Choosing a Product

Customers often wonder which product is best for them because MacKichan Software products have so many features and applications. At the highest level, our products help people develop and communicate ideas that involve mathematics. Many other software products are not designed with mathematics in mind. Some of our products provide computational capability; others also provide beautiful typesetting. The task you need to accomplish determines the MacKichan Software product that's right for you.  

 

Scientific WorkPlace	Our flagship mathematical word processor, with full typesetting capabilities and a built-in computer algebra system.
Scientific Word	Our mathematical word processor, with full typesetting capabilities.
Scientific Notebook	Our mathematical word processor, with a built-in computer algebra system.
MuPAD Pro	Our computer algebra system for those who need comprehensive programming and debugging mathematical applications.

Key Questions to Consider

• Do you publish in journals or work with colleagues who use LaTeX?  Choose Scientific WorkPlace or Scientific Word.
• Do you need publishing features such as a Table of Contents, a Bibliography, and numbered references?  Choose Scientific WorkPlace or Scientific Word.
• Will you benefit from built-in computer algebra features such as symbolic and numeric calculation and 2-D and 3-D plotting?  Choose Scientific WorkPlace or Scientific Notebook.
• Do you create exams that you would like to create algorithmically?  Choose Scientific WorkPlace or Scientific Notebook for the Exam Builder.
• Does your problem-solving involve conditional branching and looping?  MuPAD Pro is the right choice.  (Our other products do not have these capabilities, although they work very well in conjunction with MuPAD Pro).
• Do you want a simple alternative to Microsoft Word and the Equation Editor?  Choose our entry-level product, Scientific Notebook.

 

Typesetting Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word are perfect for writers in all technical fields: mathematics, physics, engineering, chemistry, computer science, economics, finance, statistics, medical research, operations research, logic, and more. They are ideal tools for academic, industry, and government institutions. Both technical and non-technical users can quickly learn to perform such tasks as entering and numbering equations, creating tables and matrices, importing graphics, and performing document-based tasks such as generating a table of contents or an index. Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word simplify working on books and other large documents.

Computation Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Notebook are your gateway to interactive teaching and learning in the sciences. Far more powerful and easier to use than a calculator, Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Notebook are ideal for reports, research papers, exams, and homework. These two products are optimized for handling mathematical content. Entering and editing mathematical expressions is simple and direct using correct mathematical notation. All expressions are live; you can compute directly with mathematics in standard form. Working in a document, you can perform numeric and symbolic computations and plot expressions with MuPAD® without having to know the syntax.