Software:Cantor
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 Cantor 19.04 displaying the plot of a function | |
| Original author(s) | Alexander Rieder |
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| Developer(s) | KDE Education Project |
| Initial release | 2009 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Any Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, macOS |
| Type | Mathematical software |
| License | GPL |
| Website | cantor |
Cantor is a free software mathematics application for scientific statistics and analysis.[1][2] It is part of the KDE Software Compilation 4, and was introduced with the 4.4 release[1] as part of the KDE Education Project's kdeedu package.
Features
Cantor is a graphical user interface that delegates its mathematical operations to one of several backends. Its plugin-based structure allows adding different backends. It can make use of Julia, KAlgebra, Lua, Maxima, Octave, Python, Qalculate!, R, SageMath, and Scilab.[3][4]
Cantor provides a consistent interface to these backends; its project page lists the following features:[3]
- Nice Worksheet view for evaluating expressions
- View of plotting results inside the worksheet or in a separate window
- Typesetting of mathematical formulas using LaTeX
- Backend-aware syntax highlighting
- Plugin-based assistant dialogs for common tasks (like integrating a function or entering a matrix)
Cantor was the first KDE project to implement upload to the GetHotNewStuff addon service, which is used to download or upload example worksheets. It provided impetus for improvement of this feature for KDE SC 4.4.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Müller, Andrea (2010-02-10). "KDE SC 4.4: Fresh breeze for KDE". http://www.h-online.com/open/features/KDE-SC-4-4-Fresh-breeze-for-KDE-926340.html. "Cantor [is one of the] new applications. Cantor is a scientific statistics and analysis program…."
- ↑ Bhat, Sathya (2010-02-10). "openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 1 makes its appearance". http://techie-buzz.com/linux-news/opensuse-11-3-milestone-1-released-download.html. "…new applications such as … Rocs & Cantor – the scientific applications for advanced math and graph theory needs."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mahfouf, Anne-Marie (2015-12-15). "The KDE Education Project - Cantor". https://edu.kde.org/cantor/.
- ↑ Rieder, Alexander. "The Cantor Handbook". KDE-Edu. https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kdeedu/cantor/cantor.pdf.
- ↑ annma (2009-09-26). "Cantor (part 1) or A Successful Integration in the KDE Community". http://annma.blogspot.com/2009/09/cantor-part-1-or-successfull.html. "I suggested to use GHNS in order to share examples and worksheets. Not only A.R. [Alexander Rieder] implemented it for download, he also managed to be the first one to implement upload. He contacted Jeremy W, Josef S and Frank K and he thus initiated some impulse to improve GHNS and file sharing. The finishing touches to upload should be tackled for 4.4."
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