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I've become adicted... to the program Mathematica. We use it all the time at SFSU, and it is an awesome program. But... when I went to go buy it... a single user copy of the software is, at cheapest, 1900 dollars! That costs more than my whole computer setup!

So, my question is this... are there any alternatives to Mathematica? Free is good...

Slater wrote:I've become adicted... to the program Mathematica. We use it all the time at SFSU, and it is an awesome program. But... when I went to go buy it... a single user copy of the software is, at cheapest, 1900 dollars! That costs more than my whole computer setup!

So, my question is this... are there any alternatives to Mathematica? Free is good...

Wow... if Bill Gates charged like that, he probably would have been executed by now...

On Amazon, looking up Mathematica, I see they list alternative recommendations. No idea if they come anywhere close to what you need though

You should look into the possibility of purchasing a student edition, which will be priced considerably lower.

Alternative software will depend on your exact needs. If all of your assignments need to be done in Mathematica, then you're pretty much screwed. However, if you need symbolic processing, then Maple should do quite well

http://www.maplesoft.com/

This package is used at my own school, and the student version retails for around $100 Canadian. MATHCAD also uses Maple, but is set up rather differently

http://www.mathsoft.com/

Another possibility is to use MATLAB, which is fairly limited as far as symbolic computing goes, but is very strong in numerical and vector/matrix mathematics. Again, a student version is available and is quite affordable. I use MATLAB a lot in my own research as well as my courses; I highly recommend it for anyone doing electrical engineering or numerical computing.

http://www.mathworks.com/

Technomancer wrote:This package is used at my own school, and the student version retails for around $100 Canadian.

That's what, 37 cents american?






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