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Mathematics on a UNIX workstation (IBM developerWorks)

Bill Zimmerly discusses a number of UNIX compatible mathematics tools in an IBM developerWorks article. "Mathematics is the King of Science. Commercial uses for mathematical workstations are vast: From basic engineering to designer drugs and from gene therapy to celestial navigation, mathematics rules the world. And there is no lack of computer programs to assist people in solving mathematical problems in their chosen field. The remainder of this article describes several commercial and open source systems that might prove valuable in your field of endeavor."
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