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high speed, it is the ideal calculator for many computational needs of WIMS.
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high speed, it is the ideal calculator for many computational needs of WIMS.
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Many modules rely on it, including most exercises on linear algebra. If this
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Many modules rely on it, including most exercises on linear algebra. If this
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is unavailable, not much of your server will work correctly.
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is unavailable, not much of your server will work correctly.
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:mupad
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MuPAD is a very good symbolic algebra software. It is a bit slow to load and
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is not open source, therefore it has only limited use by WIMS modules.
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Modules making use of it include especially calculus-related online tools.
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Due to its license policies, MuPAD must be obtained directly from its 
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distributor (http://www.mupad.de/). Please follow instructions in the package
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on how to install it, and put the exact installation path into the
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configuration of MuPAD command.
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Recommended version: 1.4.*. (Other versions may present compatibility
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problems.)
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:maxima
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:maxima
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Maxima is an open source symbolic algebra package. It is used at most
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Maxima is an open source symbolic algebra package. It is used at most
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occasions where derivatives and/or integrals need to be computed.
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occasions where derivatives and/or integrals need to be computed.
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It is to be remarked that the most recent Maxima version (5.6 with GCL 2.4) 
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It is to be remarked that the most recent Maxima version (5.6 with GCL 2.4) 
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has a bug preventing it from compiling under RedHat 7.*. If you run into
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has a bug preventing it from compiling under RedHat 7.*. If you run into
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difficulties of this kind, get a copy of an earlier version (5.4) from 
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difficulties of this kind, get a copy of an earlier version (5.4) from 
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<a target=wims_external
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<a target="wims_external"
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href="http://wims.unice.fr/download/other-packages/">http://wims.unice.fr/download/other-packages/</a>.
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href="http://wims.unice.fr/download/other-packages/">http://wims.unice.fr/download/other-packages/</a>.
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Recommended version: 5.4. or greater than 5.20.
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Recommended version: 5.4. or greater than 5.20.
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