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'''Cantor''' is an application that lets you use your favorite mathematical applications from within a nice KDE-integrated Worksheet Interface. It offers assistant dialogs for common tasks and allows you to share your worksheets with others. | '''Cantor''' is an application that lets you use your favorite mathematical applications from within a nice KDE-integrated Worksheet Interface. It offers assistant dialogs for common tasks and allows you to share your worksheets with others. | ||
Four backends are | Four backends are currently available: '''[http://www.sagemath.org Sage], [http://maxima.sf.net Maxima], [http://www.r-project.org R]''' and '''[[KAlgebra]].''' | ||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
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* Nice Worksheet view for evaluating expressions | * Nice Worksheet view for evaluating expressions | ||
* View of plotting results inside the worksheet or in a separate window | * View of plotting results inside the worksheet or in a separate window | ||
* Easy plugin based structure to add different | * Easy plugin based structure to add different backends | ||
* '''GetHotNewStuff''' integration to upload/download example worksheets | * '''GetHotNewStuff''' integration to upload/download example worksheets | ||
* Typesetting of mathematical formulas using '''LaTeX''' | * Typesetting of mathematical formulas using '''LaTeX''' | ||
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Cantor is a GUI for fancy computer algebra systems (CAS).
It is part of the KDE Education Project. |
Description
Cantor is an application that lets you use your favorite mathematical applications from within a nice KDE-integrated Worksheet Interface. It offers assistant dialogs for common tasks and allows you to share your worksheets with others.
Four backends are currently available: Sage, Maxima, R and KAlgebra.
Features
- Nice Worksheet view for evaluating expressions
- View of plotting results inside the worksheet or in a separate window
- Easy plugin based structure to add different backends
- GetHotNewStuff integration to upload/download example worksheets
- Typesetting of mathematical formulas using LaTeX
- Backend aware syntax highlighting
- Plugin based assistant dialogs for common tasks (like integrating a function or entering a matrix)
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