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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 software, runs on GNU/Linux, Mac, BSD, and Windows</li>
        <li>Drop-in compatible with many Matlab scripts</li>
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        The Octave syntax is largely compatible with <a href="http://www.mathworks.com/matlab">Matlab</a>. The Octave interpreter can be run in GUI mode, as a console, or invoked as part of a shell script.
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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] % Column vector
A = [ 3 4 5;
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      3 5 9 ]
x = A \ b     % Solve the system by inverting A
{% endhighlight %}
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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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        <a href="http://octave.sourceforge.net/">Octave Forge</a> is a central location for development of packages for GNU Octave, similar to Matlab's toolboxes. To install a package, use the pkg command from the Octave prompt by typing:
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pkg install -forge package_name
pkg load package_name
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    Octave is free software licensed under the <a href="{{ "license.html" | relative_url }}">GNU General Public License (GPL)</a>.  Assuming you have Mercurial installed on your machine you may obtain the latest development version of Octave sources with the following command:
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    If you want to participate in Octave development, join the <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/octave-maintainers">maintainers@octave.org</a> mailing list.
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