A First Course in Computational Algebraic Geometry
Published on 7. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
126 pages
978-1-107-61253-2 (ISBN)
Description
A First Course in Computational Algebraic Geometry is designed for young students with some background in algebra who wish to perform their first experiments in computational geometry. Originating from a course taught at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, the book gives a compact presentation of the basic theory, with particular emphasis on explicit computational examples using the freely available computer algebra system, Singular. Readers will quickly gain the confidence to begin performing their own experiments.
Reviews / Votes
'Decker and Pfister exposit the very rudiments of algebraic geometry in tandem with the workings of the program Singular. The student who masters this content could proceed in many directions ... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty.' D. V. Feldman, ChoiceMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 20 Halftones, unspecified; 20 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-61253-2 (9781107612532)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Wolfram Decker
First Course in Computational Algebraic Geometry
E-Book
02/2013
Cambridge University Press
€13.49
Available for download
Wolfram Decker | Gerhard Pfister
A First Course in Computational Algebraic Geometry
E-Book
01/2013
Cambridge University Press
€14.49
Available for download
Persons
Wolfram Decker heads Singular's core development team within the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kaiserslautern, together with Gert-Martin Greuel, Gerhard Pfister and Hans Schoenemann. He is also coordinator of the nationwide German Research Council Priority Programme 'Algorithmic and Experimental Methods in Algebra, Geometry, and Number Theory'. Gerhard Pfister heads Singular's core development team within the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kaiserslautern, together with Wolfram Decker, Gert-Martin Greuel and Hans Schoenemann.
Content
Preface; Prologue: general remarks on computer algebra systems; 1. The geometry-algebra dictionary; 2. Computing; 3. Sudoku; 4. A problem in group theory solved by computer algebra; Bibliography; Index.