C# library for algebra simplification and solving [closed]

Answer 1

I've managed to successfully call into SymPy to get this done from C#. SymPy provides a relatively robust simplify function that I've had good success with. Now I'm not entirely sure how to package this nicely yet (not having to install ironpython), or even how hard a direct port of the code might be.

1. Install IronPython
2. Get SymPy
3. Add these resources to your project
   • IronPython.dll
   • IronPython.Modules.dll
   • Microsoft.Dynamic.dll
   • Microsoft.Scripting.dll

4. C# code as follows:

   var engine = Python.CreateEngine();
   var paths = engine.GetSearchPaths();
   paths.Add(@"c:\program files (x86)\ironpython 2.7\lib");
   paths.Add(@"c:\Development\sympy");
   engine.SetSearchPaths(paths);
   
   // expression to simplify
   var expr = "0 + 1 * 1 * (x - 2) / (1 - 2) * (x - 3) / (1 - 3) * (x - 4) / (1 - 4) + 8 * 1 * (x - 1) / (2 - 1) * (x - 3) / (2 - 3) * (x - 4) / (2 - 4) + 27 * 1 * (x - 1) / (3 - 1) * (x - 2) / (3 - 2) * (x - 4) / (3 - 4) + 64 * 1 * (x - 1) / (4 - 1) * (x - 2) / (4 - 2) * (x - 3) / (4 - 3)";
   
   var scope = engine.CreateScope();
   var script = engine.CreateScriptSourceFromString(@"
   from sympy import *
   import clr
   from System import String
   
   expr = simplify('" + expr + @"')
   result = clr.Convert(expr, String)
   ");
   
   script.Execute(scope);
   
   // prints "x**3"
   Console.WriteLine(scope.GetVariable("result"));