The wxMaxima program in an ICT center

The wxMaxima program in an ICT center

1. There are excellent symbolic calculation and function representation programs on the market, among which Derive is perhaps the best known. Some commercial programs of this type have come up with slim but excellent versions for use by schools that use certain textbooks with which they have signed a usage agreement. In an ICT center that does not want to give up choosing the textbook that seems most suitable, and in which we need to be able to enjoy as many use licenses as we require, it is necessary for economic reasons to choose a free software program. But even if we wanted to (and could) put aside this economic limitation, we advocate transmit to our