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ady

Member

Registered: 2006-02-11

Posts: 22

Science software

I'm a stundent in electrical engeneering. I wana know if there is any special software for my field and also something for advanced math. Don't know how to call them in english but something like f ' (0)=lim [f(x)-f(0)]/x-0 we call these derivates, i need something that can do integrates(the reverse function of f') but like realy advanced. Anyone got a clue?

magnum_opus

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Registered: 2005-01-26

Posts: 132

Re: Science software

yeah we call them derivatives too, integrate is the verb though, the noun is integrals

programs for integrating and deriving:
free:
maxima
yacas
ginac
axiom
scilab (i think)

not free:
mathematica
maple

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co … ra_systems

as for electrical engineerings
theres a couple programs lying around designed for diagramming circuits but i don't really know anything designed SPECIFICALLY for EE.
the old stand buys of
octave
matlab
idl
r
might be useful if there's the right packages for them.

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Science software

There is xcircuit in the community repo and klogic in extra. Search for circuit  in the AUR ( http://aur.archlinux.org/ ). There's several packages for EE.

postlogic

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Registered: 2005-02-24

Posts: 410

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Re: Science software

Not sure if this applies, but it's the only mathematical program I know of..

genius

Console-based thingie with it's own language. Useful for scripting larger mathematical functions.

ady

Member

Registered: 2006-02-11

Posts: 22

Re: Science software

Thanks for all the replys. I'll try your sudgested tools.

jftaylor21

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From: Arch Linux Forums

Registered: 2004-02-21

Posts: 237

Re: Science software

Don't forget the all the geda tools in the aur. I'm an electrial engineering student and I personally find them very useful.

Here is some of them:
ngspice: useful for circuit analysis
gnucap: another tool like ngspice that I personally prefer
gspiceui: frontend for gnucap, ngspice, various other tools
gschem: schematic editor sort of like Orcad Capture
gnetlist: converts schematics to netlist. You will need it if you want to                           simulate things you have created in gschem.

Possibly others that you may need: http://www.geda.seul.org/

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