The promise of CAS calculators

I’m always confused about the best computing environment for teaching mathematics, and over the years I’ve used Derive, Maple, Maxima, Axiom, Sage, and Matlab. All these have great qualities, and Matlab in particular is the tool of choice for engineering education, as it is for engineering practice. But there is as yet no similar standard [...]

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