Course Resources

Textbook

J. von zur Gathen and J. Gerhard, Modern Computer Algebra. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0521826462.
The publisher's webpage is here.

The textbook is on reserve in the Davis Centre library (3 hour loan).

Call number: QA76.9.A43 Z87x 2003

Software

Maple

We will use the computer algebra system Maple, which is available on the student servers.


Here is a link to the Maple tutorial made specifically for this class.

A number of useful tutorials are available from Maple which should bring you up to speed on programming in the language. They require a free registration in the Maplesoft Community.
• Maple Essentials: a tutorial on the basic commands you will need to use Maple.
• Maple Programming: a tutorial on the basics of Maple programming
A bit of googling will get you many more tutorials.  Please let me know if any of these are good!