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maxima: Maxima: a Computer Algebra System
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maxima: Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical
maxima: expressions.
maxima: Maxima is a descendant of DOE Macsyma, which had its origins in the
maxima: late 1960s at MIT. It is the only system based on that effort still 
maxima: publicly available and with an active user community, thanks to its
maxima: open source nature.
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