August 1-7 Computer Algebra Computer algebra is a relatively new field of mathematics and computer science. It focuses on the development of symbolic algorithms that translate problems in mathematics, computer science, engineering, and economics into computer software models. In contrast to numerical methods, computer algebra systems are able to perform algebraic transformations on alphabetic character expressions, such as polynomials or equations.
All computations are exact without rounding mistakes.
The group will have the opportunity to solve some of the same assignments and final exams given in school. No prior experience required. First, the participants will get an idea of UNIX commands, the Internet, WWW and HTML . Based on the testing of several procedures we will implement a program for automatic calculus processing as far as the mathematical background is known from school.