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==What is Octave?== | ==What is Octave?== | ||
GNU Octave is a high-level interactive language, primarily intended for numerical computations, that is mostly compatible with | GNU Octave is a high-level interactive language, primarily intended for numerical computations, that is mostly compatible with Matlab. | ||
GNU Octave can do arithmetic for real, complex or integer-valued scalars and matrices, solve sets of nonlinear algebraic equations, integrate functions over finite and infinite intervals, and integrate systems of ordinary differential and differential-algebraic equations. | GNU Octave can do arithmetic for real, complex or integer-valued scalars and matrices, solve sets of nonlinear algebraic equations, integrate functions over finite and infinite intervals, and integrate systems of ordinary differential and differential-algebraic equations. | ||
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==What is Octave-Forge?== | ==What is Octave-Forge?== | ||
[http://octave.sourceforge.net/ Octave-Forge] is a collection of packages for GNU Octave, something similar to the | [http://octave.sourceforge.net/ Octave-Forge] is a collection of packages for GNU Octave, something similar to the Matlab toolboxes. When talking about the two projects at the same time, GNU Octave is usually referred to as Octave core (or just ''core''). [http://octave.sourceforge.net/ Octave-Forge] also serves as a test bed for code that may eventually end up in the core, and distributes binaries for systems with a lack of developers tools (mainly Windows). | ||
==Who uses Octave?== | ==Who uses Octave?== | ||