Comments on: An introduction to Axiom (1): The basics http://amca01.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/an-introduction-to-axiom-1/ Life, mathematics teaching Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:37:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Walking Randomly » The 46th Carnival of Mathematics – the last one of 2008. http://amca01.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/an-introduction-to-axiom-1/#comment-231 Walking Randomly » The 46th Carnival of Mathematics – the last one of 2008. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:28:50 +0000 http://amca01.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-231 [...] May:  If you read this blog for more than a couple of weeks then you will quickly realise that I like computer algebra systems and yet the free, open source pacakge Axiom is one that I haven’t played with much.  Alasdair of Alasdair’s Musings has though and he has also written a great 6-part introduction to the system which started in May. [...] [...] May:  If you read this blog for more than a couple of weeks then you will quickly realise that I like computer algebra systems and yet the free, open source pacakge Axiom is one that I haven’t played with much.  Alasdair of Alasdair’s Musings has though and he has also written a great 6-part introduction to the system which started in May. [...]

]]> By: amca01 http://amca01.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/an-introduction-to-axiom-1/#comment-68 amca01 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:46:27 +0000 http://amca01.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-68 Possibly the easiest way to get Axiom under windows is to go to http://axiom-wiki.newsynthesis.org/FriCASBinaries and follow the instructions for windows. I have tried this, and it does work, but I find xming far clumsier and slower than using linux. But it's a great deal better than nothing! If you're really keen to use Axiom at its most efficient, you could always set up your machine to dual boot into linux, and put Axiom on your linux partition. Let us know how you get on! Possibly the easiest way to get Axiom under windows is to go to

http://axiom-wiki.newsynthesis.org/FriCASBinaries

and follow the instructions for windows. I have tried this, and it does work, but I find xming far clumsier and slower than using linux. But it’s a great deal better than nothing! If you’re really keen to use Axiom at its most efficient, you could always set up your machine to dual boot into linux, and put Axiom on your linux partition.

Let us know how you get on!

]]> By: newbie http://amca01.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/an-introduction-to-axiom-1/#comment-64 newbie Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:42:32 +0000 http://amca01.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-64 I should like to try Axiom on windows and was completely confused not finding any windows specific installation files on the download site you recommended: http://www.axiom-developer.org/axiom-website/download.html Evidently, using CAS system "without graphics" is not an attractive option. Is it possible to describe in more details how one "can run Axiom inside an X-windows server for Windows such as Xming?" What executable (or source code for this matter) to use and how маке it working with Xming? I used Cygwin before to run some non-windows applications but I got impression that Cygwin friendly version of Axiom is not available neither? I should like to try Axiom on windows and was completely confused not finding any windows specific installation files on the download site you recommended: http://www.axiom-developer.org/axiom-website/download.html

Evidently, using CAS system “without graphics” is not an attractive option. Is it possible to describe in more details how one “can run Axiom inside an X-windows server for Windows such as Xming?” What executable (or source code for this matter) to use and how маке it working with Xming?

I used Cygwin before to run some non-windows applications but I got impression that Cygwin friendly version of Axiom is not available neither?

]]> By: themos http://amca01.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/an-introduction-to-axiom-1/#comment-42 themos Wed, 28 May 2008 10:54:14 +0000 http://amca01.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-42 The digits() function sets the working precision for computation. It's the printing routine that, by default, adjusts the number of digits printed to be equal to the current working precision. There are ways of changing that: the functions outputFixed(), outputGeneral(), outputFloating(). (1) -> digits 20 (1) 20 Type: PositiveInteger (2) -> outputFixed 40 Type: Void (3) -> sqrt 2.0 (3) 1.4142135623 7309504880 4445654500 0393532520 Type: Float (4) -> %^2 (4) 2.0000000000 0000000001 3552527156 0688054250 Type: Float The digits() function sets the working precision for computation. It’s the printing routine that, by default, adjusts the number of digits printed to be equal to the current working precision. There are ways of changing that: the functions outputFixed(), outputGeneral(), outputFloating().

(1) -> digits 20

(1) 20
Type: PositiveInteger
(2) -> outputFixed 40
Type: Void
(3) -> sqrt 2.0

(3) 1.4142135623 7309504880 4445654500 0393532520
Type: Float
(4) -> %^2

(4) 2.0000000000 0000000001 3552527156 0688054250
Type: Float

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