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978-3-540-37634-7

Discovering Mathematics with Magma

Publication year: 2006

ISBN: 978-3-540-37634-7

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This volume celebrates the first decade of the Computer Algebra system Magma. With a design based on the ontology and semantics of algebra, Magma enables users to rapidly formulate and perform calculations in the more abstract parts of mathematics. The book range over much of Magma's coverage of algorithmic algebra: from number theory and algebraic geometry, via representation theory and group theory to some branches of discrete mathematics and graph theory. A basic introduction to the Magma language is given in an appendix. The book is simultaneously an invitation to learn a new programming language in the context of contemporary research problems, and an exposition of the types of problem that can be investigated using computational algebra.


Subject: Mathematics and Statistics, Magma, Permutation, Signatur, algebra, algorithms, code, computer, computer algebra, computer algebra system, geometry, graphs, number theory, programming, programming language, symbolic computation