The Mathematica GuideBooks are a comprehensive guide to the four main facets (Symbolics Numerics Graphics and Programming) of the Computer Algebra System Mathematica. The code and text are tailored for Mathematica 5.1 but there should be no noticeable changes for users of 5.2. There was a review of Mathematica 5’s algebraic capabilities in [1]. The complete set of Guidebooks give an encyclopaedic treatment of the complete functionality and enormous computational power of Mathematica. This review will consider the Mathematica GuideBook for symbolics and includes the following material:
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