Use of Open Source Software for Teaching Mathematics

A project at Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana funded MHRD.
http://fossme.bprim.org :: Free Open Source Software for Maths Edu.

Maths Software

Category	Software
Computer Algebra software	GAP YaCaS Maxima Singular
Numerical Computations	Scilab Euler Octave
Statistical Computing	R
Figure Drawing Software	GNUPLOT PsTricks with LATEX Dia TeX-Cad Xﬁg XYPiC DrGeo
Geometry Software	DrGeo GeoGebra
Computational Geometry	PoVRaY
Technical Typesetting	LATEX: Useful for Research Papers, Mathematical/Technical articles, Books, Notes, Technical Projects write-ups, Question papers etc.
Programming	Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more eﬀectively.
Mathematical FOSS tools collection	SAGE is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It combines the power of many (some listed above) existing open-source packages into a common Python-based interface.