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diff --git a/math/yacas/pkg/DESCR b/math/yacas/pkg/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8af5f760672 --- /dev/null +++ b/math/yacas/pkg/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Yacas (Yet Another Computer Algebra System) is a small and highly flexible +computer algebra language. The syntax uses a infix-operator grammar +parser. The distribution contains a small library of mathematical functions, +but its real strength is in the language in which you can easily write your +own symbolic manipulation algorithms. It supports arbitrary precision +arithmetic. + +The current version is 1.0.28 (the first release was 1.0.0). The language is +very much in a finished state. Any code written for it should be usable in +future versions. Also, the language should prove very easy to learn. + +Yacas is written in very clean c++ code, and is very portable . It can compile +stand-alone, and is easily embeddable. Yacas contains a native arbitrary +precision arithmetic module, but can also be used with GMP. + +Things implemented include: arbitrary precision, rational numeric, vector, +complex, and matrix computations (including inverses and determinants and +solving matrix equations), derivatives, solving, Taylor series, numerical +solving (Newtons method), and a lot more non-mathematical algorithms. The +language natively supports variables and user-defined functions. There is +basic support for polynomials. |