Octave is a powerful application primarily designed for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language

Octave has extensive tools for solving common numerical linear algebra problems, finding the roots of nonlinear equations, integrating ordinary functions, manipulating polynomials, and integrating ordinary differential and differential-algebraic equations.

It is easily extensible and customizable via user-defined functions written in Octave's own language, or using dynamically loaded modules written in C++, C, Fortran, or other languages.

Requirements:

· Cygwin

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

add the following packages from octave forge to the installer:
· jhandles-0.3.5+ (noauto)
· java-1.2.7+ (noauto)
· video-1.0.2
· msh-1.0.0
· fpl-1.0.0
· actuarial-1.1.0
· bim-1.0.10
· fenv-0.1.0
· generate_html-0.1.2
· gnuplot-1.0.1
· gpc-0.1.7
· nlwing2-1.1.1
· nurbs-1.0.3
· ocs-0.0.4
· oct2mat-1.0.7
· octgpr-1.1.5
· simp-1.1.0
· spline-gcvspl-1.0.8
· symband-1.0.10

· updated the following octave forge packages
· windows 1.0.8 -> 1.0.8+ (noauto)
· octcdf 1.0.13 -> 1.0.17+ (noauto)
· optim 1.0.6 -> 1.0.12
· general 1.1.3 -> 1.2.0
· io 1.0.9 -> 1.0.11
· odepkg 0.6.7 -> 0.6.10

· update gnuplot to 4.4.0
· CHG: revert PS1 to octave's default (of not including the pwd)
· add necessary jars for ods/xls support in the io package