Maxima

Maxima is a Windows application designed to help users perform various mathematical calculations related to complex numbers and numerical constants, differential and integral calculus, linear system and cubic equations, and nonlinear sets of equations, as well as generate plots.

It sports a straightforward interface that gives users the possibility to insert the functions and variables in a clean working environment.

Maxima allows users to undo or redo their actions, perform basic editing operations (cut, copy, paste, or delete), find and replace words, zoom in or out, and switch to a full screen mode.

You can simplify quotients, roots, and other functions for complex expressions, insert strings and constants, create an n-dimensional array, and design structures for identifying arguments by name and expressions by its operator.

What’s more, the tool comes packed with several operators (e.g. arithmetic, relational, logical), and allows users to define a new one or edit the existing ones. Plus, it offers support for mathematical functions (e.g. functions for complex numbers, combinatorial or trigonometric functions) and floating point numbers.

Other important features worth mentioning enable you to use the plotting function for calculating a set of points, perform command-line operations, as well as generated code in other programming languages (Fortran). The information can be printed or exported to HTML or TEX file format.

During our testing we have noticed that Maxima carries out a task very quickly and without errors throughout the entire process. It remains light on the system resources, so it doesn’t burden the overall performance of the computer.

All things considered, Maxima provides a complete set of tools for helping you solve mathematical calculations. Thanks to its multitude of advanced features, it comes in handy especially for more experienced users.