| Computations in Algebraic Geometry with Macaulay 2 Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Eisenbud, David (Editor), Grayson, Daniel R. (Editor), Stillman, Mike (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642075924 ISBN-13: 9783642075926 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - Algebraic - Computers | Computer Science - Mathematics | Combinatorics |
| Dewey: 005.131 |
| Series: Algorithms and Computation in Mathematics |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.07 lbs) 329 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Systems of polynomial equations arise throughout mathematics, science, and engineering. Algebraic geometry provides powerful theoretical techniques for studying the qualitative and quantitative features of their solution sets. Re- cently developed algorithms have made theoretical aspects of the subject accessible to a broad range of mathematicians and scientists. The algorith- mic approach to the subject has two principal aims: developing new tools for research within mathematics, and providing new tools for modeling and solv- ing problems that arise in the sciences and engineering. A healthy synergy emerges, as new theorems yield new algorithms and emerging applications lead to new theoretical questions. This book presents algorithmic tools for algebraic geometry and experi- mental applications of them. It also introduces a software system in which the tools have been implemented and with which the experiments can be carried out. Macaulay 2 is a computer algebra system devoted to supporting research in algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, and their applications. The reader of this book will encounter Macaulay 2 in the context of concrete applications and practical computations in algebraic geometry. The expositions of the algorithmic tools presented here are designed to serve as a useful guide for those wishing to bring such tools to bear on their own problems. A wide range of mathematical scientists should find these expositions valuable. This includes both the users of other programs similar to Macaulay 2 (for example, Singular and CoCoA) and those who are not interested in explicit machine computations at all. |