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    Computer algebra system

    Have you a prefered computer algebra system (free or not) ? There's a bunch of it nowadays
    look at
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...lgebra_systems

    I'd prefer to have a Windows version (or running it in Virtualbox).
    I was quite impressed with Maple (I had a demo version and didn't had opportunity to buy
    because it was quite costly) and surely there are things that would be equivalent from
    academics (with GNU/GPL licence).

    There are online tools like Symbolab but it is bogus and quite scrappy.

    Some examples in Symbolab

    this one is working
    https://www.symbolab.com/solver/step-by-step/%5Cint%5Cfrac%7Bx%5E%7B2%7D%20-%20%5Cbeta%20x%7D%7B%5E%7B%5Cleft(%5Cgamma%20%2B%2 02%5Calpha%20x%5Cright)%5E4%7D%7D?or=input

    useful for landing gear deflection
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Rq...ew?usp=sharing

    this one doesn't (answer is complex but it was a piece of cake in Maple)
    https://www.symbolab.com/solver/alge...7D%7D?or=input

    Thanks for your answers.
    Last edited by JLS; 10-02-2021 at 10:50 AM.

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    I use a program called Math Cad that came on 5 3.5" floppies in the mid 90s. It will do any kind of math needed for mechanical engineering including complex differential equations. I haven't tried to install it on my newest Win 10 machine because it is on my old XP engineering station, but I know it will run on everything from original Windows up thru Win 7 (Including Win NT)

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    Thanks for answering, PTC did the Pro Engineer CAD suite (and recently Onshape Online CAD system) so I bet MathCad is a good product, and certainly old version too.

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