Derive is an education and reference application designed to help students and professionals alike to understand and explore mathematics. It offers a wide range of features, from solving equations and plotting graphs to exploring 3D surfaces and performing symbolic calculations. With Derive, users can quickly and accurately solve and visualize mathematical problems using powerful numerical and symbolic tools. Users can also create and save their own notes and equations in their personal workspace. Derive is available for both Windows and Mac computers, and is also accessible via a web browser.
Discontinued The project seems to be no longer developed. The latest version, 2.7.10.0, released in June 2015, can still be downloaded from the official website.
Discontinued The program is no longer updated. The latest version, 4.0, released in January 2011, can still be downloaded from the official website.
Discontinued The project is no longer updated. The latest version, 4.2, released in June 2013, can still be downloaded from SourceForge.
While wxMaxima is not as powerful or as complete as some of the other systems, it is very simple to use and is perhaps the most similar in syntax to the derived library.