Derive is a computer algebra system, developed as a successor to muMATH by the Soft Warehouse in Honolulu, Hawaii, now owned by Texas Instruments. Derive was implemented in muLISP. The first release was 1988. Software development is the translation of a user need or marketing goal into a software product. ... Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), better known in the electronics industry (and popularly) as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, USA, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... An operating system (OS) is a set of computer programs that manage the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... A computer algebra system (CAS) is a software program that facilitates symbolic mathematics. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... A Web site (or colloquially, Website) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP... A computer algebra system (CAS) is a software program that facilitates symbolic mathematics. ... muMATH is a Computer algebra system, which was developed in the late 70s and early eighties by Albert D. Rich and David Stoutemyer of the Soft Warehouse in Honolulu, Hawaii. ... Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), better known in the electronics industry (and popularly) as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, USA, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology. ...

Since Derive requires comparably little memory, it is also suitable for use on older and smaller machines. It is available for the Windows and DOS platforms and is widely used for educational purposes.

The current version is Derive 6.1. As of 2006, Derive is no longer in development, as the line has been discontinued in favour of the TI-Nspire. The TI-Nspire product line is a series of calculators developed by Texas Instruments. ...

The symbolic algebra technology applied in TI pocket calculators came from Derive.

Literature

• Jerry Glynn, Exploring Math from Algebra to Calculus with Derive, A Mathematical Assistant, Mathware Inc, 1992, ISBN 0-9623629-0-5
• Leon Magiera, General Physics Problem Solving With Cas Derive, Nova Science Pub Inc 2001, ISBN 1-59033-057-9

See also

• Comparison of computer algebra systems

The following tables provide a comparison of computer algebra systems (CAS). ...

External links

• Derive Homepage
• Derive Europe Homepage
• Derive Review at scientific-computing.com