Mathematical software is software used to model, analyze or calculate numeric, symbolic or geometric data. [1]
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Numerical analysis and
symbolic computation had been in most important place of the subject, but other kind of them is also growing now. A useful mathematical knowledge of such as
algorism which exist before the
invention of
electronic computer, helped to mathematical software developing. On the other hand, by the growth of
computing power (such as seeing on
Moore's law), the new treatment (for example, a new kind of technique such as
data assimilation which combined numerical analysis and
statistics) needing conversely the progress of the
mathematical science or
applied mathematics.
The progress of mathematical information presentation such as
TeX or
MathML
[2] will demand to evolution form formula manipulation language to true mathematics manipulation language (notwithstanding the problem that whether
mathematical theory is inconsistent or not). And popularization of general purpose mathematical software, special purpose mathematical software
[3] so called one purpose software which used special subject will alive with adapting for environment progress at normalization of platform. So the diversity of mathematical software will be kept.
A software calculator allows the user to perform simple mathematical operations, like addition, multiplication, exponentiation and trigonometry. Data input is typically manual, and the output is a text label.
Many mathematical suites are computer algebra systems that use symbolic mathematics. They are designed to solve classical algebra equations and problems in human readable notation.
Many tools are available for statistical analysis of data. See also Comparison of statistical packages.
The Netlib repository contains various collections of software routines for numerical problems, mostly in Fortran and C. Commercial products implementing many different numerical algorithms include the IMSL, NMath and NAG libraries; a free alternative is the GNU Scientific Library. A different approach is taken by the Numerical Recipes library, where emphasis is placed on clear understanding of algorithms.
Many computer algebra systems (listed above) can also be used for numerical computations.
Music mathematics software utilizes mathematics to analyze or synthesize musical symbols and patterns.
A growing number of mathematical software is available in web browsers, without the need to download or install any code. [5]
Low-level mathematical libraries intended for use within other programming languages: