NAME¶
JACAL - symbolic mathematics system
SYNOPSIS¶
jacal [ scheme | scm | gsi | mzscheme | guile | scheme48 | larceny |
scmlit | elk | sisc | kawa ]
DESCRIPTION¶
JACAL is a symbolic mathematics system for the simplification and manipulation
of equations and single and multiple valued algebraic expressions constructed
of numbers, variables, radicals, and algebraic functions, differential, and
holonomic functions. In addition, vectors and matrices of the above objects
are included.
OPTIONS¶
The optional argument to the
jacal script is the Scheme implementation to
run. Absent the argument, it searches for implementations in the above order.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶
- SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH
- is the SLIB Scheme library directory.
FILES¶
- jacal.info
-
Texinfo documentation of jacal.
- demo
-
batch("demo"); to demonstrate commands in jacal
- rw.math
-
batch("rw.math"); to demonstrate tensors in "The
Robertson-Walker Cosmology Model".
- test.math
-
batch("test.math"); for regression suite.
AUTHORS¶
Aubrey Jaffer (agj @ alum.mit.edu)
Michael Thomas
Jerry D. Hedden
SEE ALSO¶
The JACAL home-page:
http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/JACAL.html
- The full documentation for jacal is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info and jacal programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
-
info jacal
- should give you access to the complete manual.