.. _spkg_sympy:

sympy: Python library for symbolic mathematics
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Description
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SymPy is a Python library for symbolic mathematics. It aims to become a
full-featured computer algebra system (CAS) while keeping the code as
simple as possible in order to be comprehensible and easily extensible.
SymPy is written entirely in Python and does not require any external
libraries, except optionally for plotting support.

Website
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https://sympy.org/

License
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New BSD: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php


Upstream Contact
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sympy mailinglist: http://groups.google.com/group/sympy

Dependencies
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-  Python 2.5 or later


Special Update/Build Instructions
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-  A simple script can be used to ease the updating of the SPKG. See the
   README.

Type
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standard


Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    1.8

install-requires.txt::

    sympy >=1.6, <2.0


Equivalent System Packages
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conda:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ conda install python:sympy

macports:
install the following packages: python:sympy
See https://repology.org/project/python:sympy/versions

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because using Python site-packages is not supported by the Sage distribution;
see https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29023

