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Wolfram Mathematica vs PARI/GP: catalog facts
Wolfram Mathematica	PARI/GP
Paid Commercial software sold under paid licences.	Free Free software under the GPL version 2 or later.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Web, Command line
Symbolic mathematics alongside numerical computation Interactive notebooks that mix code, results and text	Fast number theory computations Interactive shell and scripting language
Commercial licence required Proprietary language and file format	Command-line interface with a learning curve Focused on number theory rather than general symbolic math
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Closed source	Open source
License: Proprietary	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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