Hi,
Not sure if people are interested, but Mathematica V9 is available for home use at a much reduced price - £250 for the full version (delivered in the UK).
If we compare with others :
Mathcad approx £1,224
Matlab approx £1,900
Maple approx £2,000 (there may be home use capability - Adept Science used to allow it- but now only available through Maplesoft)
Or you could use SciLab - which is free.
Regards,
Shadders.
