Since January 2016, the Wolfram Cloud has been launched with two free options: Wolfram Development Platform Wolfram Programming Lab You can launch the website at and you will need a free account which will give you limited deployment capabilities. Also quite often you have to "help" Mathematica to get usable results - again you won't be able to do that without proper understanding of the underlying principles (and, unfortunately, without some understanding of how Mathematica itself works. Mathematica is basically a nice GUI for the Wolfram Language. So I would recommend against using it as a calculus homework aid, it kind of nullifies the point of homework. The closest one is maybe SAGE - it also has a cloud version.Īnother thing: Mathematica is a very useful tool, however I see the danger of a student relying it too much, and never properly learn/practice the underlying mathematics. There are also open-source alternatives, though there is no real drop-in replacement. This applies to all kind of professional software tools, by the way. Ok, the student edition is cheaper, but a cost of 0 would be better for the society. One thing: People will presumably downvote this, but seriously, you are a high-school student, don't spend your (or your parents') money on it, just get an illegal version.Ĭonsider this: you learn how to use the software as a student later when you join the workforce you will tell your boss to buy the software you already know how to use, and everybody is better off.
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