Octave

Octave - High-level language for numerical computations

Octave does arithmetic for real and complex scalars and matrices, solves sets of nonlinear algebraic equations, integrates systems of ordinary differential and differential-algebraic equations, and integrates functions over finite and infinite intervals.

It provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments. It can also be used as a batch-oriented language.

Octave has extensive tools for solving common numerical linear algebra problems, finding the roots of nonlinear equations, integrating ordinary differential and differential-algebraic equations. It is easily extensible and customizable via user-defined functions written in Octave's own language, or by using dynamically loaded modules written in C, C++, Fortran, or other languages.

Obtaining

Web page	http://www.octave.org/
Source tarball	http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/octave/octave-2.0.16.tar.gz

Version 2.0.16 (stable) released on 2000-12-30

Version 2.1.49 (beta) released on 2003-07-08

Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.

This is a GNU package.

Documentation

User manual included; user FAQ included; Printed user manual available from http://www.network-theory.co.uk/octave/manual/

Support contacts

Announce List	<info-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
Help List	<help-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
Developer List	<octave-maintainers@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
Bug List	<bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu>

Project contacts

Maintainers	John W. Eaton <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
Developers	John W. Eaton <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>

Related information

Source repository	http://www.octave.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi
Interfaces	command line
Source languages	C, C++, Fortran
Use requirements	libncurses4
Build prerequisites	GNU make, g++2.7.2 or later, libstdc++ (dist. with g++2.7.2, but not with later versions of g++)
Weak prerequisites	gnuplot, less
Related programs	Bc, R, Jacal

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-01-31
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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