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Schoonschip was one of the first computer algebra system
Computer algebra system
A computer algebra system is a software program that facilitates symbolic mathematics. The core functionality of a CAS is manipulation of mathematical expressions in symbolic form.-Symbolic manipulations:...

s, developed in 1963 by Martinus J. G. Veltman
Martinus J. G. Veltman
Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman is a Dutch theoretical physicist. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in physics with his former student Gerardus 't Hooft for their work on particle theory.-Biography:...

, for use in particle physics.

"Schoonschip" literally means "clean ship" in Dutch.

FORM
FORM (symbolic manipulation system)
FORM is a symbolic manipulation system. It reads text files containing definitions of mathematical expressions as well as statements that tell it how to manipulate these expressions...

 can be regarded, in a sense, as the successor to Schoonschip.

See also

  • Comparison of computer algebra systems
  • FORM
    FORM (symbolic manipulation system)
    FORM is a symbolic manipulation system. It reads text files containing definitions of mathematical expressions as well as statements that tell it how to manipulate these expressions...


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