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Mathematica 6 Launched

Posted by kdawson on from the simulate-this dept.

Ed Pegg writes "Wolfram Research has just released Mathematica 6. That link, in addition to the usual 'dramatic breakthrough' material, has an amazing flash banner that simultaneously shows a thousand mathematical demonstrations all at once. The animations came from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project, a free service with 1200+ dynamically interactive examples of math, science, and physics, all with code. For the product itself, much is new or improved, with built-in math databases, improved visualizations, and more."

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  1. I guess... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    its version 6.06.06

    1. Re:I guess... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Please don't promote hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia here. Numbers are neither good nor evil. When you obtain enlightment, you will discover that mathematics is God's language. Peace, my son. :P

    2. Re:I guess... by Anpheus · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's sarcasm is a little harsh considering they included that because they included just about everything.

      That said, I'd hate to be the guy whose project it was to create all those demonstration pages. Probably given to the interns or something.

      Boss: Your job is to create demonstrations involving basic arithmetic.
      Intern: Wait, I'm here because of my studies on octonions.
      Boss: I don't care. Today your job is to show people how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

  2. The REAL question... by DeadCatX2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can it process the number 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0?

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  3. I think you mean... by Ibiwan · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Does it run Linux in Rule 110?"

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  4. Made by Wolfram ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    and Hart?! I always knew maths was evil.

  5. Re:Student scam.... by ultracool · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's easy to get around that. Just do a PhD.

  6. Re:For something less closed-source, ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually, SAGE 2.5 (due to be released very soon) will wrap Maxima's functionality in what will hopefully be a very seamless and transparent integration. And since SAGE is a Python library, no learning some esoteric custom math language.

  7. "Numbers are neither good nor evil"? by tepples · · Score: 4, Funny

    Numbers are neither good nor evil. Not even 09 F9 11 02 [SHUT UP ALREADY]?