A movement is afoot among some mathematicians in academia to make the switch from expensive, closed-source calculation software to free, open-source alternatives. In a recent opinion piece, posted in ...

Nature Research Intelligence Topics Topic summaries Information and Computing Sciences Theory of Computation Numerical Computation and Mathematical Software Numerical computation and mathematical ...

I'm happy to see this post in defense of software patents because the debate has been dominated by software patent critics of late, and a healthy debate is constructive. Still, I don't think Nilay ...

Mathematicians are on a mission to replace the costly software used in education and research with a free, open-source version. More than 100 mathematicians around the world are helping to develop the ...

• It is relatively easy to find math packages devised for college coursework and research that can be repurposed to do meaningful tasks in engineering. • Some kinds of academic software is flexible ...

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It's been over a year since T.H.E. Journal profiled Math software so, here are some of the latest releases in this hotly contested category. A vendors directory follows at the bottom of the page. Aces ...

Math gets a bad reputation for no good reason. After all, it’s a universal language and it applies to so many areas of life. Learning math can be challenging, and teaching it can be equally ...

On October 30, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in In re Bilski, which dealt a serious blow to software patents and largely did away with business ...