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        GNU Octave
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      <h3>Scientific Programming Language</h3>
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        <li>Powerful mathematics-oriented syntax with built-in plotting and visualization tools</li>
        <li>Free, open source software runs on Linux, Mac, BSD, and Linux</li>
        <li>Drop-in compatible with many <a href="#syntax">Matlab&trade;</a> scripts</li>
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        The Octave syntax is derived from <a href="http://www.mathworks.com/matlab">Matlab</a> and maintains compatability with many commands. 
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      <p>Solve systems of equations with linear algebra operations on <strong>vectors</strong> and <strong>matrices</strong></p>
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{% highlight matlab%}
b = [4 9 2]' % Transposed row vector
A = [ 1 3 1;
      3 5 9 ]
x = A \ b    % Solve the system by inverting A
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        <p>Visualize data with <strong>high-level plot commands</strong> in 2D and 3D</p>
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{% highlight matlab %}
x = -10:0.1:10 % Create an evenly-spaced vector from -10..10
y = sin(x)     % y is also a vector
plot(x,y)
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    Octave is free software licensed under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License (GPL)</a>.  Assuming you have Mercurial and git installed on your machine you may obtain the latest development version of Octave sources with the following command:
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