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Article #3538Re: Mathematica or Theorist
From: Spencer W. Thomas
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 1990 02:06
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 1990 02:06
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In article <11916@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt7601b@prism.gatech.EDU (TSUNG,FU-LIN) writes: > Can anyone tell me what mathematica can do that the theorist can't. Quickly: Mathematica is programmable, Theorist isn't. But Theorist is nice, it's smaller, and it's cheaper. It works quite differently. It took me a while to get used to the style. Basically, it automates the process you would go through on paper trying to manipulate equations. You can rearrange equations, expand, collect, simplify, and substitute one equation into another. You see the whole history of what you've done. Mathematica is more automatic. On the other hand, the user interface in Theorist is generally much nicer than Mathematica's. -- =Spencer W. Thomas EECS Dept, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 spencer@eecs.umich.edu 313-936-2616 (8-6 E[SD]T M-F)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!umeecs!zip!spencer From: spencer@eecs.umich.edu (Spencer W. Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Mathematica or Theorist Message-ID: <SPENCER.90Jul29220644@spline.eecs.umich.edu> Date: 30 Jul 90 02:06:44 GMT References: <11916@hydra.gatech.EDU> Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu Distribution: usa Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept Lines: 18 In-reply-to: gt7601b@prism.gatech.EDU's message of 27 Jul 90 20:26:00 GMT