MACSYMA from F to G†

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A descriptive, non-technical tutorial on MACSYMA, a well-known and widely used Computer Algebra system, is presented. Several examples of its capabilities are exhibited using actual MACSYMA input and output. A discussion of computer-based symbolic mathematical computation is motivated by pointing out inherent difficulties with familiar numeric computations. The inner workings of Computer Algebra systems are briefly discussed in addition to some on-going work on MACSYMA and future directions.

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Work reported herein has been supported in part by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant NAG 3-298 and by the US National Science Foundation under Grant MCS-82-01239 and by the Department of Energy under Grant DE-ACO2-ER760275-AO13.

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We prefer to call these “Computer Algebra” systems but they are commonly called “Algebraic Manipulation” systems, “Algebraic Computation” systems, “Symbolic Manipulation” systems and “Symbolic Mathematical” systems.

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