Quantian: A scientific computing environment
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This paper introduces Quantian, a scientific computing environment. Quantian is directly bootable from cdrom, self-configuring without user intervention, and comprises hundreds of applications, including a significant number of programs that are of immediate interest to quantitative researchers.
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