Derive was a
computer algebra system
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, developed as a successor to
muMATH by the Soft Warehouse in
Honolulu
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,
Hawaii
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, now owned by
Texas Instruments. Derive was implemented in , also by Soft Warehouse. The first release was in 1988 for
DOS. It was discontinued on June 29, 2007, in favor of the
TI-Nspire CAS. The final version is Derive 6.1 for
Windows
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.
Since Derive required comparably little memory, it was suitable for use on older and smaller machines. It was available for the DOS and Windows platforms and served as an inspiration for the computer algebra system in certain TI pocket calculators.
Books
*
* Jerry Glynn, ''Exploring Math from Algebra to Calculus with Derive, A Mathematical Assistant'', Mathware Inc, 1992,
* Leon Magiera, ''General Physics Problem Solving With Cas Derive'', Nova Science Pub Inc 2001,
* Vladimir Dyakonov. ''Handbook on application system Derive''. Moscow (Russia) 1996, Phismatlit, 320 p,
* Vladimir Dyakonov. ''Computers algebra systems Derive''. Moscow (Russia) 2002, SOLON-R, 320 p,
See also
*
List of computer algebra systems
References
External links
Derive Review at scientific-computing.com
Derive Newsletterfrom the International Derive Users Group
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1988 software
Computer algebra systems
Discontinued software
Lisp (programming language) software
Science software for Windows