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Maxima vs Reference Manager

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

Maxima

Maxima

Education & Reference

Maxima is an open-source computer algebra system that provides symbolic computation capabilities. It can manipulate mathematical expressions, differentiate and integrate functions, solve equations, work with matrices, graphs, and more. Useful for STEM fields like math, engineering, physics.

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Reference Manager

Reference Manager

Office & Productivity

Reference Manager is software designed to help researchers organize, manage, and cite their references when writing academic papers. It allows importing references from online databases and PDFs, organizing references into folders, annotating PDFs, and creating bibliographies and citations in Word docs.

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