<p>I am a math and physics major. Besides doing a lot of problems, I am wondering if anyone knows where I can get access to trial or free math, engineering and physics software I can learn from and play around with.</p>
<p>check out Octave....matlab clone for free</p>
<p>Just buy a MATLAB^2007 student version....it's like 500$ or if money's tight, borrow a CD from your friend for a couple of hours ;)</p>
<p>Buy? $500? ...</p>
<p>Get Mathematica 5.2 the full editon (not students) for free at any torrent site just like torrentspy.com or piratebay.org</p>
<p>Maple isn't bad either. All math software is going to be fairly expensive.</p>
<p>Matlab student version is 99$. You have to pay more for the toolboxes though.</p>
<p>Your school doesnt have license for it. If they are on school computers, you can probably get it on your computer for free. Matlab>Maple except for maple's being able to carry out digits symbolically and much better precision.</p>
<p>I'm partial to scilab myself as there are functions for just about every common thing and its similar to mathlab. It's free at <a href="http://www.scilab.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.scilab.org/</a></p>