Maple or Mathematica

john_in_pdx · 2004-04-15T14:30:51

I''m a first time poster (just found this site and it rules). I am a university student and our school uses Maple. I would like to purchase some software for myself (to help with homework and for exploration). I was considering Maple since our school uses Maple, so I thought that it would be easier to transfer files, etc. I have heard that many more professionals use Mathematica. I was wondering what the general opinion is on both of these packages. Thanks In Advance, John

Math and Physics Programming

Started by john_in_pdx December 15, 2003 04:16 PM

20 comments, last by john_in_pdx 20 years ago

haro

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April 15, 2004 01:35 AM

quote:Original post by Strife
I''ve never used Maple (well, I used it for about 5 minutes to play around with once), but I used Mathematica quite a bit last semester, and I really liked it. From what I know, you can''t really go wrong with either.

OT: Which math classes are you taking? I''m also at UT. Taking compilers and 378 with Naylor this semester.

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April 15, 2004 02:30 PM

You can use maple in matlab with only matlab installed I think? It is an older version of maple though.
You can also use matlab in maple if you have both maple and matlab installed.