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GIAC

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
LICENSE

NAME

giac - computer algebra system

SYNOPSIS

giac [ options ] files
icas [ options ] files
xcas files

DESCRIPTION

giac is an advanced symbolic and numeric calculator. The console interface is named icas or equivalently giac . The corresponding GUI program is called xcas .

These programs have extensive documentation. The GIAC/XCAS manual is available in Info format by invoking ‘info giac‘, and in HTML and DVI format in /usr/share/giac/doc . One can also obtain some help about a keyword like this, from inside the program:

0>> ?gcd
Returns the greatest common divisor of 2 polynomials of several variables
or of 2 integers or of 2 rationals.
(Intg(a) or Poly),(Intg(b) or Poly)
gcd(45,75); gcd(15/7,50/9); gcd(xˆ2-2*x+1,xˆ3-1); gcd(tˆ2-2*t+1,tˆ2+t-2);
gcd((xˆ2-1)*(yˆ2-1)*zˆ2,xˆ3*yˆ3*z+(-(yˆ3))*z+xˆ3*z-z)
lcm,euler,modgcd,ezgcd,psrgcd,heugcd,Gcd

The equivalent output may be retrieved by invoking (e.g.) ‘cas_help gcd‘.

OPTIONS

--version

Show version of program.

--texmacs

To call giac/icas from inside Texmacs. Users should not need to do this.

--emacs

To call giac/icas from inside Emacs. Users should not need to do this.

--sage

To call giac/icas from inside Sage. Users should not need to do this.

AUTHORS

giac is written by Bernard Parisse. https://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/˜parisse/giac.html

This manual page was written by Carleos Artime <carleos@pinon.ccu.uniovi.es> and Ximin Luo <infinity0@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

LICENSE

GPLv3+