ubuntu equivalent of mathematica

[pardesi]

is there any program in ubuntu that can serve a s an equiavalent to mathematica...
atleats somewhta ..tahtis it candraw complex graphs ..integrate diffrentiate....
or any program that can draw really good graphs of almost all the functions

[parktownprawn]

maxima (and the front end wxmaxima) can integrate, differentiate and be used to draw graphs

http://maxima.sourceforge.net/

Mathematica can be installed on Ubuntu but ofcourse it is non-free in all senses of the word.

Also see:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuScience

for a long list of Ploting tools (in the section Ploting tools)

[pardesi]

is it possible to have such aplotter which plots automatically the values of the real numbers which i get directly as an output to my python progaram

[parktownprawn]

Gnuplot is good for scripting

or

you could use PyX to build the ploting into your program

[parktownprawn]

see

http://pyx.sourceforge.net/examples/graphs/index.html

[pardesi]

thanks:D

[nextstep]

Hi ,
Perhaps K3DSurf (at least for Parametric/Iso surfaces) :
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=25049
http://k3dsurf.sourceforge.net/images/k3dsurf_062/062a.png

[musafirah]

which one of these programs can read nb files?

[parktownprawn]

Well mathematica's nb files are just text files so any text editor can read them but I suspect thats not what you meant

As far as I know, none of these programs can import mathematica files to do calculations.

[ebitnet]

As a long-time Mathematica user, (since MMa1.0), I can pretty much safely say, no, there is not another single program that does what
Mathematica does. Technically, there is no single program (including Mathematica) that does what Mathematica can do since Mathematica is at least 2 independent programs (the FrontEnd and the Kernel).

What is true, however, is that there are a number of excellent programs out there that can do specialized task as well and often better than Mathematica. Who out there (other than Wolfram) is insane enough to actually write papers using just Mathematica, or use just Mathematica for giving presentations?

On the other hand, for a single platform that allows me to rapidly prototype a calculation, generate plots for papers (with annotation and descriptions), or do complex derivations, it's a great choice, and 6.0 really rocks for this.

If you're an active researcher in theoretical sciences, look at it as just one more tool that you use for doing your research...no different than a laser system, chemical supplies, or vacuum pumps. Most universities have student versions for REALLY discounted prices. Mine offers individual licenses to students for $7/year.

[kkrueger]

Hey,
Just bringing back a very dead thread for the sake of people who may stumble upon it.
The best native ubuntu programs for math in my opinion is both GNU Octave, and Maple. Octave is a bit hard to use unless you are used to R or programming, but is free. While Maple costs money and is very intuitive!

My two cents:
Kyle Krueger

[xshagy]

Just to clarify, Octave is easy to use if you are familiar with Matlab. But, if you have never used Matlab, I would agree, getting started might be kind of rough.

[Rubi1200]

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