Good freeware for solving equations symbolically

Question

Many years ago I used maple to solve equations symbolically. Are there any good freeware alternatives?

I have three equations in three unknowns and want to find the solution symbolically

Sage is free, open source, and will do this. http://www.sagemath.org/ — Potato, Mar 27 '13 at 04:39
Perhaps you could post your equations? Their nature might be relevant. — Mark McClure, Mar 27 '13 at 11:27

Amzoti · Answer 1 · 2013-03-27T04:48:25.533

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You can look at Sage, Maxima and others for specialized fields.

See Comparison of CAS programs.

There is even a Mathematica like one called Mathics.

For example, if you are looking for Geometry, there are choices too.

By the way, for your problem, you could just try Wolfram Alpha.

Regards

edited Mar 27 '13 at 04:48

answered Mar 27 '13 at 04:39

Amzoti

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Nice suggestions, Amzoti! +1 – amWhy Mar 27 '13 at 04:47
@amWhy: Thank you! You are a very helpful poster on here and I enjoy your answers! Regards – Amzoti Mar 27 '13 at 04:49
You're welcome, Amzoti! And thank you! You are very helpful too, in comments and in answers! – amWhy Mar 27 '13 at 04:51

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 18 '13 at 23:20

There is a Java-based open-source program called Symbolic Equation Manipulator (formerly MathDrag'n) http://equation.sourceforge.net/ that allows you to enter a formula and then drag the variables around to manipulate, re-arrange, and refactor it. It allows you to do variable substitutions between formulas. It tracks the history of your work. It's not currently maintained, but it works. I've had a very hard time finding any other free program or app that does this!

Good freeware for solving equations symbolically

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