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SAGE... Open Source Mathematics Software... Creating a viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica, and Matlab.

General and Advanced Pure and Applied Mathematics
Use SAGE for studying a huge range of mathematics, including algebra, calculus, elementary to very advanced number theory, cryptography, numerical computation, commutative algebra, group theory, combinatorics, graph theory, and exact linear algebra.

Use an Open Source Alternative
By using SAGE you help to support a viable open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica, and MATLAB. SAGE includes many high-quality open source math packages.

Use Most Mathematics Software from Within SAGE
SAGE makes it easy for you to use most mathematics software together. SAGE includes interfaces to Magma, Maple, Mathematica, MATLAB, and MuPAD, and the free programs Axiom, GAP, GP/PARI, Macaulay2, Maxima, Octave, and Singular.

Use a Standard Programming Language
You work with SAGE using the highly regarded scripting language Python instead of an obscure language designed for a particular mathematics program. You can write programs that combine serious mathematics with anything else.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 4.2.1:
  • Many notebook fixes, and added test suite for notebook
  • Speed-ups and fixes in combinatorics code
  • Upgraded Sphinx, ECL, Flint, jsmath, and other skpgs
  • Graph calculation and plotting improvements
  • Various minor symbolics improvements
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

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SCREENSHOT

Developer:William Stein (University of Washington)
Downloads:12,998
  - Version d/l:458
Education:Mathematics
License:Free
Date:20 Nov 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
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May 19 2008

MARK EVERITT  Fair enough!

* Firstly it's free (or open source if you like).

* It embeds a useful programming language (python) rather than some proprietary language.

* It includes lots of tools and older computer algebra alternatives such as Maxima and numerical systems like Octave.

* The interface is your web browser! It also does a very nice job of typesetting equations and will even give you the LaTeX code if you ask nicely.

* Plots are interactive. You can even view them in stereo if you have some 3D specs or can go cross-eyed.

* If you like to collaborate then anyone on your network with a browser can join in.

* Much much more!

Ok, I'm done being the salesman now. ;)  
(Version 3.0.1)

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May 19 2008

MACUPDATE ADMIN  Thanks again... have a great day.  
(Version 3.0.1)

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Jul 26 2008
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CHUCKK  Well if you like linux...

Very typical open source software. Don't even try if you are not comfortable with python. Very powerful but highly user unfriendly, resource hog, does not play well with other software, slow except on a newer machine (lots processors & memory)etc..

Uses a web browser as the GUI, nice idea, mediocre implementation.

But for the price (free) you can't complain to much.

Well at least it was python instead of perl.  
(Version 3.0.5)

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Sep 22 2008

MARK EVERITT  Have you used the editor in Maple? ;)  
(Version 3.1.2)

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Nov 20 2009

ILIKETRASH  The best thing about SAGE is that there now a $300 version of Mathematica for personal use. ($249 before Christmas, 2009.) I'm really rooting for this software and I tried it in the past but it is plagued by the common open source problem: poor documentation. Also, the interface is clumsy (but what math program doesn't have a clumsy interface--Mathematica's interface was cool in 1987 but it's still pretty much the same). I tried to learn how to do basic stuff using some of the tutorials and manuals but was quickly knee-deep in research mathematics examples. Not good. How many ways are there to make plots? And _every_ math program is deficient unless it uses a mouse-based interface like LiveMath Maker (formerly Theorist) which is still available works after all these years.  
(Version 4.2.1)

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May 19 2008
*****

MARK EVERITT  I can't possibly recommend this enough!  
(Version 3.0.1)

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May 19 2008

MACUPDATE ADMIN  Fine, but could you please state what makes it so great?  
(Version 3.0.1)

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