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Documentation for Mathematical Software Supported at MSRI

This page contains links to the documenation for several of the mathematical packages we support. If you don't see a particular application here, please let us know. If you are unable to locate the documenation for an applicaton, contact computing@msri.org for help.

Package Name
Description
Available Documentation
TeX & LaTeX Document typsetting system with emphasis on mathematical formulas
http://www.tug.org/
html
Cinderella Interactive Geometry Software
http://www.cinderella.de
html
CoCoA
version 4.6
Computer algebra system for doing computations in Commutative Algebra
http://cocoa.dima.unige.it/
html
Gap
version 4.4.9
A system for computational discrete algebra with emphasis on computational group theory
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~gap/
html
Geomview
version 1.8.1
An program for viewing and manipulationg geometric objects
http://www.geomview.org/
html pdf
KASH
version 2.5
A program library for computations in algebraic number fields and (global) algebraic function fields
http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~kant/kash.html
manual (dvi) (pdf),   reference (dvi) (pdf)
Macaulay Often referred to as the "Classic" version, this is the original verion of software intended to be a system for computations in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra
http://www.math.columbia.edu/~bayer/Macaulay/index.html
manual (dvi)   manual (ps)
Macaulaly2
version 2-0.9.95
Latest version of software supporting research in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra
http://www.math.uiuc.edu/Macaulay2/
html
Magma
version 2.13-5
For computationally complex problems in algebra, number theory, geometry and combinatorics
http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/magma/
html
Maple
version 10
An advanced mathematical problem solving and programming environment

Also introducing Maple Maplets: an add-on package that assists users in the creation and customization of a graphical user interface for Maple
http://www.maplesoft.com

Documentation for Maple is available from within the application
Maple Maplets
Mathematica
version 5.2
See what's new
A complete math package that functions as a numeric and symbolic computational engine, graphics system, programming language, documentation system - all in one
http://www.wolfram.com
Documentation for Mathematica is available from within the application. Also, you can access The Mathematica® Journal or the What's New website
Matlab
version R2006b
Computational aid for advanced analyses, data visualization and algorithm development
http://www.mathworks.com
html
Pari-gp
version 2.3.1
A package for computer-aided number theory
http://www.parigp-home.de/
userguide (dvi), tutorial (dvi), reference card (dvi),
using pari from within emacs
Polymake
version 2.2
For the algorithmic treatment of polytopes and polyhedra
http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/polymake/
html
Qhull
version 2.5
A general dimension code for computing convex hulls, Delaunay triangulations, halfspace intersections about a point, Voronoi diagrams, furthest-site Delaunay triangulations, and furthest-site Voronoi diagrams.
http://www.geom.umn.edu/software/qhull/
html
SAGE
version 1.4.1
html
Singular
version 3.0.2
A computer algebra system for polynomial computations
http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/
html
Surf
version 1.0.5
A tool for the visualization of algebraic geometry, plane algebraic curves, algebraic surfaces and hyperplane sections of surfaces
http://surf.sourceforge.net/
html

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