Matlab
- for numerical computation and display of results
- efficient
- not free
Octave
- compatible with Matlab
- for graphics, use gnuplot
- free software
Mathematica / Macsyma / Maple etc.
- symbolic algebra, numerics, and graphics
- not free, but:
- campus/student licences negotiable
Maxima
- symbolic algebra, numerics, and graphics
- free software

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