Here is a comparison: https://www.openhub.net/p/compare?project_0=SymPy&project_1=Maxima+--+GPL+CAS+based+on+DOE-MACSYMA
Jason moorepants.info +01 530-601-9791 On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Jason Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > Bastian, > > Maybe https://www.openhub.net/ has both projects. It has sympy and a > bunch of stats. > > Feel free to improve the wiki page on the sympy repository as it will > likely help others too. > > > Jason > moorepants.info > +01 530-601-9791 > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Bastian Weber < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry if this post might be slightly offtopic, >> >> Situation: >> >> A (generalized) colleague is working on a book. Intended audience are >> graduate students of electrical engineering. The book treats concepts >> like vector fields, differential forms, (linear and nonlinear) >> coordinate transforms, null spaces, etc. The author wants to provide >> some "illustrations" of the treated concepts by means of short >> computer-algebra snippets. Currently he uses maxima. >> >> From my point of view, the combination of IPython notebook and sympy >> would be a better choice. So I am collecting arguments, which should be >> covered by reliable information, to finally convince him (in the best >> case). >> >> Status: Until now I only found >> >> [1] https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/SymPy-vs.-Maxima >> >> which seems to be quite neutral, i.e., it does not reflect my personal >> experience that the usage of sympy is much more intuitive. >> >> >> Questions: >> >> 1. Are there any documents available, comparing sympy and maxima in >> terms of: >> >> a) features ([1] does this on a quite abstract level) >> b) development activity >> c) community size >> d) documentation coverage >> e) test coverage >> f) subjective "usability experience" (maybe internal consistency, module >> compatibility) >> >> >> 2. What would be other arguments for/against Sympy (together with >> IPNotebook and Python)? >> >> I started to collect my thoughts here: >> >> [2] https://github.com/basweber/sympy/wiki/sympy_vs_maxima >> >> Best regards, >> >> Bastian >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sympy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/54B461BA.9050205%40gmx-topmail.de >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAP7f1Aj6CpvemUskn14Q7CyCF%2BWLHAz8VEYn5%2B2G%3Dt1G9W%2Babg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
