Magma (computer algebra system)

Magma is mathematical software , more precisely a computer algebra system (CAS). Magma can solve math problems from algebra , number theory , geometry and combinatorics . The program is named after the simplest algebraic structure Magma .

development

Magma is developed and distributed by the Computational Algebra Group of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sydney .

The predecessor of Magma was Cayley (1982-93), named after the British professor Arthur Cayley .

Magma version 1.0 was released in August 1993, version 2.0 in June 1996.

Magma is available for Linux and Microsoft Windows as well as Solaris and Apple macOS .

Mathematical areas of Magma (selection)

• Group theory
• Number theory
• Algebraic Number Theory
• Module theory and linear algebra
• Commutative algebra and Gröbner basis
• Algebraic Geometry
• Arithmetic geometry
• Cryptography
• Coding theory
• optimization

Web links

• http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au
• http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/calc/
• List of publications that use magma

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Download Magma. Computational Algebra Group, accessed March 4, 2020 .