SAGE is awesome. I highly recommend it. Recently I've been looking at it more intently with the idea of using in math classes. <br><br>For the last few weeks I've been working very hard on getting a new
math class officially recognized for next year, and I got the green
light! So, next year we will officially be offering a computational
math analysis course! I'm thrilled. It will be the traditional
analysis curriculum using a computational language. So I've recently
been examining SAGE with this new course in mind. <br><br>I think something like SAGE would be even better for an Analysis type course than straight Python. You can very easily do all kinds of graphing. It has all the functionality of any Computer Algebra System you could name, but you can also program ideas from scratch. <br>
<br>You can use SAGE either with or without a browser, but through the browser is a lot more practical. It lets you very easily create and maintain worksheets.<br><br>Yeah, it is a bit hefty. A massive download. But well worth the cost! : )<br>
<br>SymPy is also great. I've looked at it a bit. SAGE actually includes SymPy as part of its machinery.<br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Andre Roberge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andre.roberge@gmail.com">andre.roberge@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Laura Creighton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lac@openend.se" target="_blank">lac@openend.se</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Somebody wants something 'like matlab' but which is browser based<br>
and all runs in a browser. I know about <a href="http://www.livemath.com/lmplugin/" target="_blank">http://www.livemath.com/lmplugin/</a><br>
What else is out there?<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br><br>I've never really tried any of the following, but I understand they may have some similar features:<br><br>1. Sage <a href="http://sagemath.org/" target="_blank">http://sagemath.org/</a> This might be overkill and a bit too complex<br>
2. Weblab <a href="http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/users/santoso/Software.WebLab.html" target="_blank">http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/users/santoso/Software.WebLab.html</a> Still in alpha version<br>3. Sympy <a href="http://code.google.com/p/sympy/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/sympy/</a> Might use pyglet (hence not browser based) for graphics ?...<br>
<br> André<br></div><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
Laura<br>
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