Re: matlab - scilab

2001-04-06 Thread David Purton
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Sergio E . Schvezov wrote: > hi i'm posting here to see if u can recommend me any good math > program like mathlab > > i've tried scilab (binary) and if i execute scilab it does nothing > and if i execute scilex it says i need libtermcap 2 wich i tried to > apt get but it said

Re: matlab - scilab

2001-04-06 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Eric Richardson wrote: > "Timothy J. Ford > > > > you should try octave, it's very good. > > > How does this compare to Mathematica? For a GPL symbolic algebra system, you can try Maxima. For a free (as in beer for non-commercial use) closed source option, look at MuPaD (htt

Re: matlab - scilab

2001-04-06 Thread Timothy J. Ford
Octave is a Matlab-like numerical package which is distributed under GNU General Public License rules. For matrix and linear algebra computations it is ideal. Mathematica is mainly a symbolic algebra tool and is not free. I have not used it myself. Octave does not have a symbolic algebra compon

Re: matlab - scilab

2001-04-06 Thread Eric Richardson
"Timothy J. Ford > > you should try octave, it's very good. > How does this compare to Mathematica? Eric :-)

Re: matlab - scilab

2001-04-06 Thread Timothy H. Keitt
Your looking for Octave. Tim Sergio E . Schvezov wrote: hi i'm posting here to see if u can recommend me any good math program like mathlab i've tried scilab (binary) and if i execute scilab it does nothing and if i execute scilex it says i need libtermcap 2 wich i tried to apt get but it s

Re: matlab - scilab

2001-04-06 Thread Timothy J. Ford
you should try octave, it's very good. -- Professor Timothy J. Ford | Department of Mathematics | "Don't worry, Skipper, Florida Atlantic University| everything's in my hands!" Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991 | -- Gilligan

Re: matlab - scilab

2001-04-06 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, depends on your needs. Matlab works fine for matrix operations and simulations. If you need more analitical math I recommend Maple. It gives you the ability to calculate with complex formulas without loosing precision (exact). For statistical math you can try SPLUS. Most standard and not stand

matlab - scilab

2001-04-06 Thread Sergio E . Schvezov
hi i'm posting here to see if u can recommend me any good math program like mathlab i've tried scilab (binary) and if i execute scilab it does nothing and if i execute scilex it says i need libtermcap 2 wich i tried to apt get but it said it was in a way, not there anymore thank u all in adva