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{{Infobox Software
| name = LiveMath
| logo = [[Image:LiveMath logo.png]]
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| developer = [http://www.mathmonkeys.com/ MathMonkeys]
| latest release version = 3.5.9
| latest release date = July 2007
| platform = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre = [[Computer algebra system]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.livemath.com}}
}}
[[Image:LiveMath screen snap.png|thumb|right|LiveMath screen snap showing the (busy) palette and a simple worksheet with a graph of <math>x=y^2</math>]]

'''LiveMath''' is a [[computer algebra system]] available on a number of platforms including [[Mac OS]], [[Mac OS X]] ([[Carbon (API)|Carbon]]), [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Linux]] (x86) and [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] (SPARC). It is the latest release of a system that originally emerged as '''Theorist''' for the "classic" Mac in 1989, became '''MathView''' and '''MathPlus''' in 1997 after it was sold to [[Waterloo Maple]],<ref>[http://support.livemath.com/resources/oldnames/ A Brief History of LiveMath]</ref> and finally LiveMath after it was purchased by members of its own userbase in 1999.<ref>[http://www.maplesoft.com/view.aspx?sf=68/1999-06-09.pdf Waterloo Maple sells MathView & Expressionist Product Line to WebPrimitives, LLC of Cambridge, Massachusetts]</ref> The application is currently owned by '''MathMonkeys''' of [[Cambridge, MA]]. The overall LiveMath suite contains '''LiveMath Maker''', the main application, as well as '''LiveMath Viewer''' for end-users, and '''LiveMath Plug-In''', an [[ActiveX]] plugin for browsers.<ref>[http://www.livemath.com/products/ LiveMath Products]</ref>

==Description==

LiveMath uses a worksheet-based approach, similar to products like [[Mathematica]] or [[MathCAD]]. The user enters equations into the worksheet and then uses the built-in functions to help solve them, or reduce them numerically. Workbooks typically contain a number of equations separated into sections, along with data tables, graphs, and similar outputs. Unlike most CAS applications, LiveMath uses a full [[GUI]] with high-quality graphical representations of the equations at every step, including input.

LiveMath also allows the user to interact with the equation in the sheet; for instance, one can drag an instance of <math>x</math> to the left hand side of the equation, at which point LiveMath will re-arrange the equation to solve for <math>x</math>. LiveMath's algebraic solving systems are relatively simple compared to better known systems like Mathematica, and does not offer the same sort of automated single-step solving of these packages.

==See also==
* [[Comparison of computer algebra systems]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|http://www.livemath.com}}

{{Computer algebra systems}}

[[Category:Mac OS software]]
[[Category:Computer algebra system software for Windows]]
[[Category:Computer algebra system software for OS X]]
[[Category:Linux computer algebra system software]]