Mathematica Symbolic Toolbox for MATLAB

Using the MathLink communication standard supplied with Mathematica and the MEX facility of MATLAB we write a toolbox that provides MATLAB users with all of the symbolic and high-precision numeric capabilities of Mathematica. In addition, since MathLink can pass native MATLAB matrices (and not just strings) between Mathematica and MATLAB it is quick and easy to construct matrices in either system and pass them to the other. You can freely mix Mathematica code and MATLAB code without the bother of writing M-files to convert matrices into strings and back. The Mathematica Symbolic Toolbox for MATLAB is implemented as a single MEX-file and we have included the source code. Two important points: 1) The Mathematica Symbolic Toolbox for MATLAB works with newer (MLVERSION in mathlink.h >= 3) versions of Mathematica (I have not tested the new version on the Macintosh). This version has been tested to work with Mathematica 6.0 and Matlab R2007b. Instructions for mex'ing this file are given below. 2) Since MathLink connects programs on different computers just as easily as it connects programs on the same computer, you can harness the power of more than one computer. Simply run MATLAB on one computer, Mathematica on another; the Mathematica Symbolic Toolbox for MATLAB transparently connects the two. This capability is also especially helpful in schools and industrial sites where MATLAB and Mathematica might be licensed for different machines.