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Cadabra vs MathType

A side-by-side look at Cadabra and MathType. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Cadabra

Cadabra

Science & Math

Cadabra is an open-source computer algebra system designed specifically for advanced theoretical physics computations involving tensor polynomial simplifications. It has a modern codebase focused on flexibility, extensibility and understandability.

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MathType

MathType

Education & Reference

MathType is a powerful interactive equation editor for Windows and Mac that lets you create mathematical notation for word processing, web pages, desktop publishing, presentations, elearning, and for TeX, LaTeX, and MathML documents. It has an intuitive graphical interface allowing you to type or handwrite equations.

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