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| 2 | <h3>Support software: $help_conf</h3> |
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| 4 | !goto $help_conf |
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| 6 | :pari |
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| 7 | PARI/GP is an arbitrary precision number-theoretic calculator. Due to its |
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| 8 | high speed, it is the ideal calculator for many computational needs of WIMS. |
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| 9 | Many modules rely on it, including most exercises on linear algebra. If this |
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| 10 | is unavailable, not much of your server will work correctly. |
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| 11 | <p> |
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| 12 | Recommended version: 2.1.*. (Other versions may present compatibility |
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| 13 | problems.) |
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| 14 | !goto end |
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| 16 | :mupad |
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| 17 | MuPAD is a very good symbolic algebra software. It is a bit slow to load and |
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| 18 | is not open source, therefore it has only limited use by WIMS modules. |
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| 19 | Modules making use of it include especially calculus-related online tools. |
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| 20 | <p> |
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| 21 | Due to its license policies, MuPAD must be obtained directly from its |
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| 22 | distributor (http://www.mupad.de/). Please follow instructions in the package |
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| 23 | on how to install it, and put the exact installation path into the |
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| 24 | configuration of MuPAD command. |
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| 25 | <p> |
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| 26 | Recommended version: 1.4.*. (Other versions may present compatibility |
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| 27 | problems.) |
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| 28 | !goto end |
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| 30 | :maxima |
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| 31 | Maxima is an open source symbolic algebra package. It is used at most |
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| 32 | occasions where derivatives and/or integrals need to be computed. |
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| 33 | <p> |
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| 34 | It is to be remarked that the most recent Maxima version (5.6 with GCL 2.4) |
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| 35 | has a bug preventing it from compiling under RedHat 7.*. If you run into |
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| 36 | difficulties of this kind, get a copy of an earlier version (5.4) from |
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| 1177 | bpr | 37 | <a target=wims_external |
| 1036 | bpr | 38 | href="http://wims.unice.fr/download/other-packages/">http://wims.unice.fr/download/other-packages/</a>. |
| 23 | reyssat | 39 | <p> |
| 40 | Recommended version: 5.4. (Other versions may present compatibility |
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| 41 | problems.) |
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| 42 | !goto end |
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| 44 | :yacas |
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| 45 | Yacas (Yet Another Computer Algebra System) |
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| 46 | is a new open source symbolic algebra package. Due to its rapid development, |
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| 47 | it is a very promising package. Therefore it may find more and more |
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| 48 | uses in WIMS. |
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| 49 | <p> |
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| 50 | !goto end |
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| 51 | |||
| 52 | :octave |
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| 53 | Octave is an open source numerical analysis package. It is not yet used by |
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| 54 | WIMS. So you can safely skip its installation for the time being. |
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| 55 | !goto end |
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| 57 | :m2 |
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| 58 | Macaulay 2 is a powerful software specialized in commutative algebra. For |
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| 59 | the time being, it is only used in a few popup calculator tools. If |
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| 60 | you don't install it, these few popup calculators will fail, but the rest of |
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| 61 | the server will not be affected. |
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| 62 | !goto end |
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| 64 | :gap |
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| 65 | GAP is a powerful calculator for group theory, actually used by two WIMS |
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| 66 | tools computing finite groups. You will need GAP if you want these two tools |
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| 67 | to work. |
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| 68 | !goto end |
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| 70 | :povray |
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| 71 | Povray is a ray tracing graphing software. It is used in graphing tools to |
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| 72 | render high-quality surfaces. It is now included in most recent Linux |
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| 73 | distributions. If you have trouble with it, check first whether the package |
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| 74 | is installed with your Linux system, and install it if necessary. |
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| 75 | <p> |
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| 76 | Recommended version: 3.0*-3.1*. (Other versions may present compatibility |
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| 77 | problems.) |
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| 78 | !goto end |
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| 80 | :end |
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| 82 | <p> |
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| 83 | You may search for the word <tt>$help_conf</tt> in the WIMS home page, |
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| 84 | to get the list of modules making use of this software. |
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| 1177 | bpr | 86 | !!<p><center> |
| 87 | !!<a href="#" onclick="window.close()">Close this help</a> |
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| 88 | !!</center> |
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| 89 | !!</body></html> |
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