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| Is there a math/equation GUI program like this ? |
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| Benta:
LibreOffice Math example. Is that the kind of thing you're looking for? |
| MrMobodies:
I came across this very old program called Derive at I once used over 20 years ago for equations and drawings and I think it could have been Derive 5. Derive 6: A few years ago I was looking for a new version of it and found Derive 6.1. I looked at the trial and couldn't find it selling or even older copies even on ebay, I found a newer version somewhere but the url broke: Still there and broke: https://www.chartwellyorke.com/derive.html Buy -> 404 not found. Just emailed them now to find out if they still sell the keys for the trial version. Apparently from 2007 they abandoned it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derive_(computer_algebra_system) Derive 6.1 Trial: https://filehippo.com/download_derive/ I came across this this discussion about it: https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-18478.html Leading to this abandonware website with the program and key for it. I don't know if that work I never tried it. https://vetusware.com/download/Derive 6.1 Math Software 6.1/?id=11729 I don't know where it falls in copyright with the program being abandoned and keys posted but it would be nice to be able to buy it legally or even a used copy to avoid any complications. |
| Benta:
Ne reason to search for Derive, it's dead. The modern equivalent is GNU Octave, free and open-source. But I don't think that's what the OP is looking for. |
| Nominal Animal:
I often use Maxima for solving equations and systems of equations. Its GUI version, wxMaxima (available for all OSes, free and open source) might be useful for you: when you type an expression or equation, wxMaxima renders it on screen, and you can copy the rendered expression in MathML, LaTeX, Octave/Matlab format, SVG, image, and even RTF: just select what you want to copy, and right-click, then select the type you want to copy it as. There's lots of documentation for maxima/wxMaxima, but I recommend doing a web search for "maxima cheat sheet", and either print or bookmark the one(s) most useful to you. For "cheat sheets" and math tutorial notes I've done for others, I've used LibreOffice Writer and Math. In LibreOffice Writer, if you type "fn" and press F3, it automatically inserts a standard-form auto-numbered equation for you, which you can edit (in sub-Math editor) by double-clicking. I really should use LaTeX instead, but this way others can edit the notes further without having to learn LaTeX (yet). |
| Benta:
@Nominal Animal, that sounds really cool! I'll try it out as soon as I can. |
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