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MATHEMATICA VERSION 4.2 (WINDOWS VERSION Wolfram Research Inc. Champaign. IL, 2002, http://www.wolfram.com, $1,800.00 System requirements: Windows 95 or later, 64MB minimum memory 220-300 MB hard disk space with documentation, 100MB without Versions also available for Mac OS, Mac OS X, Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, AIX, Compaq Tru64 Unix and compatible systems. ASIN: B00006LFFJ
I've been using Mathematica for years, and spent over forty hours playing around with this version to update my knowledge for this review. And yet I still feel that I know only a small fraction of what Mathematica can do. Without question, I feel it's the most awesome piece of software that I've ever used. In the past few months, I have used it to:
* verify the solutions to exam and homework problems in advanced calculus
* perform calculations for several research projects that I'm working on
* perform computations in my...