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MATLAB

SciPy, NumPy, Matplotlib

Packages python-scipy, python-numpy, python-matplotlib - software for mathematics, science, and engineering

http://www.scipy.org/, http://numpy.scipy.org/, http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/

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MATLAB

Octave

Matrix based computing environment using MATLAB syntax

http://www.octave.org/

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MATLAB

Scilab

Matrix based computing environment

http://www.scilab.org/

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MATLAB

Spyder

Spyder is a free open-source Python development environment providing MATLAB-like features in a simple and light-weighted software, available for Windows XP/Vista/7, GNU/Linux and MacOS X. It supports well to performing interactive work via IPython based on NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib and other scientific python libraries.

http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/

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S-PLUS, SAS

R

statistical package

http://www.r-project.org

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SPSS

PSPP

statistical package

http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/

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SPSS

JASP

statistical package

https://jasp-stats.org

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IDL

GDL

Interactive data language using IDL syntax

http://gnudatalanguage.sourceforge.net/

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Simulink

SciCraft

Based on Octave (Available for Debian, I think)

http://www.scicraft.org/

Simulink

Scicos

Provided with Scilab

http://www.scicos.org/

Origin

SciGraphica, RLPlot, Qtiplot, SciDAVis, LabPlot, Matplotlib

Data plotting and analysis

SciGraphica, RLPlot, Qtiplot, SciDAVis, LabPlot, Matplotlib

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PeakFit

Fityk

Peak separation and analysis

http://www.unipress.waw.pl/fityk

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Mathematica, Maple, MuPad, MathCad

Maxima

A computer algebra systems

http://maxima.sourceforge.net/

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Mathematica, Maple, MuPad

SAGE

A computer algebra systems

http://www.sagemath.org/

WinEdt(Shareware), ScientificWord

Kile, Texmaker, Lyx

LaTeX frontends

kile, Texmaker, Lyx

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COMSOL

ELMER

tool for multi-physics problems

http://www.csc.fi/elmer/index.phtml

Fluent, CFX, Star-CD

OpenFOAM, Code_Saturne

Computational Fluids Dynamics Software

http://www.openfoam.org, http://www.code-saturne.org

Cabri Géomètre

GeoGebra

Didactic dynamic visualization of geometry

http://www.geogebra.org/

Cabri Géomètre

Kig

Didactic dynamic visualization of geometry

http://edu.kde.org/kig/

main

EndNote

KBibTex

Reference management

http://home.gna.org/kbibtex/

EndNote

Zotero

Reference management

http://www.zotero.org/

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Gwyddion

Scanning probe microscopy data visualization and analysis

http://gwyddion.net/

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