- What is a computer algebra system?
- A Computer Algebra System (CAS) is a program that can manipulate mathematical expressions, potentially reducing the time it takes to perform cumbersome but trivial calculations. It does this symbolically, so a CAS can return a mathematical expression as a resulting answer.
- Why cannot Yacas solve my homework/integrodifferential matrix operator constraint equations/ [insert another problem]?
- Yacas is developed by a small group of volunteers and does not yet perform many of the sophisticated tasks that a modern CAS can theoretically handle. Ask the users’ mailing list if you have a specific problem that is covered in the manual and should be solvable by yacas. Yacas consists of a small kernel and a library of interpreted scripts in the easy-to-use yacas language; the scripts contain all CAS-related functionality. You are encouraged to contribute library code for solving a specific problem.
- I want to use Yacas from inside my own application. What should I do?
- Yacas can be used in several ways: as a command-line application that takes text from standard input and prints text to standard output; as a server listening on a port (also on remote hosts); These options allow you to use the functionality of an installed Yacas application directly from another application without having to link to any Yacas code.
- What platforms are supported?
- Yacas can be run directly from a web site as a Java applet. In addition, the C++ version of Yacas is very portable and runs on many platforms and OSes, including Unix flavors (including GNU/Linux and derivatives), Mac OS X, EPOC32, Ipaq and probably other devices running embedded Linux, and 32-bit Microsoft Windows (TM).
- Yacas gives an error message, a wrong answer, etc. What’s wrong?
- Most probably it is a bug in yacas, especially if you expected a correct answer after reading the manuals. Please report it to our bugtracker. If not sure whether this is actually a bug, consider discussing in on our mailing list.
- Is there a mailing list?
- You bet!
