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Numerical Computation<\/h5>\n

GNU Octave<\/a>: GNU Octave is a freeware version of Matlab and is mostly compatible with Matlab.\u00a0 It is part of the GNU Project.<\/p>\n

Matlab<\/a>: Matlab is supported by the Math Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other programs used for numerical computations include Maple, Mathematica, and R. See below:<\/p>\n

Wikipedia’s list of numerical software programs<\/a><\/p>\n

NAG Numerical Libraries<\/a>:\u00a0 A library of commercially available routines in a variety of programming languages.<\/p>\n

Numerical Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n

Symbolic Computation<\/h5>\n

Maple<\/a><\/p>\n

Mathematica<\/a>:\u00a0 Mathematica is supported by the Math Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GNU Maxima<\/a>:\u00a0 Other programs used for symbolic computations include Matlab (using the symbolic math toolbox) and Symbolic C++.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia’s list of computer algebra systems<\/a><\/p>\n

Graphing<\/h5>\n

Gnuplot<\/a>:\u00a0 An interactive graphing program.\u00a0 There is a version of Gnuplot, called GnuTeX<\/a> that outputs code in LaTeX\u2019s picture environment that can be inserted in a LaTeX document.<\/p>\n

Other programs that are used for graphing and representing data are all of the numerical computation, symbolic computation, and statistical software packages listed on this page.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia\u2019s list of graphing programs<\/a><\/p>\n

Statistics<\/h5>\n

R<\/a> is an implementation of the S programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.\u00a0 It is a GNU project and is freely available for download.<\/p>\n

S-Plus<\/a> is a commercial implementation of the S programming language that was developed at Bell Labs for statistical computing and graphics.<\/p>\n

SAS<\/a> is a powerful commercially available program used for statistical analysis.\u00a0\u00a0 It is available on the machines in the ITS computer labs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SPSS<\/a> is a commercially available program for statistical analysis.\u00a0 It is available on the machines in the ITS computer labs<\/a><\/p>\n

Other programs used for statistical analysis include Matlab, GNU Octave, Stata, Minitab and Excel.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia’s list of statistical packages<\/a><\/p>\n

Optimization<\/h5>\n

Decision Tree for Optimization Software<\/a>: This site helps you identify ready-to-use software for your optimization problem. Some of the software is free, some is only commercially available.<\/p>\n

NEOS guide is an online source for optimization.<\/a><\/p>\n

APPSPACK<\/a> is a derivative-free optimization software.<\/p>\n

TeX<\/h5>\n

TeXShop<\/a> is a freely available implementation of TeX for Mac OS X machines.<\/p>\n

MiKTeX<\/a> is a freely available implementation of TeX for Windows machines.<\/p>\n

TeX Users Group<\/a><\/p>\n

Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN)<\/a> is the primary repository for TeX-related software.<\/p>\n

University of Pennsylvania’s Mathematics TeX documentation<\/a><\/p>\n

General and Other<\/h5>\n

Wavelab<\/a> is a collection of Matlab functions to implement a variety of algorithms related to wavelet analysis.<\/p>\n

DSWeb Dynamical Systems Software<\/a> is a list of software available on dynamical systems theory.<\/p>\n

Penn State’s Mathematics Software List<\/a><\/p>\n

Netlib<\/a> is a collection of mathematical software, papers, and databases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOther Mathematics Software - Math Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathcenter\/other-mathematics-software\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Other Mathematics Software - Math Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathcenter\/other-mathematics-software\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Math Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-08T18:03:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathcenter\/other-mathematics-software\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathcenter\/other-mathematics-software\/\",\"name\":\"Other Mathematics Software - 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