| Macaulay 3 (earlier version Macaulay 2) is a software package for research in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry and related fields. |
| The Manual or the Language overview are good reference points. There is also a book. |
| The program is available on our server Abel and is started up with "Macaulay" and end it with "quit" at the Macaulay prompt. Macaulay 2 is started up with the command "M2". The program is free and installs on Gnu/Linux machines, Solaris or Windows machines. |
| An example shows how to compute with matrices over a polynomial ring over a finite field R. An example shows how to work with polynomials. Some combinatorial functions like partitions are built in. Look at some examples in the manual. |
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Simplicity, Clarity, Generality
B.W. Kernighan, R. Pike, in "The Practice of Programming".
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