Free MATLAB Intel Beta for Students

Are you big into applied math? Or are you merely forced to be doing applied math by the cruel and uncaring sadists in your graduate program? Software developers MathWorks are offering a free student version beta of their flagship MATLAB product. The beta, which only runs on Intel Macs, includes MATLAB, Simulink, the Maple-like Symbolic math function package and documentation. MATLAB, which has been around since the late '70s, provides all kinds of numeric computing aids for computer algebra systems. As for me? I am no longer a student and do not qualify for this offer. Just my quick visit to their site to gather information for this post brought back enough student-anxiety memories to torment me for the entire afternoon. The beta does not include a stipend for psychotherapy bills induced by the use of the software.

Thanks to Jason Solomon.