Licensed Math Software

Certain software of interest to mathematicians must be licensed to use. For office machines and laptops assigned to a single user, you do the licensing yourself (see below). For shared lab machines (and shared multi-student grad office machines), we handle the licensing.

AIMMS
(On-campus or limited Student version)

The free version of this software comes with free solvers. The department has a license for additional solvers, but can only be accessed from on-campus. We do not systematically install the software on department machines. Please consult with us to use this software, or before making a purchase related to this software.

COMSOL

There is neither a university-wide nor a department license. This software must be licensed on an individual basis. Please consult with us before making a purchase.

Magma
(Locked to individual Computers)

This software is installed on chaos machines and can furthermore (through a Simons Foundation grant) be installed on additional machines but requires per-machine licensing that must be handled by the department system administrators. The version on chaos machines has the following optional libraries installed: AlgBas, Anf, Atlas, ECLarge, Graphs, K3S, qm.

Maple
(Individual activation or Network License)

There is a campus-wide license. You can download the software, and obtain a license activation code, by going to TigerWare.

Mathematica
(Individual activation or Network License)

There is a campus-wide license for both students and faculty. You can download the software, and obtain a license activation code, by going to TigerWare. For office machines and home machines, please manage your own activation. But for lab machines and shared multi-person grad office machines, please contact us to manage the activation.

MATLAB
(Individual activation or Network License)

There is a campus-wide license for both students and faculty. The software must be downloaded directly from MathWorks. When signing up for a MathWorks account, use your @lsu.edu e-mail address which will associate you with LSU.