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