Question

What computer tools i.e. Calculators, software, programming languages, whatever do Real Mathematicians (tm) use?

Answer 1

Where I work, we use Maple.

Answer 2

they use chalkboard

Answer 3

I've seen MATLAB code on a prof's desktop once

Answer 4

I've seen whiteboard*

Answer 5

I don't think they really use chalk/whiteboards so much these days; only to teach us kids :-D

Answer 6

Some people still use blackboard and chalk!

Answer 7

It's a good tool for discussions.

Answer 8

chalkboard has really good freehand graphic feature

Answer 9

even with all those advanced CAS tools, MATLAB, graphing calculators (which are like pocket MATLABs), scientific computing libraries, Excel, etc?

Answer 10

Hey I do have a whiteboard next to me.

Answer 11

I don't have a whiteboard :(

Answer 12

It's useful for so many things ;)

Answer 13

but I don't think they use whiteboards to run their Monte Carlo simulations.... do they?

Answer 14

Of course, people never use it for that.

Answer 15

I think you need the whiteboard to work out what you want your program to do...

Answer 16

who needs whiteboards when you have emacs !

Answer 17

well, not /need/ but...

Answer 18

Talking about macs, would you guys recommend a macbook pro?

Answer 19

emacs?

Answer 20

I was looking at some this afternoon.

Answer 21

you meen the editing program.

Answer 22

Mean.

Answer 23

I don't know across.

Answer 24

You can not draw weird pictures on Emacs

Answer 25

I feel like her picture new is giving me an attitude...

Answer 26

We use maple at the university

Answer 27

you can write fancy macros that draw ASCII graphics on emacs... at least I think you can (even play hack and rogue in it)

Answer 28

I've only seen Mathematica, and only heard of Maple

Answer 29

I thought emacs is a 40 year old text editing program at the same age as vi.

Answer 30

It is mathmate, even older!

Answer 31

Thanks!