Maxima a computer algebra system written in Lisp

Maxima is a computer algebra system written in Lisp (Computer algebra system) for formula derivation, symbolic calculation, numerical calculation, etc., it is a set of http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/ 29607.html "> Free software, issued under the GNU General Public License.

The predecessor of Maxima was Doe-macsyma. Doe-macsyma is a CAS created in the late 60 by the Massachusetts Institute of Energy (MIT) with the support of the DOE, which is implemented in LISP. Macsyma was a very innovative software at the time. Now the popular commercial computer algebra system software maple and Mathematica, are inspired by the Macsyma design. MIT 1982 years decided to turn Macsyma into a closed source program, Macsyma on the road to commercialization, so produced a lot of macsyma branches.

Since 1982, Professor Bill Schelter has quietly started developing an open source version of Macsyma, which he calls the software maxima. Because of the copyright issue, Maxima has been unable to publish publicly, only a few people know the existence of this software. In 1998, Maxima finally got permission to open the issue, which has been the work of Professor Schelter for 16 years. Professor Schelter, who died in 2001, has officially become a legitimate open-source software, so there are programmers who support open source, and academics invest in maxima development work.

Imaxima interface

Xmaxima interface

Emacs Interface

TeXmacs interface