Xcas

Xcas
Developer(s) Bernard Parisse
Initial release 2000 (2000)
Stable release
1.4.9-45 / January 2018 (2018-01)
Repository
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Written in C++
Operating system Windows, macOS, Linux
Type Computer algebra system
License GNU GPL
Website www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/giac.html

Xcas is a user interface to Giac, a free, basic Computer Algebra System (CAS) for Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS and Linux/Unix. Giac can be used directly inside software written in C++.

Giac has a compatibility mode with Maple and MuPAD and Qcas and ExpressionsinBar software and TI-89, TI-92, Voyage 200 and TI-Nspire calculators. Users can use Giac/Xcas as well as a free software compatible with Maple to develop formal algorithms or use it in other software. Among other things Xcas can solve equations and draw graphs. Xcas is working in offline mode.

CmathOOoCAS, an OpenOffice.org plugin which allows formal calculation in Calc spreadsheet and Writer word processing, uses Xcas to perform calculations.

Features

Here is a brief overview of what Xcas is able to do:

History

Xcas and Giac are open-source projects developed by Bernard Parisse's et al. at the Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble (Isère), France, since 2000. It is based on experiences gained with Parisse's former project Erable.

Pocket CAS and CAS Calc P11 utilize Giac. In 2013, it was also integrated into GeoGebra's CAS view.

The system was also chosen by Hewlett-Packard as the CAS for their HP Prime calculator, which utilizes the Giac/Xcas 1.4.9 engine under a dual-license scheme.

See also

Further reading

  • De Graeve, Renée (2018-01-19) [2013]. "Symbolic computation and Mathematics with the calculator HP Prime" (PDF). Translated by Lecointre, Jean Michel. Retrieved 2018-01-22.


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