Programming Language for research in maths

What is your take on the best programming language for research in Mathematics? Please Comment on your answer ...

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Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `$` ... `$` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$

Comments

I guess it is Python, but I'm not sure.

A Former Brilliant Member - 8 months, 1 week ago

OKAY was just asking.

Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee - 8 months, 1 week ago

I'm guessing it's probably Mathematica, if you are a research mathematician

Steven Chase - 8 months, 1 week ago

@Steven Chase How can I use mathematica?
Or which is easy python or mathematica for me ?

Talulah Riley - 8 months, 1 week ago

The big advantage of Python is that it is free. Python is great for numerical solutions. Mathematica can do symbolic math and return analytical solutions, which Python cannot do (as far as I know). But you have to pay for Mathematica

Steven Chase - 8 months, 1 week ago

@Steven Chase – @Steven Chase How much I have to pay?

Talulah Riley - 8 months, 1 week ago

@Talulah Riley – I don't know. You can check online

Steven Chase - 8 months, 1 week ago

@Steven Chase – @Steven Chase For student (individual) it is showing 9 US dollar per month. That is very affordable for me. I thought that price will be very high. I will definitely buy it. By the way, can I build my own software like mathematica?

Talulah Riley - 8 months, 1 week ago

@Talulah Riley – If u are a researcher wanting to do research definitely use Haskell/Fortran/Julia.

Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee - 8 months, 1 week ago

No High School Student

Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee - 8 months, 1 week ago

sometimes i use geogebra. its easy for checking graphs of funktions.
additional remark: i would prefer if u say "Please comment your answer" and not command us by skipping the "please"

num IC - 8 months, 1 week ago

Thanks...

Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee - 8 months, 1 week ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$