Algebraic Computing with REDUCE: Lecture Notes from the First Brazilian School on Computer Algebra: 1 (Oxford Science Publications) - Hardcover
Synopsis
REDUCE is a simple computer algebra system which enables users to manipulate complex algebraic expressions and equations symbolically, as mathematicians and scientists do traditionally on paper. Its capabilities include differentiation and exact symbolic integration. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to REDUCE, including some of the user-contributed REDUCE packages written for specific applications. The authors' aim is to enable all students using REDUCE for the first time to gain a familiarity with the full range of REDUCE commands whilst at the same time learning something of its internal workings. Throughout, numerous exercises are provided to illustrate themes covered in the text as well as to encourage "hands on" practice.
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Review
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to REDUCE. (L'Enseignement Mathématique, 1992)
This is a well-constructed complement to the REDUCE user's manual, with a lot of background material as well as advanced examples ... it will prove useful to all serious users of the REDUCE system. (Dr A.H. Harker, AEA, Harwell, Contemporary Physics, Volume 33, Number 2, March/April 1992)
If REDUCE is the system that you're using, then this is an excellent complement both to the system manual and to Gerald Rayna's REDUCE: software for algebraic computation. (Times Higher Educational Supplement)
...one of the best introductions to REDUCE available....the exercises included at the end of each chapter deserve special mention and have to be considered as one of the most original contributions of the book. They illustrate interesting applications of computer algebra in mathematical physics ranging from standard exercises oriented to develop skills using the package, to non-trivial problems intended to stimulate reflection on the particular point involved. (General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol. 27, No. 4, 1995)
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