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Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions, including differentiation, integration, Taylor series, Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, systems of linear equations, polynomials, and sets, lists, vectors, matrices, and tensors. Maxima yields high precision numeric results by using exact fractions, arbitrary precision integers, and variable precision floating point numbers. Maxima can plot functions and data in two and three dimensions.

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Where to get Maxima:

• Maxima's official web site
• Download page
  

Some Documentation:

Maxima Book

Maxima by Example

Maxima basics

Maxima tutorials 

Lots about Maxima's draw command

Maxima - A Tutorial

Maxima Quick Reference Sheet

wxMaxima Worksheets:

• Basics #1 worksheet   ( html version )
• Basics #2 worksheet   ( html version )
• Basics #3 worksheet   ( html version )
• vect1 package and example worksheet   ( html version )
• Some simple programming examples
• Basics #4 worksheet   ( html version )
• Monkey Saddle graphs

For those of you planning to take Linear Algebra:

• Scilab is a free Matlab-type program.
• Octave is another free Matlab clone. 
• FreeMat is another free Matlab-type program.  There is also a portable version for running off USB drives.
  

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This page was last updated on January 11, 2019.