>>>>> "Volker" == Volker van Nek <volkervannek at gmail.com> writes:
Volker> The topic of differential equations is only one among a lot of
Volker> interesting mathematical topics. So I would like to answer a little
Volker> bit more in general.
Volker> I work with Maxima because it is powerful and released under the GNU
Volker> GPL. Other software like Matlab or Maple which does not fulfill these
Volker> two conditions is from my point of view completely useless. In the
What about Octave, the matlab clone? I'm just curious, since it is
clearly GPL. Is it not powerful enough? Or is it because it doesn't
do symbolic math?
Ray