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Mathematical software
Article By:
Sochacki, James Department of Mathematics, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Last reviewed:June 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.757433
The collection of computer programs that can solve equations or perform mathematical manipulations. The developing of mathematical equations that describe a process is called mathematical modeling. Once these equations are developed, they must be solved, and the solutions to the equations are then analyzed to determine what information they give about the process. Many discoveries have been made by studying how to solve the equations that model a process and by studying the solutions that are obtained.
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