A movement is afoot among some mathematicians in academia to make the switch from expensive, closed-source calculation software to free, open-source alternatives. In a recent opinion piece, posted in ...

Numerical computation and mathematical software form the backbone of modern scientific inquiry, facilitating the approximation of real numbers, the solution of complex mathematical models, and the ...

I'm happy to see this post in defense of software patents because the debate has been dominated by software patent critics of late, and a healthy debate is constructive. Still, I don't think Nilay ...

Classically there is a clear distinction between theoretical and applied mathematics in the classification of different fields in the mathematical sciences. Bernd Sturmfels at the Max Planck Institute ...

• It is relatively easy to find math packages devised for college coursework and research that can be repurposed to do meaningful tasks in engineering. • Some kinds of academic software is flexible ...

Mathematicians are on a mission to replace the costly software used in education and research with a free, open-source version. More than 100 mathematicians around the world are helping to develop the ...

On October 30, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in In re Bilski, which dealt a serious blow to software patents and largely did away with business ...

Many of the resources referenced are no longer available, and links to them have been removed. Provide access to scientific and mathematical expressions for all users with disabilities. Current ...

Advanced Micro Devices released software on Monday aimed at speeding up mathematical calculations on its Opteron processor and other future chips that use the AMD64 64-bit instruction set. The new ...