Bosma, Wieb; Cannon, John; Playoust, Catherine The Magma algebra system. I: The user language. (English) Zbl 0898.68039 J. Symb. Comput. 24, No. 3-4, 235-265 (1997). Summary: In the first of two papers on MAGMA, a new system for computational algebra, we present the MAGMA language, outline the design priciples and theoretical background, and indicate its scope and use. Particular attention is given to the construction for structures, maps, and sets. Cited in 16 ReviewsCited in 3020 Documents MSC: 68W30 Symbolic computation and algebraic computation Keywords:computational algebra; MAGMA language Software:Magma PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{W. Bosma} et al., J. Symb. Comput. 24, No. 3--4, 235--265 (1997; Zbl 0898.68039) Full Text: DOI Link