Mathics: A free, light-weight alternative to Mathematica

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Post by Jerry2 » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 12:21 AM UTC

Mathics: A free, light-weight alternative to Mathematica
mathics.github.io

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Post by thomasahle » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 11:43 AM UTC

Examples are here: https://mathics.angusgriffith.com/doc/manual/examples/curve-...

Having spent time learning the syntax of Mathematica, this seems like a nice interface to SymPy.

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Post by appleflaxen » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 11:49 AM UTC

Another option is octave.

https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/

I've only used it a bit, but when I did it was adequate. Not sure how this compares to Mathics overall in terms of functionality, footprint though.

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Post by nerdponx » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 12:07 PM UTC

appleflaxen wrote: post #3

Another option is octave. https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ I've only used it a bit, but when I did it was adequate. Not sure how this compares to Mathics overall in terms of functionality, footprint though.

Are you thinking of Matlab?

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Post by kzrdude » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 12:11 PM UTC

appleflaxen wrote: post #3

Another option is octave. https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ I've only used it a bit, but when I did it was adequate. Not sure how this compares to Mathics overall in terms of functionality, footprint though.

Octave is not a computer algebra system, so it's a bit different than this.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 12:21 PM UTC

appleflaxen wrote: post #3

Another option is octave. https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ I've only used it a bit, but when I did it was adequate. Not sure how this compares to Mathics overall in terms of functionality, footprint though.

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Post by zakjan » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 12:34 PM UTC

Sage / Sagecloud is quite popular in academics in the Czech Republic.

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Post by notthemessiah » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 1:02 PM UTC

If you're looking for a mature alternative, Maxima CAS (http://maxima.sourceforge.net/) is worth looking into. It doesn't aim for syntax compatibility with Mathematica as this does, but it is quite usable and fast.

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Post by sandGorgon » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 1:56 PM UTC

Genuine question - what is the use of all these versus something like R or Pandas that is actually usable in production as well.

What is missing in R/Pandas that makes people choose other pieces of software that does something very similar? Commercial versions of software probably has an edge in support/performance/libraries...Or (as with Simulink ) provides a very specific piece of functionality or integration.

But what is the general use case? Even Mathworks has acknowledged the need to integrate with the huge R community out there - http://blog.wolfram.com/2013/05/22/why-would-a-mathematica-u...

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Post by maxpupmax » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 2:08 PM UTC

sandGorgon wrote: post #9

Genuine question - what is the use of all these versus something like R or Pandas that is actually usable in production as well. What is missing in R/Pandas that makes people choose other pieces of software that does something very similar? Commercial versions of software probably has an edge in support/performance/libraries...Or (as with Simulink ) provides a very specific piece of functionality or integration. But…

Well R and Pandas cover data analysis for the most part, while is is a computer algebra system? Seems like apples to oranges, really more comparable to sage/mathematica.