Wolfram Mathematica facts for kids
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| Developer(s) | Wolfram Research |
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| Initial release | June 23, 1988 |
| Written in | Wolfram Language, C/C++, Java |
| Platform | Windows (7, 8, 10), macOS, Linux, Raspbian, online service. All platforms support 64-bit implementations. (list) |
| Available in | English, Chinese, Japanese |
| Type | numerical analysis, statistics, user interface creation |
| License | Proprietary |
| Paradigm | Multi-paradigm: term-rewriting, functional |
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| Designed by | Stephen Wolfram |
| Developer | Wolfram Research |
| First appeared | 1988 |
| Stable release | 12.1 / March 18, 2020 |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| License | Proprietary (available at no-cost for some platforms) |
| Filename extensions | .nb, .m, .wl |
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| Mathematica, Wolfram|One, Mathics, Expreduce, MockMMA | |
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Wolfram Mathematica (usually called Mathematica) is a modern technical computing system made by Wolfram Research.
Contents
Features
Today, Wolfram Mathematica is used for the following purposes:
This system is made with the Wolfram Language (programming language named after Stephen Wolfram).
Version history
Since 1988, Wolfram Research has released the following versions of Wolfram Mathematica:
- 1.0 – June 23, 1988
- 1.1 – October 31, 1988
- 1.2 – August 1, 1989
- 2.0 – January 15, 1991
- 2.1 – June 15, 1992
- 2.2 – June 1, 1993
- 3.0 – September 3, 1996
- 4.0 – May 19, 1999
- 4.1 – November 2, 2000
- 4.2 – November 1, 2002
- 5.0 – June 12, 2003
- 5.1 – October 25, 2004
- 5.2 – June 20, 2005
- 6.0 – May 1, 2007
- 7.0 – November 18, 2008
- 8.0 – November 15, 2010
- 9.0 – November 28, 2012
- 10.0 – July 9, 2014
- 10.1 – March 30, 2015
- 10.2 – July 14, 2015
- 10.3 – October 15, 2015
- 10.4 – March 2, 2016
- 11.0.0 – August 8, 2016
- 11.0.1 – September 28, 2016
- 11.1 – March 16, 2017
- 11.1.1 – April 25, 2017
- 11.2 – September 14, 2017
- 11.3 – March 8, 2018
- 12.0 – April 16, 2019
- 12.1 - March 18, 2020
Images for kids
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Mathematica version history
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A stream plot of live weather data
See also
In Spanish: Mathematica para niños
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