SymPy

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What the maker publishes

Core features

Its listed capabilities include polynomial factorization, Gröbner bases, limits, differentiation, integration, and equation solving. source

Dependencies

SymPy's dependency guide identifies mpmath as its only hard dependency. source

Installation

The installation guide supports pip, Conda, Linux package managers, nightly wheels, and installation from Git. source

Integration

The SymPy site lists projects using it, including SageMath, Spyder, PyTorch TorchInductor, and Cadabra. source

Intended users

The tutorial assumes readers know basic Python and have a decent mathematical background. source

License

The project says SymPy is open-source software released under the modified BSD license. source

Online use

The project site offers an option to try SymPy online, and its mechanics documentation names SymPy Live and SymPy Gamma. source

Operating systems

The installation guide says SymPy can be installed on virtually any computer that supports Python, and documents Linux package-manager installation. source

Optional backend

The SymEngine backend is optional and experimental, and the documentation warns that some SymPy functions may not work correctly with it enabled. source

Other modules

SymPy lists modules for plotting, printing, code generation, physics, statistics, combinatorics, number theory, geometry, and logic. source

Project start

The SymPy repository says Ondřej Čertík started the project in 2005. source

Symbolic computation

It can simplify expressions, compute derivatives, integrals and limits, solve equations, and work with matrices symbolically. source

What it does

SymPy is a Python library for symbolic mathematics. source

Checked against the maker's pages on 11 Oct 2026.