Office: 329
Altgeld Hall; 333-2677
In case you are new to the department, you may wish to consult the help
for Sun users page. In case you are relatively new to the World Wide Web,
you may wish to read the NCSA
Mosaic Demo Document. There is also the Suggested Starting
Points for Internet Exploration. You may wish to use the following
resources to keep track of the evolution of cyberspace and to find information
on the Internet:
Web Links to Mathematical Software:
- Computer Algebra Information Network is a
European site with lots of information.
- UTK Mathematics Archives is a
large mathematical software archive at the University of Tennessee.
- MathSource is Wolfram Reasearch's
public FTP archive.
- Maplesoft contains news, fixes,
and add-ons for Maple.
- CASA
is a Maple library for computational algebraic geometry over C.
- Kash is a
program for computing in algebraic number fields and function fields.
Installed locally as "kash."
- MAGMA
is an enormous beast for all sorts of algebraic computations, e.g. group
theory and algebraic number theory. The latest version is installed locally
as "magma."
- GAP is a
system for computational group theory. Installed locally as "gap."
- Macaulay2 is a program
for computations in algebraic geometry. Installed locally as "M2."
- MuPAD is a multi-purpose
program for performing symbolic computations.
- SIMATH is a programming
library for computations with elliptic curves and number fields. The
user-friendly interface "simcalc" is installed locally in /usr/local/simath/proc.
Documentation and Tables:
- Magma2
hypertext documentation should be available locally.
- Magma
hypertext documentation (old) is also available locally.
- Macaulay2
hypertext documentation has a local link. Hey, it has a local author.
- GAP
has a hypertext manual installed locally.
- Numberfield
Tables come from Bordeaux. The link can be slow. Email numtheory@math.uiuc.edu
for instructions on how to access the tables locally.
- Cremona's Tables
of elliptic curve data come from Exeter which is very slooow, so this is a
link to Bordeaux which is just sloow. Email numtheory@math.uiuc.edu
for details on how to access the tables locally.
FTP Sites with Mathematical Software:
- Apecs is the premier
user-friendly program for computing ellipitc curve data. Installed locally,
but needs to find its files in the current directory. Email numtheory@math.uiuc.edu
for instructions on how to access Apecs.
- CASA is a Maple
library for computational algebraic geometry over the field of complex numbers.
- Cremona's programs
are down and dirty C routines for computing the rank and other invariants of
an elliptic curve. Email numtheory@math.uiuc.edu
for instructions on how to access Cremona's programs locally.
- GP/Pari is a
programming library (Pari) and a user-friendly interface (GP) for
computational number theory. GP is installed locally as "gp." See
the manual for details on using the library.
- Kash is
a program for computing in algebraic number fields and function fields.
Installed locally as "kash."
- Macaulay is a program
for computations in algebraic geometry. Installed locally as
"Macaulay" but has been superceded by Macaulay2.
- Math Source is Wolfram
Reasearch's public FTP archive.
- Maple is Maple's
public FTP archive.
- MuPAD is a
multi-purpose program for performing symbolic computations.
- Simath is a
programming library for computations with elliptic curves and number fields.
The user-friendly interface "simcalc" is installed locally in /usr/local/simath/proc.
- Singular
is a program for computational algebraic geometry.
- Waterloo is a public
FTP archive containg news, fixes, and add-ons for Maple.
Links to News Groups:
The Usenet groups are somewhat Mathematica/Maple oriented. Some packages,
e.g. GAP, SIMATH, have user forums and mailing lists. Check the README
documentation of the individual packages for details.