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.TH JACAL 1 "Feb 1 2008"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
JACAL \- symbolic mathematics system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B jacal
[ scheme | scm | gsi | gosh | guile | scheme48 | larceny | scmlit | elk | sisc | kawa | mzscheme ]
.br
.sp 0.3
.SH 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.
.SH OPTIONS
The optional argument to the
.I jacal
script is the Scheme implementation to run.  Absent the argument, it
searches for implementations in the above order.
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.TP
.B SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH
is the SLIB Scheme library directory.
.SH FILES
.TP
jacal.info
.br
Texinfo documentation of
.I jacal.
.TP
demo
.br
batch("demo"); to demonstrate commands in
.I jacal
.TP
rw.math
.br
batch("rw.math"); to demonstrate tensors in
"The Robertson-Walker Cosmology Model".
.TP
test.math
.br
batch("test.math"); for regression suite.
.SH AUTHORS
Aubrey Jaffer (agj @ alum.mit.edu)
.br
Michael Thomas
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Jerry D. Hedden
.SH SEE ALSO
The JACAL home-page:
.br
http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/JACAL.html
.TP
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
.br
info jacal
.TP
should give you access to the complete manual.