smath - A Simple Symbolic Mathematics Library and Command Line Tool

This is code I wrote back around 1996 and I'm publishing it here to have it out in the public forum.

It mimics Mathemetica in syntax and operation.

What can you do with smath?

SMath is more a curiosity than a complete symbolic math processor. Still, it is capable of demonstrating some basic math expression reduction using simple built-in rules.

$ ./smath

In[0] := 1 + 1
Out[0] = 2

In[1] := 1 + a
Out[1] = 1 + a

In[2] := a + 1
Out[2] = 1 + a

In[3] := b + b
Out[3] = 2 b

In[4] := Sin[Pi/2]
Out[4] = 1

In[5] := Cos[Pi/2]
Out[5] = 0

In[6] := a / a
Out[6] = 1

But beware, many simple expressions will not reduce completely:

In[6] := (b + c) / (b + c)
Out[6] = (b + c) (b + c)^-1

In[7] := (b+2) (b - 2)
Out[7] = (2 + b) (b - 2)

Building

Building requires a yacc and a lex variant. byacc, Bison, flex, and lex are supported. On Linux:

$ sudo apt get install -y yacc flex

There's a simple Makefile, which can be adapted to your local OS.

$ cd src
$ make

Reporting bugs

While the GitHub Issue system is enabled, don't expect that I will respond to error reports.

MIT License

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