LiveMath

Infobox Software
name = LiveMath



caption =
developer = [http://www.mathmonkeys.com/ MathMonkeys]
latest release version = 3.5.9
latest release date = July 2007
platform = Cross-platform
genre = Computer algebra system
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.livemath.com LiveMath website]

LiveMath is a computer algebra system available on a number of platforms including Mac OS, Mac OS X (Carbon), Microsoft Windows, Linux (x86) and Solaris (SPARC). It is the latest release of a system that originally emerged as Theorist for the "classic" Mac in 1989, became MathView and MathPlus in 1997 after it was sold to Waterloo Maple, [ [http://support.livemath.com/resources/oldnames/ A Brief History of LiveMath] ] and finally LiveMath after it was purchased by members of its own userbase in 1999. [ [http://www.maplesoft.com/view.aspx?sf=68/1999-06-09.pdf Waterloo Maple sells MathView & Expressionist Product Line to WebPrimitives, LLC of Cambridge, Massachusetts] ] The application is currently owned by MathMonkeys of Cambridge, MA. The overall LiveMath suite contains LiveMath Maker, the main application, as well as LiveMath Viewer for end-users, and LiveMath Plug-In, an ActiveX plugin for browsers. [ [http://www.livemath.com/products/ LiveMath Products] ]

Description

LiveMath uses a worksheet-based approach, similar to products like Mathematica or MathCAD. 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 full GUI 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 $x$ to the left hand side of the equation, at which point LiveMath will re-arrange the equation to solve for $x$. LiveMath's algebraic solving systems are relatively simple compared to better known systems like Mathmatica, and does not offer the same sort of automated single-step solving of these packages.

References

ee also

* Comparison of computer algebra systems

External links

* [http://www.livemath.com LiveMath website]