Derive (computer algebra system)

Derive
Developer(s)	Soft Warehouse, Texas Instruments
Final release	6.10 / October 2004
Written in	muLISP [de]
Operating system	Windows, DOS
Type	Computer algebra system
License	Proprietary
Website	www.chartwellyorke.com/derive.html

Derive was a computer algebra system, developed as a successor to muMATH by the Soft Warehouse in Honolulu, Hawaii, now owned by Texas Instruments. Derive was implemented in muLISP [de], also by Soft Warehouse. The first release was in 1988 for DOS.^[2] It was discontinued on June 29, 2007, in favor of the TI-Nspire CAS. The final version is Derive 6.1 for Windows.

Since Derive required comparably little memory, it was suitable for use on older and smaller machines. It was available for the DOS and Windows platforms and served as an inspiration for the computer algebra system in certain TI pocket calculators.^[3]^[4]

Books

Derive 1.0 - A Mathematical Assistant Program (2nd printing, 3rd ed.). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Soft Warehouse, Inc. August 1989 [June 1989 (September 1988)].
Jerry Glynn, Exploring Math from Algebra to Calculus with Derive, A Mathematical Assistant, Mathware Inc, 1992, ISBN 0-9623629-0-5
Leon Magiera, General Physics Problem Solving With Cas Derive, Nova Science Pub Inc 2001, ISBN 1-59033-057-9
Vladimir Dyakonov. Handbook on application system Derive. Moscow (Russia) 1996, Phismatlit, 320 p, ISBN 5-02-015100-9
Vladimir Dyakonov. Computers algebra systems Derive. Moscow (Russia) 2002, SOLON-R, 320 p, ISBN 5-93455-139-6

References

^ "Revision Summary of Derive 6". www.derive-europe.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
^ Stoutemyer, David (August 9, 2008). "Ways to Implement Computer Algebra Compactly: A Personal History" (PDF). p. 36. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
^ "Derive™ 6 par Texas Instruments -France". education.ti.com (in French). Archived from the original on May 20, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2023. Le calcul formel présent dans les TI-89 et TI-92 Plus est issu de la collaboration de Texas Instruments et des auteurs de Derive. Les algorithmes utilisés sont identiques. [The algebra system found in the TI-89 and TI-92 Plus is a result of a collaboration between Texas Instruments and the authors of Derive. The algorithms used are identical.]
^ Stoutemyer, David (January 29, 2016). "David Stoutemyer — The Soft Warehouse — interview" (Interview). Interviewed by Kay Savetz. 12:35. Retrieved December 15, 2023. And we agreed to work together so I wrote an entirely different system, for it that was based on this idea that I'd really originally started with. This sort of stack-based computer algebra system.