[Rd] Computer algebra in R - would that be an idea??

Gabor Grothendieck
Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:57:49 -0000

On 7/12/05, S?ren H?jsgaard <Soren.Hojsgaard at agrsci.dk>
wrote:
> >From time to time people request symbolic computations beyond what D()
and deriv() etc can provide. A brief look at the internet shows that there are
many more or less developed computer algebra packages freely available.
Therefore, I wondered if it would be an idea to try to 'integrate' one
of these packages in R, which I guess can be done in more or less elegant
ways... I do not know any of the computer algebra people around the World, but
perhaps some other people from the R-community do and would be able
to/interested in establishing such a connection...


Coincidentally I asked the yacas developer about this just yesterday: