Electronic Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

San Antonio, Texas, March 6-9, 2008

Paper S062

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-64488-3, Copyright (C) 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc.


Open Source Resources for Teaching and Research in Mathematics

Russell Herman


University of North Carolina Wilmington


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Gabriel Lugo


University of North Carolina Wilmington


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ABSTRACT

The high cost of standard mathematical packages is often a hardship for students and faculty (especially in third world countries). As a result, more people are joining the open-source movement and are seeking ways to circumvent cost, storage, and ownership. The authors review a diverse number of open-source software options.

Keyword(s): software