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. 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 80s 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 as TI, is a company based in Dallas, Texas, 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.
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 0962362905
Leon Magiera, General Physics Problem Solving With Cas Derive, Nova Science Pub Inc 2001, ISBN 1590330579
Computers may directly model the problem being solved, in the sense that the problem being solved is mapped as closely as possible onto the physical phenomena being exploited.
By definition a general-purpose computer can solve any problem that can be expressed as a program and executed within the practical limits set by: the storage capacity of the computer, the size of program, the speed of program execution, and the reliability of the machine.
Computers with general-purpose capabilities are called Turing-complete and this status is often used as the capability that defines modern computers, however, this definition is.
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