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Title: For all you maths lovers!
Post by: werdna on December 03, 2010, 11:59:56 pm
Just came across this site: http://www.wolframalpha.com

It can do math problems like this: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=integrate+x^2+sin^3+x+dx

 :)
Title: Re: For all you maths lovers!
Post by: taiga on December 04, 2010, 12:01:14 am
Pretty damn cool
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Post by: TrueTears on December 04, 2010, 12:01:28 am
that site is like the wikipedia of maths, every maths lover already knows that site :P
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Post by: samiira on December 04, 2010, 12:02:58 am
awesome site!.. wish i had known it earlier
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Post by: TrueTears on December 04, 2010, 12:08:46 am
but if you really want a real maths program, get mathematica it's slick as
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Post by: onur369 on December 04, 2010, 12:09:15 am
but if you really want a real maths program, get mathematica it's slick as

where can we find that?
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Post by: /0 on December 04, 2010, 12:14:20 am
but if you really want a real maths program, get mathematica it's slick as

where can we find that?

either your university buys it for you or you buy it yourself with a student discount
Title: Re: For all you maths lovers!
Post by: TrueTears on December 04, 2010, 12:15:08 am
or just torrent.. :P
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Post by: onur369 on December 04, 2010, 12:19:25 am
or just torrent.. :P


Thats the way ;p Brb going on TPB .
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Post by: /0 on December 04, 2010, 12:34:23 am
Don't you have to register it online with a license though?
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Post by: darren94 on December 04, 2010, 01:07:00 am
.. my brain just exploded :crazy2:
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Post by: /0 on December 04, 2010, 02:06:05 am
Cool, you don't? :D
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Post by: Russ on December 04, 2010, 08:30:47 am
If you're using wolfram alpha as just a glorified calculator you're doing it wrong, it has a lot of power hidden under the surface to find/present data that's a pain to get with google.

Eg, Salmonella infection rates
Title: Re: For all you maths lovers!
Post by: AzureBlue on December 04, 2010, 08:35:02 am
that site is like the wikipedia of maths, every maths lover already knows that site :P
Mm yeah, wolfram :)
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Post by: pi on December 04, 2010, 09:45:37 am
that site is like the wikipedia of maths, every maths lover already knows that site :P

+1
Title: Re: For all you maths lovers!
Post by: onur369 on December 04, 2010, 10:12:13 am
How on earth do you use Mathematica? Ive got it and I cannot even solve a problem on it :/. Anyone care to help?
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Post by: funkyducky on December 05, 2010, 10:16:16 pm
that site is like the wikipedia of maths, every maths lover already knows that site :P

Yeah, if you really love maths, you'd have known of it's existence the day it was launched.
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Post by: iNerd on December 05, 2010, 10:16:58 pm
Guess I don't love maths then ::)