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== History ==
[[File:Computer algebra system.jpg|thumb|A Texas Instruments [[TI-Nspire]] calculator that contains a computer algebra system]]
In the 1950s, while computers were mainly used for numerical computations, there were some research projects into using them for symbolic manipulation, such as SAINT developed by James Slagle, which can solve symbolic integration problems in freshman calculus.<ref>Slagle, James R. "A heuristic program that solves symbolic integration problems in freshman calculus." ''Journal of the ACM (JACM)'' 10.4 (1963): 507-520.</ref>
Computer algebra systems began to appear in the 1960s and evolved out of two quite different sources—the requirements of theoretical physicists and research into [[artificial intelligence]].
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