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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 pagehttp://www.octave.org/
Source tarballhttp://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
Developers

Related information

Source repositoryhttp://www.octave.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi
Interfacescommand line
Source languagesC, C++, Fortran
Use requirementslibncurses4
Build prerequisitesGNU make, g++2.7.2 or later, libstdc++ (dist. with g++2.7.2, but not with later versions of g++)
Weak prerequisitesgnuplot, less
Related programsBc, R, Jacal

Entry information

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

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