Modern Computer Algebra

by Jürgen Gerhard and Joachim von zur Gathen

Book Overview

Computer algebra systems are gaining more and more importance in all areas of science and engineering. This textbook gives a thorough introduction to the subject, which is the basis of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521641764
• ISBN13: 9780521641760
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 771 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.2" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Very nice

This is a very nicely written text, comprehensive in what it aims to cover. The illustrations are plentiful and very helpful. The material is mostly self-contained and presented in a novel way (Fermat, Euler, Hilbert each have their own groups of sections!). This is the best treatment I've seen for lattice basis reduction (a topic treated in many other texts) as well as for polynomial factoring over fields (Cantor Zassenhaus) and other topics. I've read parts of this book that were irrelevant for my research simply because the book is a joy to read. Highly recommended to anyone with an interest and some degree of mathematical maturity. The only drawback is that my edition has a number of typos, some serious (however the authors do provide an online corrigenda).

State-of-the-art in CAS

I am a C programmer and this book was fundamental to introduce myself in the field of computer algebra systems (CAS). It's very well structured and at the state-of-the-art in that discipline. The only remarks is about the strong presence of author's mother-tongue influences in some English phrases.

Good overview

A good and complete review, a very good bibliography. Wonderfull graphics. A subtle sense of humor.

MCA - very adequate book on computer algebra topics

Covering a lot of topics on "Computer Algebra" this book is a fine workout. Many mathematical proofs are provided and most subjects are explained and outlined very accurately. Only sometimes things can not as easily be seen as the author clames. The homepage of Mr. von zur Gathen provides a postscript file with corrections and additions and even more one containing solutions to many of the given exercises.