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Introduction to the GiNaC Framework for Symbolic Computation within the C++ Programming Language
Richard KreckelAlexander FrinkChristian Bauersubject
Computer Science - Symbolic ComputationI.1.3FOS: Computer and information sciencesFor loopTheoretical computer scienceAlgebra and Number TheoryFOS: Physical sciencesI.1.1; I.1.3Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)Symbolic computationI.1.1High Energy Physics - PhenomenologyComputational MathematicsHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)General purposeHigh-level programming languageSpecial functionsFourth-generation programming languagePhysics - Computational PhysicsC programming languageLow-level programming languageMathematicsdescription
AbstractThe traditional split into a low level language and a high level language in the design of computer algebra systems may become obsolete with the advent of more versatile computer languages. We describe GiNaC, a special-purpose system that deliberately denies the need for such a distinction. It is entirely written in C++and the user can interact with it directly in that language. It was designed to provide efficient handling of multivariate polynomials, algebras and special functions that are needed for loop calculations in theoretical quantum field theory. It also bears some potential to become a more general purpose symbolic package.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-01-01 | Journal of Symbolic Computation |