Re: algebraic manipulator in octave

[Paul Kienzle]

On Feb 21, 2004, at 3:15 PM, Arnau Mir wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Can I use octave as algebraic manipulator?
> For example, can I make with octave the following:
>
> a x^2+b x+c=0
>
> and octave responses a solution as a function of a,b c?

octave-forge (http://octave.sf.net) has a symbolic
package which is a wrapper around GiNaC.  It
preserves symbols through mathematical operations.
Later you can substitute values for the symbols.

It looks to have some numeric solvers, but I don't
see anything to solve for x symbolically.

Paul Kienzle
address@hidden



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