Software Tools for Working with Abstract Algebra
- Exploring Small Groups (ESG)
- Availability:
- Creator: Ladnor Geissinger
- Platforms supported: DOS
- Download Information: Accompanies Laboratory Experiences in Group Theory, Ellen Maycock Parker, MAA (1996 0-88385-705-7)
- FGB (Finite Group Behavior)
- Availability: free (registration required)
- Creators: Bayard Webb and Ed Keppelmann; FGB page
- Platforms supported: Windows 95
- Download Information: click here
- GAP - Groups, Algorithms and Programming
- Availability: free
- Publisher/Creator: team effort; GAP page
- Platforms supported: Macintosh, Windows, Unix
- Download Information: Get GAP
- Tutorial or related pages:
- Group Explorer
- Availability: free
- Publisher/Creator: Nathan Carter
- Platforms supported: Windows and Mac (source code also available)
- Download Information: Group Explorer
- ISETL (Interactive SET Language)
- Availability: free
- Creator: Gary Levin (Clarkson University)
- Platforms supported (click to download): Macintosh, DOS, and Windows ISETLW
- Tutorial or related pages:
- Macintosh READ ME at Mathematics Archives
- DOS Documentation from Archives
- Getting Started Guide
- Magma (for Algebra, Number Theory and Geometry)
- Availability: non-commercial but distribution license needed; details
- Publisher/Creator: team effort by Computational Algebra Group
- Platforms supported: PC, SUN, and others
- Ordering Information: Ordering Magma
- Tutorial or related pages:
- Maple
- Availability: Commercial
- Publisher/Creator: Waterloo Maple
- Platforms supported: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, DEC Alpha, and others
- Sales Information: http://www.maplesoft.com/sales/index.html
- Tutorial or related pages: http://www.maplesoft.com/services/maplesolution.html
- Algebra related books, projects, or materials:
- Abstract Algebra Applications with Maple, Richard E. Klima, Ernest Stitzinger, and Neil Pl. Sigmon, CRC Press (2000 1-8493-8170-3)
- Maple worksheets for abstract algebra - Mike May
- Mathematica
- Availability: Commercial
- Publisher/Creator: Wolfram Research, Inc.
- Platforms supported: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Unix, and others
- Sales Information: http://www.wolfram.com/services/4easyways.html
- Tutorial or related pages: Tutorials, Demos, MathSource, Training and Consulting
- Algebra related books, projects, or materials:
- AbstractAlgebra suite of packages
- Algebra: A Computational Introduction, John Scherk, CRC Press (2000 1-5848-8064-3)
- Exploring Abstract Algebra with Mathematica, Allen C. Hibbard and Kenneth M. Levasseur, TELOS/Springer-Verlag, (1999 0-387-98619-7)
- Interactive Modern Algebra, a work by William Paulsen
- Non Commutative Algebra Packages
- MATLAB
- Availability: Commercial
- Publisher/Creator: The MathWorks
- Platforms supported: many platforms, including Linux, Macintosh, Windows, and Unix
- Sales Information: http://www.mathworks.com/store/
- Tutorial or related pages: http://www.mines.utah.edu/gg_computer_seminar/matlab/matlab.html
- CoCoA System - Computations in Commutative Algebra
- Availability: freeware
- Publisher/Creator: team effort
- Platforms supported: Macintosh, Windows, and other platforms
- Download Information: click here
- Tutorial or related pages: home page and overview
Related sites
- MuPAD
- Macsyma
- Mathcad
- Singular
- CASA
- Computer Algebra Information Network (CAIN)
- Windows/MSDos software for algebra at the Mathematics Archives
- Macintosh software for algebra at the Mathematics Archives
- Links to many varied Computer Algebra Systems
- Group Theory systems
- NonCommutative Algebra & Algebraic Geometry systems
