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- Subject: N-1-4-20.23
- Network News from the American Mathematical Society
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- Flemming Topsoe <topsoe@euromath.dk>
- William B. Woolf, Associate Executive Director, AMS
- <wbw@math.ams.org>
- David L. Rodgers, Manager, System Development, Mathematical Reviews
- <dlr@math.ams.org>
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- <HEAD>e-MATH--Services for Mathematicians
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- The American Mathematical Society, with funding from the National Science
- Foundation (NSF), provides a number of services to the mathematical
- community through its e-MATH system. Access is currently available to anyone
- with VT100 terminal emulation on the Internet by typing "telnet
- e-math.ams.org" or "telnet 130.44.1.100". Both the login name and the
- password are currently "e-math" (lower case). Among the services
- provided are
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- <BULLET>the Combined Membership List of the American Mathematical
- Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society
- for Industrial and Applied Mathematics;
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- <BULLET> a library of public-domain software related to TeX, AMS-TeX, and
- AMS-Fonts;
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- <BULLET> an employment information service, including all job listings
- which appear in the AMS publication "Employment Information in
- the Mathematical Sciences", plus the capability that job-hunters
- may post a brief curriculum vita which will be distributed to the
- employers with job listings;
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- <BULLET> access via Gopher to a number of other services on the Internet,
- including preprint and directory services;
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- <BULLET> listings of future AMS meetings;
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- <BULLET> access to an author-lookup service based on the files of
- Mathematical Reviews;
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- <BULLET> an electronic version of the Mathematics Classification Scheme;
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- <BULLET> an electronic version of The Bulletin of the American
- Mathematical Society;
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- <BULLET> a WAIS database containing items from the AMS Catalogue.
-
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- <HEAD>SGML and Mathematics--A DTD for mathematics fragments
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- A subcommittee of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) convened
- by W. B. Woolf (AMS) is at work on the development of a DTD (Document
- Type Definition) for mathematics within SGML (Standard Generalized Markup
- Language). It is hoped to find a DTD which synthesizes the best features
- of an existing draft standard from AAP and an existing International
- Standards Organization standard (ISO 9573 TR 1988-1). A series of
- meetings including representatives of Euromath, Elsevier, ISO, CERN,
- Springer-Verlag, AMS, and others has culminated in the creation of a small
- technical working committee which hopes to have a revised draft available
- for broad distribution late this winter. People interested in the
- technical issues involved can subscribe to the discussion list SGML-MATH
- by sending the message "subscribe sgml-math your_name" to
- "listserv@e-math.ams.org".
-
- <HEAD>Computer Algebra Netherlands (CAN)
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- Computer algebra (CA), or symbolic computation, is concerned with
- software and algorithms that enable computations with symbols on a
- computer, hence not only with "floating point" numbers, as is the case
- with numerical software. Computer algebra systems, like Maple and
- Mathematica, are for instance capable of solving polynomial equations,
- of differentiating and integrating functions, and of generating Taylor
- expansions. This is all done in a very user friendly way. Quite
- often, numerical and graphical features are added. Also, a high level
- programming language, tailored to mathematical use, can be part of
- such a system.
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- Computer Algebra Netherlands (CAN) has as its goal the stimulation
- and coordination of the use of computer algebra. It is an
- independent non-profit organization, which started with funds from
- the Dutch government. A long term aim is to become self-supporting.
- The activities of CAN include:
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- <BULLET> Giving access to CA via accounts on dedicated powerful computing
- facilities. All kinds of CA software can be tried out and large
- computations can be made. All well known systems are available, but
- also special purpose software.
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- <BULLET> An information server for computer algebra is in development, which
- contains information about various CA systems. The first version is
- running now under GOPHER. An ftp-archive is maintained by CAN with all
- kinds of public domain CA software (connect with name anonymous to
- canb.can.nl or 192.16.184.250). Also, the netlibs of REDUCE and Maple
- are to be found at the CAN machines. A newsletter is published
- regularly with information about computer algebra, seminars and
- conferences, new versions of systems, book reviews, etc.
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- <BULLET> Courses and training material for various computer algebra systems
- on an introductory and advanced level are offered regularly.
- Scientific seminars are organized, such as SCAFI, on applications of
- computer algebra in industry.
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- <BULLET> Distribution of software: AXIOM, DERIVE, Maple and Mathematica are
- available at CAN. Also various related products like special packages,
- books and manuals. User support at a scientific level for CA-systems
- and interfaces to other programmes is offered.
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- <BULLET> Consultancy can be offered for projects where CA is involved. The
- scientific background of CAN ensures a high quality.
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- Anybody interested in CAN or its activities can contact it at the
- e-mail address can@can.nl.
-