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mathics: mathics (A free, light-weight alternative to Mathematica)
mathics:
-mathics: Mathics is a free, general-purpose online computer algebra system
-mathics: featuring Mathematica-compatible syntax and functions. It is backed
-mathics: by highly extensible Python code, relying on SymPy for most
-mathics: mathematical tasks.
-mathics:
-mathics: http://www.mathics.org/
-mathics:
+mathics: Mathics is a general-purpose computer algebra system (CAS). It is an
+mathics: open-source alternative to Mathematica. It is free both as in "free
+mathics: beer" and as in "freedom".
mathics:
+mathics: The home page of Mathics is https://mathics.org.
mathics:
+mathics: Installing and Running
+mathics: See https://mathics-development-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ for
+mathics: instructions on installing and running.