Features
Within the interpreter environment, Axiom uses type inference and a heuristic algorithm to make explicit type annotations mostly unnecessary.
It features 'HyperDoc', an interactive browser-like help system, and can display two and three dimensional graphics, also providing interactive features like rotation and lighting. It also has a specialised interaction mode for Emacs, as well as a plugin for the TeXmacs editor.
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HyperDoc displaying the available operations for a domain
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Axiom displaying a surface
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Axiom Firefox Browser Interface
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Axiom simplifying a heat equation
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Axiom matrix manipulation
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Axiom computing a Risch integral
Axiom has an implementation of the Risch algorithm for elementary integration, which was done by Manuel Bronstein and Barry Trager.
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