New in 6.0: Symbolic Computation

New Polynomial Functions

New in Polynomial Manipulation

(RefLink[Expand, paclet:ref/Expand]), (RefLink[Factor, paclet:ref/Factor]), (RefLink[Apart, paclet:ref/Apart]) (modified) — now thread over equations as well as lists

New in Polynomial Roots

(OrangeLink[New in Algebraic Number Theory », paclet:guide/NewIn60NumberTheoryAndIntegerFunctions])

(RefLink[AlgebraicNumber, paclet:ref/AlgebraicNumber]) — implicit representation of a general algebraic number

(RefLink[FullSimplify, paclet:ref/FullSimplify]) (modified) — now supports general equational theorem proving

(RefLink[PossibleZeroQ, paclet:ref/PossibleZeroQ]) — new heuristic test for zeros

New in Calculus

(RefLink[Integrate, paclet:ref/Integrate]), (RefLink[DSolve, paclet:ref/DSolve]), (RefLink[Sum, paclet:ref/Sum]), (RefLink[FunctionExpand, paclet:ref/FunctionExpand]) (modified) — major new algorithms

(RefLink[Normalize, paclet:ref/Normalize]), (RefLink[Orthogonalize, paclet:ref/Orthogonalize]) — normalize, orthogonalize families of functions