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- From: jonathan@chpc.utexas.edu (Jonathan Thornburg)
- Newsgroups: sci.math.symbolic,sci.math.num-analysis,sci.physics
- Subject: Re: published descriptions of symbolic algebra systems (was: Re: want refs ...)
- Summary: correction
- Keywords: symbolic algebra manual reference bibliography Reduce Macsyma Maple Mathematica
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.224552.8121@chpc.utexas.edu>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 22:45:52 GMT
- Article-I.D.: chpc.1992Aug19.224552.8121
- References: <1992Aug15.231757.15096@chpc.utexas.edu> <1992Aug19.173632.6462@chpc.utexas.edu>
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- Organization: U of Texas at Austin / Physics Dept / Center for Relativity
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- In article <1992Aug15.231757.15096@chpc.utexas.edu>
- jonathan@chpc.utexas.edu (Jonathan Thornburg) writes [I wrote]:
- >I'm seeking the full bibliographic citations (authors, title, date,
- >publisher, ISBN if possible) of the current manuals for Reduce and
- >Macsyma (I already have Maple & Mathematica). If these manuals are
- >unpublished, then a recent published description of the systems by
- >their authors would be a 2nd best alternative. Can anyone help?
-
- In article <1992Aug19.173632.6462@chpc.utexas.edu>
- jonathan@chpc.utexas.edu (Jonathan Thornburg) writes [I posted a summary]:
- >Several people have asked for a summary of what I found, so here
- >are my thesis's bibliography entries for published descriptions
- >of the "big 4" symbolic algebra systems: Macsyma, Reduce, Maple,
- >and Mathematica:
-
- Alas, I mistakenly "fixed" two of the references after receiving them.
- The (hopefully) correct references are:
-
-
-
- === MACSYMA ===
-
- \mybibitem{Symbolics Inc.}{1988a, 1988b}
- ``MACSYMA Reference Manual, Version 13, November 1988''
- and
- ``MACSYMA User's Guide, January 1988'',
- both published by Symbolics, Inc.,
- and available from
- Macsyma Inc.,
- \#201 - 20 Academy Street,
- Arlington, MA 02174, USA.
-
- \mybibitem{Pavelle, R.}{1985a}
- ``Macsyma: Capabilities and Applications to
- Problems in Engineering and the Sciences'',
- pp.~1--61 in \mycite{Pavelle}{1985b}.
-
- \mybibitem{Pavelle, R., Ed.}{1985b}
- ``Applications of Computer Algebra'',
- Kluwer, Boston, 1985,
- ISBN 0-898-38173-8.
-
- \mybibitem{Pavelle, R., and Wang, P. S.}{1985}
- ``Macsyma from F to G'',
- Journal of Symbolic Computation {\bf 1}, 69--100.
-
-
-
- === REDUCE ===
-
- \mybibitem{Hearn, A. C.}{1991}
- ``REDUCE User's Manual, Version 3.4, July 1991'',
- RAND Corporation Publication CP-78,
- available from
- CALCODE Systems,
- 1057 Amoroso Place,
- Venice CA 90291, USA.
-
- \mybibitem{Rayna, G.}{1987}
- ``REDUCE Software for Algebraic Computation'',
- Springer-Verlag, 1987,
- ISBN 0-387-96598-X (New York), 3-540-96598-X (Berlin).
-
- \mybibitem{MacCallum, M. A. H., and Wright, F.}{1991},
- ``Algebraic Computing with REDUCE'',
- Oxford University Press, Oxford,
- ISBN 0-19-853444-2 (hardcover), 0-19-853443-4 (paperback).
-
-
-
- === MAPLE ===
-
- \mybibitem{Char, B. W., Geddes, K. O., Gonnet, G. H., Leong, B. L.,
- Monagan, M. B., and Watt, S. M.}{1991a}
- ``Maple V Language Reference Manual'',
- Springer-Verlag,
- ISBN 0-387-97622-1 (New York), 3-540-97622-1 (Berlin).
-
- \mybibitem{Char, B. W., Geddes, K. O., Gonnet, G. H., Leong, B. L.,
- Monagan, M. B., and Watt, S. M.}{1991b}
- ``Maple V Library Reference Manual'',
- Springer-Verlag,
- ISBN 0-387-97592-6 (New York), 3-540-97592-6 (Berlin).
-
- \mybibitem{Char, B. W., Geddes, K. O., Gonnet, G. H., Leong, B. L.,
- Monagan, M. B., and Watt, S. M.}{1992}
- ``First Leaves: A Tutorial Introduction to Maple V'',
- Springer-Verlag,
- ISBN 0-387-97621-3 (New York), 3-540-97621-3 (Berlin).
-
-
-
- === MATHEMATICA ===
-
- \mybibitem{Wolfram, S.}{1991}
- ``Mathematica: A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer'',
- 2nd Edition,
- Addison-Wesley, Redwood City,
- ISBN 0-201-51502-4 (hardcover), 0-201-51507-5 (paperback).
-
-
-
- My apologies to anyone who I mislead, and my thanks to all the people
- who sent me references.
-
- - Jonathan Thornburg
- <jonathan@einstein.ph.utexas.edu> or <jonathan@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu>
- University of Texas at Austin / Physics Dept / Center for Relativity
- and (for a few more months) U of British Columbia / {Astronomy,Physics}
-