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diff --git a/2020/info/33.md b/2020/info/33.md index e106018d..05766957 100644 --- a/2020/info/33.md +++ b/2020/info/33.md @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Fermin MF [[!template id=vid src="https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--fermin.webm"]] [Download .webm video, 720p, 260MB](https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--fermin.webm) -[[!template id=vid src="https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--fermin.webm"]] -[Download prerec .webm video, 720p, 58M](https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--fermin.webm) +[[!template id=vid src="https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--prerec--fermin.webm"]] +[Download prerec .webm video, 720p, 58M](https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--prerec--fermin.webm) Maxima is a great tool for symbolic mathematics, it has some support for Emacs in the main repository, but is quite outdated and doesn't @@ -17,33 +17,35 @@ how to start using maxima within Emacs. <!-- from the pad ---> - # Questions - -## Q9 Is it is possible to include maxima in org files similar to jupyter notebooks? (Does ob-maxima have support for the :results graphics header argument of org-src blocks?) - +## Q9 Is it is possible to include Maxima in org files similar to jupyter notebooks? (Does ob-maxima have support for the :results graphics header argument of org-src blocks?) +Yes it is, needs more work to be done on it. ## Q8 Are you planning to upstream your package into Maxima? (would be nice :) - +Don't know about that, can be bit messy. No problem with doing that +though. Running tests might be tricky (CI). ## Q7 In which University do you start to use Maxima? - +University of Zaragoza - +<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Zaragoza> ## Q6. Is there support for images in maxima-mode? +Not as of now. +## Q5: Is Maxima's syntax a strict infix Lisp syntax or are there exceptions and special cases? Yes I mean Maxima itself. -## Q5: Is Maxima's syntax a strict infix lisp syntax or are there exceptions and special cases? Yes I mean Maxima itself. - - -## Q4. Is maxima easy to get into in your opinion? (has its quirks though!, mailing list is usually helpful) - - -## Q3: Do you plan to amend ob-maxima to support named session for maxima code blocks in org mode (e.g. begin\_src maxima :session **my-maxima**)? (the current implementation supports exactly onesession named **maxima**) - +## Q4. Is Maxima easy to get into in your opinion? (has its quirks though!, mailing list is usually helpful) +Yes, it is. -## Q2: how does maxima compare to sagemath in emacs? does maxima have more support because it is written in common lisp whereas sage math is written in python? +## Q3: Do you plan to amend ob-maxima to support named session for Maxima code blocks in org mode (e.g. begin_src maxima :session **my-maxima**)? (the current implementation supports exactly onesession named **maxima**) +Yes, want to improve it, will start with it soon. +## Q2: How does Maxima compare to SageMath in Emacs? does Maxima have more support because it is written in common Lisp whereas SageMath is written in Python? +Don't known what is SageMath. -## Q1: So I am an avid octave user right now (had a matlab lesson in uni and so I knew the basics and it was easy to get into), what would you say are the advantages of Maxima over Octave as from my understanding they are pretty similar. I would be interested in trying it out but I am not sure if its worth it compared to Octave. (Octave is a matlab "clone", not meant for analytic calculations, more matrix multiplications etc.) +## Q1: So I am an avid Octave user right now (had a MATLAB lesson in uni and so I knew the basics and it was easy to get into), what would you say are the advantages of Maxima over Octave as from my understanding they are pretty similar. I would be interested in trying it out but I am not sure if its worth it compared to Octave. (Octave is a MATLAB "clone", not meant for analytic calculations, more matrix multiplications etc.) +Don't known Octave much. Found the Octave package hard to understand. +# Notes +<http://maxima.sourceforge.net/> |