Math::Algebra::Symbols - Symbolic Algebra using Perl. Copyright Philip R Brenan, 2004 This package supplies a set of functions and operators to manipulate Perl expressions algebraically: use symbols; $x = symbols(qw(x)); $y = sin($x)**2 + cos($x)**2; $z = ($x**8-1) / ($x-1); print "y=$y\nz=$z\n"; # y=1 # z=1+$x+$x**2+$x**3+$x**4+$x**5+$x**6+$x**7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. This is alpha code. It is written in pure Perl. It uses the standard Perl install mechanism. Documentation and Examples in pod at end of module. I believe that we should try to capture all known Mathematics symbolically in Perl. Indeed, can you say that you know any Mathematics at all if you cannot explain it in Perl? Help with this project would be appreciated. For bug reports or suggestions please send email to: philiprbrenan@yahoo.com