Hey lolatency and others, I haven't used Mathematica for years. Is there any type of visualization/tool that it can do that R, matlab, or most other math based tools can not? I was looking over the demos and didn't see too many useful tools (that couldn't be run on any other math program) unless I was missing something. I do recall a stable distribution demo I ran before that was very good, however, and not on the general example set mentioned on the home edition. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/StockPriceSimulationUsingStableRandomVariables/ (the player is free). One tool I've wanted to find in a math package is non-linear function (like lorentz) animation of 3-d scatterplots. I have a java package that does it, but it is not a very easy to interface. http://www.ph.biu.ac.il/~rapaport/java-apps/lorenz.html Also, does the home edition include all packages, or are they fee based add on tools? OP: Thanks for the mention.
I have a student edition. In the student edition, you can actually enter in an equation and drop down a little slider that lets you vary elements of the equation. You can slide it around and mathematica redraws the equation. My god, it is better than pornography. Truly amazing.
Thanks. That's some pretty really stuff. Looks like it may be time to get some oil and crank up the brain. Its been awhile. And thanks to the OP for finding this. It definitely is a good deal. Thanks again to everyone for your comments...