Anyone know any good CAS software?

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anonymous · Answer

mathematica

anonymous · Answer

It's very very very powerful, much more powerful than my TI-89 Titanium (which is almost like a very lite pocket MATLAB with CAS)

anonymous · Answer

but I can't afford Mathematica 8

anonymous · Answer

it's just like $200 for the student edition.  and wolfram alpha evaluates a lot of mathematica expressions for free

anonymous · Answer

$200 seems alright.

anonymous · Answer

http://www.amazon.com/Wolfram-Mathematica-8-Home-Windows/dp/B004DJDJ3O/ref=sr_1_1?s=software&ie=UTF8&qid=1323421635&sr=1-1

anonymous · Answer

i get it for free, it's great

anonymous · Answer

With something like Mathematica I will never have to evaluate another integral in my life.

anonymous · Answer

if you just care about integration they have a free web page that does integrals

anonymous · Answer

http://integrals.wolfram.com/index.jsp

anonymous · Answer

wolfram - the google of mathematics.

anonymous · Answer

maybe google is the mathematica of web search

anonymous · Answer

That makes me wonder; I've never used any of the fancier search options in Google search. I've always just typed a bunch of simple keywords related to the stuff I wanted to find; like "Dancing Cat Videos" (without the quotes) to find videos of dancing cats.