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LiveMath™Maker
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Other Programming-based CAS Packages
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Learning Curve
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Up and Running FASTER than any other CAS!
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Steep learning curve; sometimes you need a Sherpa to help you.
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Graphics Animations
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Totally Easy!
Highlight graph, highlight parameter,
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Look up the code, maybe you'll get it to work
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Show Intermediate Steps to a Calculation
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LiveMath is made for this!
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Impossible. Unless you are a genius programmer with lots of
patience.
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Spin, Turn, Slide 2D and 3D Graphs on the Fly
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Just drag the mouse over the graph to turn, spin, slide.
Even "throw" a 3D graph to keep it spinning!
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Clunky at best. Definitely not on-the-fly.
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Post notebooks to the Web for others to interact with it
for FREE
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"Save Notebook with HTML". Upload files.
LiveMath Plug-In/ActiveX is FREE and LIVE.
Spin graphs, change inputs to recompute.
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No FREE LIVE options. Only FREE option is to
look at notebook only with no interaction.
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Graph Zoom-in, Zoom-out, Knife-in on-the-fly
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Part of the Tools of any Graph - all visually oriented.
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Change numerical options - in the correct place - non-visually.
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MathSpeak for visually-impared users
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Built-In command to read math expressions out loud
using synthesized voice.
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Nothing.
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Password-Protect Notebooks
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Share your work, but not give it away.
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Nothing.
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Define Your Own Algebraic Simplification Rules
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Transform object lets you define your own algebra
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Master programmer might be able to do this.
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Small Program Installer Size
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2MB (Windows), 6MB (OSX). Easily downloadable.
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behemoths. Multiple CDs required.
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Flexible Licensing
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Short-term licenses: 1 month, 3 months, 6 months,
1 year, or open-ended.
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Astronomical prices.
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