: anonymous)
Systems: Suns using the suntools graphic interface
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PHASER (dynamics)
Author: Huseyin Kocak,
Publisher: Springer-Verlag, book & program $50
Systems: MS-DOS (cga & vga), X Windows is being developed
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PLOD/PC, version 6.00 (dynamics)
Authors: D. Kahaner and D. Barnett
Available: (301) 975-3808, kahaner@vax.cam.nist.gov
NIST, Tech. Building Room A151
Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
David Barnett: 202-282-7345, also 202-696-4138 or 4302.
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DEGraph (dynamics)
System: Macintosh
Available: Sorry nothing provided.
Notes: Does not require color.
May, or may not, be shareware.
Similiar to Phaser
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ORBITS (dynamics)
Authors: University of Texas physicists
Available: Unknown FTP site
System: Macintosh
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INSITE Software at (415) 841-0315. (dynamics)
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Chaos in the Classroom: I -- Maps and Bifurcations (dynamics)
Author: William M. Schaffer
Available: Dynamics Systems Corporation, 602-825-1331
P.O. Box 35241, Tucson, Arizona 85740,
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Author: James Yorke, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (dynamics)
Available: cal university info at (301)-405-1000 to ask for his number
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PhasePlane (dynamics)
Author: Bard Ermentrout
Available: Wadsworth Publishing 1-800-354-9706, $50 + $16 for book
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PhaseScope (front end for Mathematica) (dynamics)
Available: Professor Michael J. Mezzino, Jr., at messino@cl.uh.edu
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That's all folks