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Octsympy-0.1.0, symbolic package
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Colin Macdonald |
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Octsympy-0.1.0, symbolic package |
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Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:19:01 +0100 |
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Hi folks,
I've just released a new version of the symbolic package I mentioned a
few months ago. Lots of things work for me but I'd love to get some
wider testing.
SymPy does all the hard work under the hood, including lovely unicode
pretty-printing, all available from within the Octave GUI or terminal.
There are packages available [1] including a self-contained Windows
package (no dependencies, Octave bug #43036 worked around)
[1] https://github.com/cbm755/octsympy/releases
OctSymPy communicates with Python using a popen2() pipe. I developed
it on Fedora and I've done some very light testing on Windows. Be
great to know what happens on a Mac (I think Lukas Reichlin tried a
few months ago and it worked then, but sub-optimally). Help with Mac
and Windows would be great.
Basically, please test and file issues [2] if things don't work!
[2] https://github.com/cbm755/octsympy/issues
I suppose my next goal is getting this on octave-forge, so let me know
if there are particular features you feel it should have first. Even
better, help me add them ;-)
I'm aiming for Matlab Symbolic Math Toolbox compatibility (or
documented differences). Lots of low-hanging fruit here. Based on
the number of Matlab textbooks I see with a chapter on symbolic
computing, I think this is a project with potentially great positive
impact. Also, upstream (SymPy) is a fun community!
best,
Colin
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Colin Macdonald
Associate Professor in Numerical Methodologies
Tutorial Fellow at Oriel College
University of Oxford
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