Re: [q-lang-users] symbolic algebra system in Q

[Albert G. <Dr....@t-...>]

Anthony wrote:
> How possible is it to create a symbolic algebra system
> in Q at least to the level of Calculus I,
> differentiation and some simple integration.

Q is no magic bullet for symbolic algebra. It makes simplifying terms
much easier since this is built into the language, but this is only the
basic functionality of a CAS and you still have to implement all the
other symbolic algebra algorithms. All this has been done as open source
before (e.g., http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/giac.html,
this is by the same guy who also wrote the CAS for the HP 48/49
calculators), and there are good books on the subject (e.g.
http://www.amazon.com/Computational-Algebraic-Theory-Graduate-Mathematics/dp/0387556400).
It's just that someone has to pick up the ball and *do* it. Maybe you
want to give it a try yourself?

Cheers,
Albert

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Dr. Albert Gr"af
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