| LiveMath | |
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 LiveMath screen snap showing the (busy) palette and a simple worksheet with a graph of | |
| Developers | Theorist Interactive, LLC (1999-2004, 3.0-3.5.6) MathMonkeys, LLC (2004-, 3.5.7-) |
| Stable release | 3.6.0 / January 2017 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X 10.4,Microsoft Windows XP,Linux (i386Ubuntu 11.04,Redhat Linux,CentOS) |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Computer algebra system |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
LiveMath is acomputer algebra system available on a number of platforms includingMac OS,macOS (Carbon),Microsoft Windows,Linux (x86) andSolaris (SPARC). It is the latest release of a system that originally emerged asTheorist for the "classic" Mac in 1989, becameMathView andMathPlus in 1997 after it was sold toWaterloo Maple,[1] and finally LiveMath after it was purchased by members of its own userbase in 1999.[2][3] The application is currently owned byMathMonkeys ofCambridge, Massachusetts. The overall LiveMath suite containsLiveMath Maker, the main application, as well asLiveMath Viewer for end-users, andLiveMath Plug-In, anActiveX plugin for browsers,[4] which was discontinued in 2014.[5]
LiveMath uses a worksheet-based approach, similar to products likeMathematica orMathCAD. 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 fullGUI 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.
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