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23 | reyssat | 1 | <h3>Support software: $help_conf</h3> |
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3 | !goto $help_conf |
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5 | :pari |
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3739 | bpr | 6 | PARI/GP est un calculateur de théorie des nombres avec une précision arbitraire. |
3738 | bpr | 7 | Comme il est très rapide, c'est le calculateur idéal pour les besoins de calculs de WIMS. |
8 | Beaucoup modules l'utilisent de manière essentielle, par exemple la plupart des exercices |
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9 | d'algèbre linéaire. S'il n'est pas disponible, le serveur ne fonctionnera pas correctement. |
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23 | reyssat | 10 | <p> |
3127 | bpr | 11 | |
23 | reyssat | 12 | !goto end |
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14 | :mupad |
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15 | MuPAD is a very good symbolic algebra software. It is a bit slow to load and |
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16 | is not open source, therefore it has only limited use by WIMS modules. |
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17 | Modules making use of it include especially calculus-related online tools. |
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18 | <p> |
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19 | Due to its license policies, MuPAD must be obtained directly from its |
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20 | distributor (http://www.mupad.de/). Please follow instructions in the package |
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21 | on how to install it, and put the exact installation path into the |
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22 | configuration of MuPAD command. |
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23 | <p> |
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24 | Recommended version: 1.4.*. (Other versions may present compatibility |
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25 | problems.) |
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26 | !goto end |
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28 | :maxima |
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29 | Maxima is an open source symbolic algebra package. It is used at most |
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30 | occasions where derivatives and/or integrals need to be computed. |
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31 | <p> |
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32 | It is to be remarked that the most recent Maxima version (5.6 with GCL 2.4) |
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33 | has a bug preventing it from compiling under RedHat 7.*. If you run into |
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34 | difficulties of this kind, get a copy of an earlier version (5.4) from |
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1177 | bpr | 35 | <a target=wims_external |
1036 | bpr | 36 | href="http://wims.unice.fr/download/other-packages/">http://wims.unice.fr/download/other-packages/</a>. |
23 | reyssat | 37 | <p> |
3127 | bpr | 38 | Recommended version: 5.4. or greater than 5.20. |
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23 | reyssat | 40 | !goto end |
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42 | :yacas |
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43 | Yacas (Yet Another Computer Algebra System) |
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44 | is a new open source symbolic algebra package. Due to its rapid development, |
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45 | it is a very promising package. Therefore it may find more and more |
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46 | uses in WIMS. |
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47 | <p> |
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48 | !goto end |
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49 | |||
50 | :octave |
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51 | Octave is an open source numerical analysis package. It is not yet used by |
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52 | WIMS. So you can safely skip its installation for the time being. |
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53 | !goto end |
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55 | :m2 |
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56 | Macaulay 2 is a powerful software specialized in commutative algebra. For |
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57 | the time being, it is only used in a few popup calculator tools. If |
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58 | you don't install it, these few popup calculators will fail, but the rest of |
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59 | the server will not be affected. |
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60 | !goto end |
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62 | :gap |
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63 | GAP is a powerful calculator for group theory, actually used by two WIMS |
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64 | tools computing finite groups. You will need GAP if you want these two tools |
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65 | to work. |
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66 | !goto end |
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68 | :povray |
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69 | Povray is a ray tracing graphing software. It is used in graphing tools to |
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70 | render high-quality surfaces. It is now included in most recent Linux |
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71 | distributions. If you have trouble with it, check first whether the package |
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72 | is installed with your Linux system, and install it if necessary. |
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73 | <p> |
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74 | Recommended version: 3.0*-3.1*. (Other versions may present compatibility |
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75 | problems.) |
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76 | !goto end |
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77 | |||
78 | :end |
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80 | <p> |
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81 | You may search for the word <tt>$help_conf</tt> in the WIMS home page, |
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82 | to get the list of modules making use of this software. |
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