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G'day all math netters,

Would really appreciate on any information regarding the strengths
and weaknesses of two very popular symbolic math packages - Maple
and Mathematica. I'm not too sure which to go for but as far as the
brochures are concerned , both seems to be pretty impressive. 

Basically : 

I'm looking for something which provides an extensive repertoire (sp?)
of well known functions and algos. Ie, comes with numerous math packages
for linear algebra, matrix manipulation and inversion , complex number,
non-linear as well as linear optimizations - you know - stuffs like that

Basically - I'm sick and tired of programming in Fortran with NAG . Also
running out of cash to upkeep NAG annually. Would like a math package that 
have functions equivalent or similar to NAG routines so that I can chuck 
Fortran and Nag away. I can use both UNIX and DOS based Windows 3.1 
environments.
  
Is there anyone out there whose used both and can answer my queries ?

Better still, if there is an FTp site where I can get comprehensive infos 
on these two packages , please do tell me about it too !  Here's how to 
contact me :

 

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A thousand thanx in advance to anyone who can help !!!