citing maxima



For googling : Maxima CAS
is good. ( Maxima goes to Nissan (:-))

Adam


Richard Fateman pisze:
> I suggest
> 
> Maxima.sourceforge.net. Maxima, a Computer Algebra System. Version 5.18.1
>  (2009). http://maxima.sourceforge.net/
> 
> It might be useful to note that there are numerous references to the closely-related Macsyma  (much easier to find by internet search because, unlike "maxima" the name is not a common noun). Macsyma, historically, dates to the late 1960's with the earliest published paper in 1971 by Martin and Fateman.
> 
> I looked at the wikipedia article for possible alternatives.  I did not see anything useful there.
> RJF
> 
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> 
> Leo Butler wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Robert Dodier wrote:
>>
>> < On 4/23/09, Leo Butler <l.butler at ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>> < 
>> < > The Maxima Group. Maxima, a Computer Algebra System. Version 5.18.1
>> < > (2009). http://maxima.sourceforge.net/
>> < 
>> < Well, there is no "Maxima Group" so I wouldn't try to pretend there is
>> < just for the sake of trying to standardize the reference ...
>> < Attributing authorship to "A multitude" would be more accurate, at least.
>>
>> There clearly is a set of people who maintain and develop Maxima.
>> I do not know if this set has an associative binary operation (or who is 1), 
>> so I abuse terminology somewhat and elevate this set to a group. ;-)
>>
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>> My thanks to the developers for there work. Leo
>>
>>