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Nice list! Scilab looks pretty interesting, especially the Simulink-like part. I only wish there was something Python-based for Dynamical/Hybrid Systems.
Recently (re-)discovered Mathematica, and found spanning a much larger set of domains than I expected (also, very approachable).
From the open source alternatives the better supported I think is (wx)Maxima, which for the simple tasks I usually require (i.e some Taylor series, check cumbersome trigometric equations, ...) it's more than enough although it's true it lacks by a long margin the polish of Mathematica. Recently I'm considering buying an educational version of Mathematica just for the convenience. It sucks it's a closed source program but it's rare, although not impossible, for open source alternatives to have the same good documentation and ease of use. I guess that the attention to these details is not something people usually do unless being paid.
Now, tangentially related, this is extremely cool (and previously posted in HN I think): https://ai.facebook.com/blog/using-neural-networks-to-solve-...
In addition to software in the comments, not even WolframAlpha is listed.
Recently (re-)discovered Mathematica, and found spanning a much larger set of domains than I expected (also, very approachable).
The first time I used Mathematica (20 years ago) it blew my mind. To be fair it was the first time I used a CAS and so the very idea of a computer crushing me at several calculus tasks was incredible. From the open source alternatives the better supported I think is (wx)Maxima, which for the simple tasks I usually require (i.e some Taylor series, check cumbersome trigometric equations, ...) it's more than enough alth…
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The first time I used Mathematica (20 years ago) it blew my mind. To be fair it was the first time I used a CAS and so the very idea of a computer crushing me at several calculus tasks was incredible. From the open source alternatives the better supported I think is (wx)Maxima, which for the simple tasks I usually require (i.e some Taylor series, check cumbersome trigometric equations, ...) it's more than enough alth…
I've never liked Mathematica, it gets notation all wrong, Sin[x] where it should be sin(x), Maple got this right.
This is just a filler page to make it look like they have some content. It's not a serious list of mathematical software. There are good ones of those done elsewhere.
I think you are all missing the context here. The "Association for Mathematical Research" is a new organization created by various people who got in trouble on woke math twitter. Nobody had heard of it until yesterday. (Their crimes are mostly opposing diversity statements in job applications, or favoring gifted programs.) It looks like a schism with the AMS (which more-or-less publicly takes the opposite view on the…