Free software brings affordability to mathematics

Until recently, a student solving a calculus problem, a physicist modeling a galaxy or a mathematician studying a complex equation had to use mighty computer programs that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. But an open-source

tool based at the University of Washington won first prize in the scientific software division of Les Trophees du Libre, an worldly competition for free software……..

Orginal post by Computer blog from technology-blog.com

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