Andrew Pam via luv-announce wrote:

Note: Suggestions and recommendations for Linux related holiday gifts are welcome, either via email or at the meeting.

Start: Dec 1 2015 18:30 End: Dec 1 2015 20:30 Location: 6th Floor, 200 Victoria St. Carlton VIC 3053 Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map

Speakers:

• Chelton Evans, Maxima • Andrew Pam, Holiday gift suggestions for Linux lovers

Chelton Evans, Maxima

Maxima is a popular copyleft CAS (Computer Algebra System) which can be used for both symbolic and numerical calculation. Chelton Evans will present a series of examples on Maxima's programming language from a pragmatic view (cheat sheet provided) to show how Maxima can be used: For example as a calculator, graph plotting, and solving a quadratic equation. He will offer an introduction to solving an equation f(x)=0 and why this is important.

Assembled Cognoscenti Just out of curiousity I had a look at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxima_%28software%29 and http://maxima.sourceforge.net/documentation.html to see how well Maxima handles manipulation and graphing of implicit functions.eg: f(x,y) = 0 Couldn't get a clear picture ! Due to a permanent alturnative assignment of the 1st Tuesday of each month, I can never attend LUV meetings but should anyone else be curious about this I would certainly be interested to hear the answer regards Rohan McLeod