[Maxima] Computer Algebra System (CAS) - wxMaxima-developers/wxmaxima GitHub Wiki

Maxima is a full-featured computer algebra system (CAS). A CAS is a program that can solve mathematical problems by rearranging formulas and finding a formula that solves the problem as opposed to just outputting the numeric value of the result.

In other words, Maxima can serve as a calculator that gives numerical representations of variables, and it can also provide analytical solutions. Furthermore, it offers a range of numerical methods of analysis for equations or systems of equations that cannot be solved analytically.

Extensive documentation for Maxima is available in the internet at https://maxima.sourceforge.io/documentation.html. Part of this documentation is also available in wxMaxima’s help menu. Pressing the Help key (on most systems the F1 key) causes wxMaxima’s context-sensitive help feature to automatically jump to Maxima’s manual page for the command at the cursor.