On 11/17/05, Marc Baaden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I wonder if tools exist in Debian to perform symbolic maths, > in particular derivation, integration and simplification of > functions. > > If there should be several packages, which ones to choose ? >
$ apt-cache show maxima Package: maxima Priority: optional Section: math Installed-Size: 29524 Maintainer: Camm Maguire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 5.9.2-2 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libgmp3c2, libncurses5 (>= 5.4-5), libreadline5, gnuplot-nox Recommends: maxima-share, gv Suggests: texmacs, maxima-doc, wish Filename: pool/main/m/maxima/maxima_5.9.2-2_i386.deb Size: 8050698 MD5sum: a0e253997e728fc7a0bc5a09236993e4 Description: A fairly complete computer algebra system-- base system This system MAXIMA is a COMMON LISP implementation due to William F. Schelter, and is based on the original implementation of Macsyma at MIT, as distributed by the Department of Energy. I now have permission from DOE to make derivative copies, and in particular to distribute it under the GNU public license. . This package contains the main executables and base system files. Tag: field::mathematics, interface::text-mode, interface::x11, made-of::lang:lisp, role::sw:utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, uitoolkit::tk, use::learning, x11::application -- LI Daobing
