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This page lists mathematics software reviews from
our quarterly newsletter with links to those published electronically
on our Web site.
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Tutorial Packages |
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Computer Mathematics Systems |
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Mathematical Text Processors |
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Assessment Packages |
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Simulation and Visualisation Packages |
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Authoring Packages |
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General and Comparative Reviews |
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Resources: databases, Web etc |
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MSOR Connections newsletter: index from Jan 2000 (and earlier CTI Maths&Stats index) |
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Link to archive of software reviews including statistics and OR |
Note: Reviews are mainly stored in PDF format. This requires Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded with instructions from the Adobe Web Site or from the Adobe mirror at UK Mirror Service.
Tutorial Packages |
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| Albert | Albert (May 96) | Martin Greenhow |
| Algebra Interactive | Review of Algebra Interactive (May 2000) | Trevor Hawkes |
| Broderbund Calculus | Broderbund Calculus (May 94) | John Haight |
| Calculus Connections | Calculus Connections (May 97) | Martin Greenhow |
| Calculus Connections | Calculus Connections - Multimedia (HTML/ PDF) (Nov 96) | Christopher Parker |
| Calmat | Managing Mathematics with CALMAT (Aug 98) | Dexter J Booth |
| Calmat | Using Core Calmat (Nov 97) | Dr J Tabor |
| Calmat | Using CALMAT in 'Levelling-Up' Teaching (Feb 93) | Dr J H Tabor |
| DIAGNOSYS | Review of DIAGNOSYS (Aug 99) | Richard Cornish |
| Differential Systems (previously Differential Equations and Phase Planes) | Differential Systems - an update (Feb 97) | Doug Quinney |
| Differential Systems (previously Differential Equations and Phase Planes) | Differential Equations and Phase Portraits (HTML/ PDF) (May 92) | Doug Quinney |
| Exploring Small Groups | Exploring Small Groups (Feb 97) | Terry S Griggs |
| FELIPE | Review of FELIPE v 3 (Aug 02) | Rob Beale |
| f(z) | f(z), F&O, Models (Nov 93) | Les Short |
| Interactive Differential Equations | Review of Interactive Differential Equations (Aug 98) | Martin Greenhow |
| Interactive PastPapers | Review of Interactive PastPapers and the Numbers Disk (May 98) | David Bowers |
| InTex | InTex: a problem-centred approach to learning integration techniques (May 02) | Anthony Key |
| Introduction to Groups | Review of Introduction to Groups (May 02) | Jane Bennett-Rees |
| MacMath | Review of MacMath (Feb 93) | Dr Doug Quinney |
| MacTutor | MacTutor, A Review (Feb 92) | Prof J V Greenman |
| MathAid Precalculus | Review of MathAid Precalculus v 15.33 (Nov 02) | Jean Cook |
| Mathematics CD-ROM | CD-ROM Review - Mathematics Volume 2 (May 94) | Edmund F Robertson |
| Mathwise | Older and Mathwiser (Nov 02) | Neil Pitcher |
| Mathwise Calculus Cluster | Ride the Rollercoaster with the Mathwise Calculus Cluster (Nov 00) | Duncan Lawson |
| Mathwise | Mathwise v2.1 (Pre-Calculus Cluster) (Aug 98) | David Begg |
| Mathwise | Multiple Integrals Module (Be Mathwise! Issue 2, Spring 98) | Martin Greenhow |
| Mathwise | Fourier Series Module (Be Mathwise! Issue 2, Spring 98) | Neil Challis |
| Mathwise | Mathwise Astronomy Module (Aug 96) | David Harper |
| Mathwise | Mathwise: a learning environment (Nov 93) | Mike Beilby |
| Mechanics in Action | Review of Mechanics in Action (Aug 98) | Simon Goodchild |
| Multimedia Maths Functions | Multimedia Maths Functions (Feb 97) | Douglas Quinney |
| ODE Architect | ODE Architect (Feb 99) | Martin Greenhow |
| OpenCourseWare (MIT teaching and learning maths web resources) | OpenCourseWare - a Free Lunch from MIT? (Feb 03) | Peter Edwards |
| SToMP | SToMP: Mechanics for Scientists and Engineers (Aug 99) | Dick Bacon |
| StudyWorks! | StudyWorks! 2002 for Mathematics (Feb 02) | Neil Challis / Harry Gretton |
| StudyWorks! for Mathematics (Feb 99) | Neil Challis / Harry Gretton / Linda Bloom | |
| Quantenna | Quantenna Multimedia
Management Education Courseware (Feb 96) |
Clare Martin |
| The Numbers Disk | Review of Interactive PastPapers and the Numbers Disk (May 98) | David Bowers / Tony Croft / Chetna Patel |
| Transmath | Review of Transmath 3.0 (May 99) | N G Beaty / N R Walker |
| Understand Business Mathematics | Review of Understand Business Mathematics (Aug 99) | Vince Kwasnica |
Computer Mathematics SystemsQuick Index: Axiom | CalculationCenter |Cinderella | Derive | LiveMath | LiveMath Maker | Macsyma | Magma | Maple | Mathcad | Mathematica | Matlab | Milo | O-Matrix | Reduce | TKSolver | XPLORE |
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| Axiom | Axiom: More Intelligent Numerical Analysis (Aug 94) | Michael C Dewar |
| Axiom, a problem-solving environment (Nov 93) | Valerie Stanley | |
| CalculationCenter | Review of CalculationCenter 2 (Aug 02) | Nigel Backhouse |
| Review of CalculationCenter (Aug 01) | Nigel Backhouse | |
| Cinderella | The Interactive Geometry Software Cinderella (Nov 99) | Wilson Stothers |
| Derive | "Welcome to Derive 5 programming" (Nov 2001) | Hugh C Williams |
| Review of DERIVE Version 5.00 (Aug 2000) | Dick Clements | |
| Derive for Windows (May 97) | Dr W Robin | |
| Derive 3.0 (Nov 95) | Diana Mackie | |
| Derive on a Palmtop (Feb 94) | Mark Hinter/John Monaghan | |
| Using DERIVE to teach Laplace transforms (Aug 92) | John Mooney | |
| DERIVE version 2.01 Review (Feb 91) | Mike Beilby | |
| Reaction on meeting REDUCE and DERIVE (HTML / PDF) (Feb 90) | P H Borcherds/G P McCauley | |
| Introducing students to DERIVE (Aug 90) | Dr Neil Pitcher | |
| Using DERIVE to enhance maths teaching (HTML / PDF) (Nov 90) | D Mackie | |
| GOFER | An educational role for GOFER? (HTML / PDF)(May 93) | G C Wraith |
| LiveMath | Review of LiveMath 3.5 (Aug 02) | Nigel Backhouse |
| LiveMath
Maker (previously known as MathView, MathPlus, Theorist) |
MathView (Nov 97) | Des Hill / Grant Keady |
| Mathplus (HTML / PDF) (LMS Bulletin no 238, May 1996) | Derek Holt | |
| Theorist (Feb 94) | Joe Greenman | |
| Macsyma | Macsyma 2.3 (Aug 98) | Dr Paul Stewart |
| Teaching with Macsyma 2.2 for Windows (Aug 97) | Dave Pountney | |
| Macsyma 2.2 : New Features (May 97) | David Hodgkinson | |
| Macsyma 2.0 (Nov 95) | David Hodgkinson | |
| Review of MACSYMA for Windows (Aug 94) | R Chalabi / D Hodgkinson | |
| Magma (previously Cayley) |
MAGMA - Computational Algebra (Feb 94) | J Cannon |
| What's CAYLEY? (May 92) | Gary J Sherman | |
| Maple | MapleNet and Maplets under Maple 8 (Feb 03) | Greg Gamble and Grant Keady |
| Maple goes GUI with Maplets - A Review of Maple 8 (Nov 02) | Michael McCabe | |
| Engineering Teaching via MAPLE (Aug 02) | Brian L Burrows | |
| Review of Maplets (May 02) | Grant Keady | |
| Review of Maple 7 (Nov 2001) | David I Grahem | |
| Review of Maple 6 (May 2000) | Nigel Backhouse | |
| Experiments in Mathematics using Maple (Nov 98) | Phil Ramsden | |
| Maple V Release 5 (Aug 98) | Nigel Backhouse | |
| Maple Vr5 (Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society) | Grant Keady | |
| Maple V Release 4 (Feb 97) | Peter Whitworth | |
| Maple Vr4 Student edition for Mac (Nov 96) | Grant Keady | |
| Maple V2 Student Version for Windows (May 94) | Dr Bill Anderson | |
| Teaching with Maple (May 92) | Edmund F Robertson | |
| The Maple Computer Algebra System (Nov 90) | David Harper | |
| Mathcad | Review of Mathcad 2001 (May 2001) | Rob Beale |
| Review of Mathcad Professional 2000 (Aug 2000) | Neville Dean | |
| Review of Mathcad 8 (Aug 99) | Duncan N Robertson | |
| Evaluation of Mathcad 7.0 Professional (Aug 98) | Dr Duncan Robertson | |
| Conjugate Gradients via Mathcad Plus 6.0 (May 98) | Morgan Pickering | |
| Mathcad 6.0 (HTML / PDF) (Nov 96) | Rob Beale | |
| Using Mathcad to understand aliasing (Nov 95) | Dr A Croft | |
| Chaotic Iteration with Mathcad (Aug 93) | John Hayward | |
| Review of Mathcad 3.0 (HTML / PDF) (May 92) | R P Hawkshaw | |
| Mathematica | Review of Mathematica 4.2 (May 2003) | Nigel Backhouse |
| Review of Mathematica 4.1 (May 2001) | Nigel Backhouse | |
| Educational add-ons to Mathematica: Joy of Mathematica, Calculus Wiz and MATeacher (Aug 2000) | Phillip Kent | |
| Review of Mathematica 4 (Aug 99) | Nigel Backhouse | |
| Review of Mathematica ® 3.0 &The MATHEMATICA ® Book, Third Edition (Feb 97) | Dr Daniel R Moore | |
| Differential Equations with Mathematica (Nov 95) | Allan Hayes | |
| Numerical Analysis with Mathematica (May 95) | Allan Hayes | |
| The Joy of the "Joy of Mathematica" (May 95) | Prof Jonathan V Greenman | |
| Mathematica with first year undergraduates (Nov 94) | Enid R Pinch | |
| Calculus and Mathematica (Aug 93) | Jon Greenman | |
| Mathematica in the US (May 90) | Allan Hayes | |
| Matlab | MATLAB 6 and Student Version of MATLAB (Nov 2001) | Christian Beardah |
| Teaching ODEs using the Symbolic Math Toolbox in MATLAB v 5.3.1 (Nov 00) | Chris Shoostarian | |
| Review of Getting Started with Matlab (May 99) | Christian C Beardah | |
| Matlab 5.2 and Student Edition (May 98) | Alan Zinober | |
| Review of Matlab 5.1 (Feb 98) | Andrew R C Crane / C Martin Crane | |
| Practical Maths Using MATLAB (Aug 95) | Christian C Beardah | |
| Recent Developments with MATLAB (May 95) | C Martin Crane | |
| Matlab 4.0 Graphics (Feb 94) | C Martin Crane | |
| Review of MATLAB 4.0 for Windows (Nov 93) | Dr Christian C Beardah | |
| MATLAB for teaching Numerical Methods (Aug 93) | Dr Christian C Beardah | |
| Linear Algebra with PC-Matlab (Feb 93) | Neville J Ford | |
| Experiences with MATLAB (Aug 92) | George Lindfield | |
| MATLAB in teaching Applied Maths (HTML / PDF) (Aug 91) | Dr Venkat V S S Sastry | |
| Using MATLAB to teach mathematics (May 91) | Dr Mike Beilby | |
| MATLAB: A Tool for Teaching and Research (HTML / PDF) (Feb 90) | Nicholas J. Higham | |
| Milo | Milo: an intelligent but simple computer algebra system (May 91) | Dr D Quinney |
| O-Matrix | Review of O-Matrix (Nov 99) | Venkat V S S Sastry |
| Reduce | REDUCE and its use in teaching (HTML / PDF)(Aug 91) | M A H MacCallum |
| Use of an Archimedes with REDUCE (Aug 90) | Gordon Makinson | |
| Review of REDUCE (May 90) | Dr Francis J Wright | |
| Reaction on meeting REDUCE and DERIVE (HTML / PDF) (Feb 90) | P H Borcherds / G P McCauley | |
| TKSolver | TKSolver 2.0 - a new version of a well-established equation solver (Nov 93) | Prof G Field |
| XPLORE | Review of X(PLORE) version 4.0 (May 95) | Doug Quinney |
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| Equasor | Equasor (May 93) | Diana Mackie |
| EXP | Review of EXP (HTML / PDF) (Aug 91) | Dr Terence Jackson |
| Formula/One | Review of Formula/One (HTML / PDF) (Aug 91) | Dr P J Caudrey |
| Formulator | Formulator: a
WYSIWYG TeX typesetting program for mathematical formulae (May 91) |
Dr Doug Quinney |
| Latex | Introducing Novices to LaTeX (HTML / PDF)(May 92) | T C A McMullan / R N Wilson / I Cantley |
| Leibniz | Leibniz: A word processor with mathematical intelligence? (Aug 02) | Douglas Quinney |
| MathType | Review of MathType v5 (Feb 02) | Jeff Waldock |
| Review of MathType 4 (Aug 99) | Douglas Quinney | |
| Review of MathType (HTML / PDF) (Feb 91) | Mike Beilby | |
| Scientific Notebook | Review of Scientific Notebook (Aug 99) | Phil Ramsden |
| Scientific Workplace v4 | Review of Scientific Workplace v4 - a mathematical tool reaches maturity (Nov 02) | Michael McCabe |
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| CAA | Report: CAA in Mathematics Workshop | |
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Dr D Lawson, Ms E Stone, Dr J Tabor | |
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Dickon H Jackson, David J Fiddes, Cliff E Beevers | |
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M D J Barry, J H Sims Williams, R E Wilson | |
| Alice Interactive Mathematics (AIM) | Alice Interactive Mathematics (Feb 02) | Neil Strickland |
| CUE Assessment System | CUE Assessment System (May 02) | Jane Paterson |
| eGrade | Computer Aided Assessment with eGrade (May 03) | Chris Sangwin |
| Mathletics | Mathletics - a review (Nov 99) | Joseph Kyle |
| Question Mark Designer | Setting objective tests in mathematics with QM Designer (Feb 2000) | Martin Greenhow |
| Some experiences using Question Mark Designer (Nov 98) | D A Lawson | |
| Question Mark Designer (May 97) | Margaret Correll / Pamela Shaw | |
| Question Mark (May 96) | Martin Greenhow / Michael McCabe | |
| Designer Software for Maths Assessment? (Feb 95) | Michael McCabe | |
| Question Mark Perception | Review of Perception (Aug 99) | Paul Strickland |
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| Autograph | AUTOGRAPH version 2.0 for PC (Nov 00) | Dr Paul Strickland |
| Geometer's Sketchpad | The Geometer's Sketchpad v3.0 (Feb 96) | Tony Crilly |
| Geometer's Sketchpad | The Geometer's SketchPad for Windows (May 95) | Tony Crilly |
| Gina | Review of Gina (Nov 90) | Dr S Amini |
| Sciencesoft Calculator | Review of Sciencesoft Calculator (Feb 98) | Simon Busbridge / Adrian Oldknow |
| Graphing Calculators | Review of Introduction to the TI-89 (May 99) | Tony Crilly |
| The TI-89: Portable Affordable Personal Technology (Nov 98) | Harry Gretton / Neil Challis | |
| Learning Mathematics through the TI-92 (Nov 98) | Dr Les Short | |
| TI-92, hand-held revolution in maths learning (May 95) | Prof Bert K Waits / Prof Franklin Demana | |
| Graphing Calculators in the Classroom (Feb 93) | Prof Bert K Waits / Prof Franklin Demana | |
| More on the Graphical Calculator (Nov 91) | Steve Weal | |
| The Graphics Calculator (May 90) | Mike Beilby | |
| Kaleidagraph | Review of Kaleidagraph (May 91) | Dr Derek Robinson |
| Logo | Non-Euclidean Geometry with LOGO (HTML / PDF) (Aug 91) | Helen Sims-Coomber / Ralph Martin |
| MacFourier | MacFourier (Aug 93) | Dr Robert D Harding |
| Modellus | Review of Modellus (Aug 99) | Douglas Quinney |
| Modellus 1.0 (Feb 99) | Venkat V S S Sastry | |
| ODE | ODE version 2.5 Review (HTML / PDF) (Feb 91) | E P Hausler |
| PDEase2D | Review of PDEase2D (May 99) | Peter Edwards |
| Wavelet | Wavelet Packet Laboratory v1.0 (Feb 96) | Nigel Backhouse |
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| Genesis | Review of Genesis (HTML / PDF) (Nov 91) | B J Philp |
| Hypershell | Review of Hypershell (HTML / PDF) (Nov 91) | Alan Zinober |
| Stella | Stella and Mathematical Modelling (Aug 94) | Jon Greenman |
| Supercard | SuperCard (Nov 95) | Jon Greenman |
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| bk teachware series | Support in Learning (Nov 98) | David Bowers |
| From Calculus to Chaos | From Calculus to Chaos (Nov 98) | Dr Thomas Ward |
General and Comparative Reviews |
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| Calculus on CD | Comparative review of Calculus on CD (Nov 97) | Martin Greenhow |
| Diagnostic Testing | Diagnostic Testing at Nottingham (Aug 94) | Steve Brydges / Stephen Hibberd |
| Calculus Reform | A First Step in Calculus Reform (Aug 93) | Bert K Waits / Franklin Demana |
| Computer Algebra Systems | A Guide to Computer Algebra Systems (HTML / PDF) (May 92) | Doug Quinney |
| Interactive Math Dictionary | Interactive Math Dictionary (Aug 97) | Douglas Quinney |
| IT in Calculus Teaching | IT in Calculus Teaching (Nov 93) | Behiye Ubuz |
| Kluwer's Encyclopaedia of Mathematics | Kluwer's Encyclopaedia of Mathematics on CD-ROM (Nov 98) | Dr Dan Moore |
| Mac into BBC Micro | Turn your Mac into a BBC Micro (HTML / PDF) (Feb 91) | Adrian Bowman |
| Mathematician's CD, The | The Mathematician's CD (Nov 98) | Nigel Martin |
Resources: databases, web etc |
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| Boxmind | Have You Seen This?...Boxmind (May 2001) | Anne Train |
| Internet Mathematician | Internet Mathematician (May 2001) | Steve Hewett / Ewan Crawford |
| MathBank | Welcome to MathBank (Nov 2002) | Keith Hirst |
| MSOR seachable database on the Web | Searchable resource database on the Web (May 2001) | Ewan Crawford |
Maintained by R.L.Surowiec@bham.ac.uk
Last revised: Wednesday, 25-Feb-2004 14:27:00 GMT