Computer experiments in finite algebra

  • Authors:
  • Ward Douglas Maurer

  • Affiliations:
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1966

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Abstract

A medium-scale programming system is written in MAD and FAP on the IBM 7094 to manipulate some of the objects of modern algebra: finite groups, maps and sets of maps, subsets and sets of subsets, constant integers and truth-values. Designed to operate in a time-sharing environment, the system can serve as a teacher's aid to the undergraduate student of modern algebra, as well as for the working scientist or engineer wishing to familiarize himself with the subject.