Maths

Mathics – alternative to Mathematica

Mathics is a general-purpose computer algebra system (CAS).

It features Mathematica-compatible syntax and functions. It relies on a number of other Python libraries in the Python ecosystem.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Uses a web interface for user interaction.
  • Modular design, allowing to reuse parts of it and run them with tailored dependencies and minimal footprint.
  • Mathics3 core – contains a parser, and evaluator, and some formatting routines.
  • Character Tables and Tokenizer.
  • Syntax Highlighting.
  • mathicsscript – offering shell features such as prompt toolkit and Readline terminal interaction, syntax highlighting using mathics-pygments, automatic detection of light or dark terminal background color, and entering and displaying Unicode symbols such as used for Pi or Rule arrows.
  • Django-based GUI.
  • Modules.

Website: mathics.org
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Mathics Team
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Mathics in action
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Mathics is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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