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  8. mathomatic: mathomatic (a small, portable Computer Algebra System)
  9. mathomatic:
  10. mathomatic: This is a console mode application that does symbolic math and
  11. mathomatic: quick calculations in a standard and generalized way.
  12. mathomatic: Mathomatic is designed to be as general an easy to use as general.
  13. mathomatic: It implements most of the rules of algebra for addition, subtraction,
  14. mathomatic: multiplication, division, modulo division, and all forms of
  15. mathomatic: exponentiation. All arithmetic is double precision floating point
  16. mathomatic: with up to 14 decimal digits accuracy. It is hoped that Mathomatic
  17. mathomatic: will show you the true perfect beauty that is mathematics, and be
  18. mathomatic: a useful calculating tool, too.