REDUCE for Beginners. Six Lectures on the Application of Computer-Algebra (CA)

If you calculate on a computer by means of “letters” rather than with numbers, say you want to expand (a + 27b3 − 4C)5 or to integrate ∫ 5x2sin3xdx, then you are applying “computer algebra” (CA). For that purpose you need: access to a computer, that is to a PC (personal computer), a minicomputer, or a mainframe;a CA-system, like Anthony Hearn’s Reduce 3.3, which should be installed on the computer under consideration; moreover, you wanta user’s manual, which you would get together with Reduce 3.3, say, if you purchased this CA-system. And last but not least, you should have an introduction on how to use the CA-System.