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.SH NAME
giac \- computer algebra system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B giac
.RI [ options ] " files" ...
.br
.B cas
.RI [ options ] " files" ...
.br
.B xcas
.RI [ options ] " files" ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B giac
and
.B cas
commands. The
.B xcas
version shows a nice GUI for the program.
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution
because the original program does not have a manual page.
Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.
.PP
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\fBgiac\fP is an advance symbolic and numeric calculator by
Bernard Parisse. 
.SH OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-').
A summary of options is included below.
For a complete description, see the Info files.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-version
Show version of program.
.SH SEE ALSO
The programs are documented fully by
.IR "GIAC/XCAS manual" ,
available via the Info system.
.br
Docs in DVI format in /usr/share/doc/giac directory.
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Carleos Artime <carleos@pinon.ccu.uniovi.es>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).