LiveMath
{{Short description|Computer algebra system}}
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| name = LiveMath
| logo = LiveMath logo.png
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| screenshot = LiveMath screen snap.png
| screenshot alt = LiveMath screen snap showing the (busy) palette and a simple worksheet with a graph of x=y^2
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| developer = Theorist Interactive, LLC (1999-2004, 3.0-3.5.6)
{{URL|www.mathmonkeys.com|MathMonkeys, LLC}} (2004-, 3.5.7-)
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| latest release version = 3.6.0
| latest release date = January 2017
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| operating system = Mac OS X 10.4, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux (i386 Ubuntu 11.04, Redhat Linux, CentOS)
| platform = Cross-platform
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| genre = Computer algebra system
| license = Proprietary
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| website = {{URL|www.livemath.com}}
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LiveMath is a computer algebra system available on a number of platforms including Mac OS, macOS (Carbon), Microsoft Windows, Linux (x86) and Solaris (SPARC). It is the latest release of a system that originally emerged as Theorist for the "classic" Mac in 1989, became MathView and MathPlus in 1997 after it was sold to Waterloo Maple,[http://support.livemath.com/resources/oldnames/ A Brief History of LiveMath] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221205710/http://support.livemath.com/resources/oldnames/ |date=2008-02-21 }} and finally LiveMath after it was purchased by members of its own userbase in 1999.[http://www.maplesoft.com/view.aspx?sf=68/1999-06-09.pdf Waterloo Maple sells MathView & Expressionist Product Line to WebPrimitives, LLC of Cambridge, Massachusetts][https://web.archive.org/web/20010427040121/http://www.maplesoft.com/pr/press/mathview_expr.html Waterloo Maple sells MathView & Expressionist Product Line to WebPrimitives, LLC of Cambridge, Massachusetts] The application is currently owned by MathMonkeys of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The overall LiveMath suite contains LiveMath Maker, the main application, as well as LiveMath Viewer for end-users, and LiveMath Plug-In, an ActiveX plugin for browsers,[http://www.livemath.com/products/ LiveMath Products] which was discontinued in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemath.com/lmplugin/|title = LiveMathâ„¢ Plug-In}}
Description
LiveMath uses a worksheet-based approach, similar to products like Mathematica or MathCAD. The user enters equations into the worksheet and then uses the built-in functions to help solve them, or reduce them numerically. Workbooks typically contain a number of equations separated into sections, along with data tables, graphs, and similar outputs. Unlike most CAS applications, LiveMath uses a full GUI with high-quality graphical representations of the equations at every step, including input.
LiveMath also allows the user to interact with the equation in the sheet; for instance, one can drag an instance of to the left hand side of the equation, at which point LiveMath will re-arrange the equation to solve for . LiveMath's algebraic solving systems are relatively simple compared to better known systems like Mathematica, and does not offer the same sort of automated single-step solving of these packages.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.livemath.com}}
{{Computer algebra systems}}
Category:Computer algebra system software for Linux
Category:Computer algebra system software for Windows