I have a question for Math people about CAS preference.

[PowerMacG5]

I was just curious which CAS (Computer Algebra System) that some of you math majors/people prefer. The one's I usually hear about are Mathematica, Maple, and Matlab. Which one do you prefer?

 

[eakers]

we use maple because we live right beside waterloo.
ive never used the others.

 

[waffel]

I've used Matlab some for DSP. It works well enough.
Never used the other ones.

 

[CanOWorms]

I've used Matlab extensively for DSP, image processing, computer vision. Never used the other ones.

 

[Orsorum]

I've used Maple extensively over the last year for research, it's worked well for what I've needed. I've been meaning to learn MatLab for a while now.

 

[FrustratedUser]

MathCAD

 

[shuan24]

yeah, Matlab pwns all. If you're math major, Matlab will do you good.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Maple for symbolic calculation, Matlab for numerical. Matlab's symbolic toolbox uses Maple technology, btw.

 

[esun]

I've played around with Mathematica and Maple, but I actually learned how to do useful stuff with Maple and it is a very useful tool. I can't really give a fair comparison to other programs, though.

 

[BullsOnParade]

Matlab for programmming and numerical stuff
Maple for symbolics
Mathcad if i need something to suck on my big hairy ball satchel.

 

[helpme]

I use my pansy ti-89.

Also mathmatica if I need to ever use a more powerful one (because that's what I have).

 

[TuxDave]

I'm an engineer and I use matlab for my optimization and some simulation problems. I resort to maple if I need a symbolic solver. I have no idea how to do that in matlab.