Re: OT QUERY: Mathematica versus Maple.

From: Curt Fischer (crf3_at_po.cwru.edu)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:00:37 -0400

mirror wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is way OT but this group is so damned smart and wide-ranging.
>
> I'm interested in a math program on steroids and Mathematica and
> Maple fit. Do any of you suggest one over the other and how come?
>
> Many thanks.

I suggest Mathematica. I haven't used Maple much, but from talking with
friends, Mathematica knows more integrals than Maple, is better at
simplifying algebraic expressions, and has more powerful pattern matching
and functional programming capabilities. It also uses arbitrary-precision
numbers in numerical calculations. (Maple may do this as well, I'm not
sure.) Also, the syntax is more intuitive than Maple, at least in my view
(which is admittedly biased). Version 5.1 comes with a ton of SparseArray
features that now put Mathematica in the same ballpark as Matlab even at
pure number crunching.

Also, if you use Mathematica you can ask questions on the ng
comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica. Those guys are smart. Really, really
smart. 

-- 
Curt Fischer

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