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Document: octave-manual
Title: The GNU Octave Manual
Author: John W. Eaton
Abstract: Octave is a (mostly Matlab (R) compatible) high-level
 language, primarily intended for numerical computations.  It provides
 a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear
 problems numerically.
Section: Science/Mathematics

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