<s>
LiveMath	B-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
algebra	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
available	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
platforms	O
including	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
(	O
Carbon	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
x86	O
)	O
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
(	O
SPARC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
latest	O
release	O
of	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
originally	O
emerged	O
as	O
Theorist	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
classic	O
"	O
Mac	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
became	O
MathView	O
and	O
MathPlus	O
in	O
1997	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Waterloo	O
Maple	O
,	O
and	O
finally	O
LiveMath	B-Application
after	O
it	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
userbase	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
overall	O
LiveMath	B-Application
suite	O
contains	O
LiveMath	B-Application
Maker	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
application	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
LiveMath	B-Application
Viewer	O
for	O
end-users	O
,	O
and	O
LiveMath	B-Application
Plug-In	O
,	O
an	O
ActiveX	B-Application
plugin	O
for	O
browsers	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveMath	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
worksheet-based	O
approach	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
products	O
like	O
Mathematica	B-Language
or	O
MathCAD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
CAS	O
applications	O
,	O
LiveMath	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
full	O
GUI	B-Application
with	O
high-quality	O
graphical	O
representations	O
of	O
the	O
equations	O
at	O
every	O
step	O
,	O
including	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveMath	B-Application
also	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
equation	O
in	O
the	O
sheet	O
;	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
drag	O
an	O
instance	O
of	O
to	O
the	O
left	O
hand	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
equation	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
LiveMath	B-Application
will	O
re-arrange	O
the	O
equation	O
to	O
solve	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveMath	B-Application
's	O
algebraic	O
solving	O
systems	O
are	O
relatively	O
simple	O
compared	O
to	O
better	O
known	O
systems	O
like	O
Mathematica	B-Language
,	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
offer	O
the	O
same	O
sort	O
of	O
automated	O
single-step	O
solving	O
of	O
these	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
