1. Mar 13, 2010 #1

   LouMazero

   

   I am looking to invest some time into learning one of these programs, higher math and physics, can someone contrast and compare these programs, strengths/weaknesses etc?

    

   LouMazero, Mar 13, 2010
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3. Mar 13, 2010 #2

   Dale

   

   Insights Author

   Staff: Mentor

   I like Mathematica best, but I made my choice back when Maple was really unstable. Really MatLab is a different thing entirely since it is just numeric and not symbolic. I wouldn't put them on the same list, I would put MatLab on a list with IDL instead.

    

   Dale, Mar 13, 2010
4. Mar 13, 2010 #3

   Hepth

   

   Gold Member

   Matlab DOES have symbolic packages, but it is nowhere near mathematica's level of refinement. Mathematica also has a crazy amount of packages for all different things.

    

   Hepth, Mar 13, 2010

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