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Computer algebra in R

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# `caracas`: Computer algebra in R

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## Installation

`caracas` is available on CRAN and can be installed as usual:

install.packages('caracas')

Two more steps must be completed before `caracas` can be used:

### Installing python

`caracas` uses python (and in particular the python library SymPy).
Therefore python (version \> 3) must be installed, which can be done as
follows: Go [here](https://www.python.org/downloads/) and download the
version for your computer.

For windows users: During installation you can check “add python to the
computers path” or similar. It is important that you check this box.

### Installing SymPy

Please ensure that you have SymPy installed, or else install it:

``` r
if (!caracas::has_sympy()) {
  caracas::install_sympy() 
}
```

## Using development versions of `caracas`

To build and install from Github with vignettes run this command from
within `R` (please install `remotes` first if not already installed):

# install.packages('remotes')
    remotes::install_github("r-cas/caracas", build_vignettes = TRUE)

You can also install the package without vignettes if needed as follows:

remotes::install_github("r-cas/caracas")

## Configuring the Python environment

The `caracas` package uses the
[`reticulate`](https://github.com/rstudio/reticulate) package (to run
Python code). Thus, if you wish to configure your Python environment,
you need to 1) load `reticulate`, 2) configure the Python environment,
and 3) load `caracas`. The Python environment can be configured as
described
[here](https://rstudio.github.io/reticulate/articles/versions.html).
Again, this need to be done *before* loading `caracas`.

For linux users, specifically, do:

library(reticulate)
    reticulate::import("sympy")
    reticulate::py_install(packages="sympy")
    reticulate::import("sympy")

If the prompt says `Module(sympy)` things should be fine.

## Development site

See <https://github.com/r-cas/caracas>.

## Online documentation

See <https://r-cas.github.io/caracas/>.

## Reference card

Reference card available at
<https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-cas/caracas/master/refcard/caracas_refcard.pdf>.

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card](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-cas/caracas/master/refcard/caracas_refcard.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-cas/caracas/master/refcard/caracas_refcard.pdf)

## Origin of name

The name “caracas” is intended to mean “(inter)face to computer algebra
system(s)” - notice that “cara” is Spanish (Castellano to be precise)
for “face”.

## Code of conduct

Please note that the `caracas` project is released with a Contributor
Code of Conduct (available in `CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md`). By contributing to
this project, you agree to abide by its terms.

## Brief introduction

``` r
library(caracas)
# options(caracas.print.prettyascii = TRUE)
```

``` r
x <- symbol('x')
eq <- 2*x^2 - x
eq
#> c:    2    
#>    2⋅x  - x
as.character(eq)
#> [1] "2*x^2 - x"
as_expr(eq)
#> expression(2 * x^2 - x)
tex(eq)
#> [1] "2 x^{2} - x"
```

``` r
solve_sys(eq, x)
#> x = 0
#> x = 1/2
der(eq, x)
#> c: 4⋅x - 1
subs(eq, x, "y")
#> c:    2    
#>    2⋅y  - y
```

``` r
A <- matrix(c("x", 2, 0, "2*x"), 2, 2)
B <- as_sym(A)
B
#> c: ⎡x   0 ⎤
#>    ⎢      ⎥
#>    ⎣2  2⋅x⎦
Binv <- inv(B)
Binv
#> c: ⎡ 1      ⎤
#>    ⎢ ─    0 ⎥
#>    ⎢ x      ⎥
#>    ⎢        ⎥
#>    ⎢-1    1 ⎥
#>    ⎢───  ───⎥
#>    ⎢  2  2⋅x⎥
#>    ⎣ x      ⎦
tex(Binv)
#> [1] "\\left[\\begin{matrix}\\frac{1}{x} & 0\\\\- \\frac{1}{x^{2}} & \\frac{1}{2 x}\\end{matrix}\\right]"
```

``` r
eigenval(Binv)
#> [[1]]
#> [[1]]$eigval
#> c: 1
#>    ─
#>    x
#> 
#> [[1]]$eigmult
#> [1] 1
#> 
#> 
#> [[2]]
#> [[2]]$eigval
#> c:  1 
#>    ───
#>    2⋅x
#> 
#> [[2]]$eigmult
#> [1] 1
```

Please find more examples in the other vignettes available at
<https://r-cas.github.io/caracas/>.

## Contribute, issues, and support

Please use the issue tracker at
<https://github.com/r-cas/caracas/issues> if you want to notify us of an
issue or need support. If you want to contribute, please either create
an issue or make a pull request.

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