@@ -1,134 +1,134 @@ - -% From hearn@rand.orgSat Sep 16 16:53:08 1995 -% Date: Fri, 15 Sep 95 10:10:44 -0700 -% From: Tony Hearn -% To: John Fitch , Arthur Norman , -% Winfried Neun -% Subject: Final announcement -% -% I hope this is ok: - -\documentstyle[11pt]{article} -\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} -\setlength{\parskip}{6pt} -\raggedbottom -\setlength{\textwidth}{6.2in} -\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.2in} -\setlength{\evensidemargin}{0in} -\setlength{\textheight}{8.7in} -\setlength{\topmargin}{-0.5in} -\newlength{\redboxwidth} -\setlength{\redboxwidth}{4in} -\newcommand{\REDUCE}{REDUCE} -\pagestyle{empty} -\begin{document} -\begin{center} -\fbox{\rule[-0.2cm]{0cm}{0.8cm}{\Large \bf ANNOUNCING REDUCE 3.6}}% - \rule[-0.31cm]{3pt}{1.0cm}\\[-0.6mm] - \hspace*{1pt}\rule{82mm}{3pt}\\[0.2in] -\end{center} - -Version 3.6 of REDUCE is now available for distribution. This is the -first major update since the release of {\REDUCE} 3.5 in October 1993. As -is usual for a new release, a large number of bugs and awkward features -(including those documented in the {\em patches.red} file available from the -REDUCE Network Library) have been corrected. Taken together with the many -new features that have been added, {\REDUCE} 3.6 represents a significant -enhancement over previous versions. - -In addition to the capabilities of the original release of {\REDUCE} 3.5, -this new version supports, among other things: - -\vspace*{-0.1in} -\begin{itemize} -\item {definite integration} -\item {noncommutative Gr\"obner bases} -\item {expanded special function handling} -\item {improved solve capabilities} -\item {improved trigonometric simplification} -\item {linear algebra and linear programming} -\item {matrix normal forms} -\item {operations on sets} -\item {residue computations.} -\end{itemize} - -The {\REDUCE} algebraic mode has been improved substantially since the -last release, and in particular offers improved rule list capabilities, -including free operators, conditional binding of variables and better -matching facilities for quotients. The {\REDUCE} graphics interface has -also been improved. For example, a user is now able to plot an implicitly -defined function. - -A large number of different people are responsible for these improvements. -Other special purpose packages contributed by users include: - -\begin{itemize} -\item {APPLYSYM: Infinitesimal symmetries of differential equations} - -\item {BOOLEAN: Boolean algebra} - -\item {DUMMY: Canonical form of expressions with dummy variables} - -\item {FPS: Calculation of formal power series} - -\item {INVBASE: Computation of involutive bases} - -\item {NCPOLY: Non--commutative polynomial ideals} - -\item {NORMFORM: Computation of matrix normal forms} - -\item {RANDPOLY: A random polynomial generator} - -\item {XCOLOR: Color factor in non-abelian gauge field theories} - -\item {XIDEAL: Gr\"obner Bases for exterior algebra} - -\item {ZEILBERG: Indefinite and definite summation} - -\item{ZTRANS: Calculations with the $Z$ and inverse $Z$ transform.} -\end{itemize} - -Updated documentation includes an improved User's Manual in {\LaTeX} -format, a more detailed online help system for MS/Windows and Unix/X11 -Systems and a bibliography listing over 800 references to REDUCE-related -publications. - -A complete information package is obtainable from: -% \vspace*{-0.1in} -\begin{quote} - REDUCE Secretary \\ - RAND \\ - 1700 Main Street \\ - P.O. Box 2138 \\ - Santa Monica CA 90407-2138 U.S.A. \\ - Telephone: +1-310-393-0411 Ext. 7681 \\ - Facsimile: +1-310-393-4818 \\ - Electronic Mail: reduce@rand.org -\end{quote} -\vspace*{-0.1in} - -If you have e-mail access to the Internet, you can also obtain current -information by sending the message {\em send info-package} to -reduce-netlib@rand.org, reduce-netlib@can.nl or -reduce-netlib@pi.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp. The single line message can either be -the subject of the message or the body. This message is answered by an -automated server for the REDUCE network library. The library will in time -contain any packages made available since the release of REDUCE 3.6 and -patches to correct any bugs that may be discovered. Further information -on this library, as well as instructions on how to join the REDUCE -electronic forum, can be obtained by including the word {\em help} on a -separate line in the message. - -The same information is available from an Internet gopher server with -the address info.rand.org. The network library files are in a ``REDUCE -Library'' directory under the directory ``Publicly Available Software''. -The relevant URL is gopher://info.rand.org/11/software/reduce . - -A World Wide Web REDUCE server with URL http://www.rrz.uni-koeln.de/REDUCE/ -is also supported. In addition to general information about REDUCE, this -server has pointers to the network library, the demonstration versions, -examples of REDUCE programming, a set of manuals, and the REDUCE online -help system. -\end{document} - + +% From hearn@rand.orgSat Sep 16 16:53:08 1995 +% Date: Fri, 15 Sep 95 10:10:44 -0700 +% From: Tony Hearn +% To: John Fitch , Arthur Norman , +% Winfried Neun +% Subject: Final announcement +% +% I hope this is ok: + +\documentstyle[11pt]{article} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{6pt} +\raggedbottom +\setlength{\textwidth}{6.2in} +\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.2in} +\setlength{\evensidemargin}{0in} +\setlength{\textheight}{8.7in} +\setlength{\topmargin}{-0.5in} +\newlength{\redboxwidth} +\setlength{\redboxwidth}{4in} +\newcommand{\REDUCE}{REDUCE} +\pagestyle{empty} +\begin{document} +\begin{center} +\fbox{\rule[-0.2cm]{0cm}{0.8cm}{\Large \bf ANNOUNCING REDUCE 3.6}}% + \rule[-0.31cm]{3pt}{1.0cm}\\[-0.6mm] + \hspace*{1pt}\rule{82mm}{3pt}\\[0.2in] +\end{center} + +Version 3.6 of REDUCE is now available for distribution. This is the +first major update since the release of {\REDUCE} 3.5 in October 1993. As +is usual for a new release, a large number of bugs and awkward features +(including those documented in the {\em patches.red} file available from the +REDUCE Network Library) have been corrected. Taken together with the many +new features that have been added, {\REDUCE} 3.6 represents a significant +enhancement over previous versions. + +In addition to the capabilities of the original release of {\REDUCE} 3.5, +this new version supports, among other things: + +\vspace*{-0.1in} +\begin{itemize} +\item {definite integration} +\item {noncommutative Gr\"obner bases} +\item {expanded special function handling} +\item {improved solve capabilities} +\item {improved trigonometric simplification} +\item {linear algebra and linear programming} +\item {matrix normal forms} +\item {operations on sets} +\item {residue computations.} +\end{itemize} + +The {\REDUCE} algebraic mode has been improved substantially since the +last release, and in particular offers improved rule list capabilities, +including free operators, conditional binding of variables and better +matching facilities for quotients. The {\REDUCE} graphics interface has +also been improved. For example, a user is now able to plot an implicitly +defined function. + +A large number of different people are responsible for these improvements. +Other special purpose packages contributed by users include: + +\begin{itemize} +\item {APPLYSYM: Infinitesimal symmetries of differential equations} + +\item {BOOLEAN: Boolean algebra} + +\item {DUMMY: Canonical form of expressions with dummy variables} + +\item {FPS: Calculation of formal power series} + +\item {INVBASE: Computation of involutive bases} + +\item {NCPOLY: Non--commutative polynomial ideals} + +\item {NORMFORM: Computation of matrix normal forms} + +\item {RANDPOLY: A random polynomial generator} + +\item {XCOLOR: Color factor in non-abelian gauge field theories} + +\item {XIDEAL: Gr\"obner Bases for exterior algebra} + +\item {ZEILBERG: Indefinite and definite summation} + +\item{ZTRANS: Calculations with the $Z$ and inverse $Z$ transform.} +\end{itemize} + +Updated documentation includes an improved User's Manual in {\LaTeX} +format, a more detailed online help system for MS/Windows and Unix/X11 +Systems and a bibliography listing over 800 references to REDUCE-related +publications. + +A complete information package is obtainable from: +% \vspace*{-0.1in} +\begin{quote} + REDUCE Secretary \\ + RAND \\ + 1700 Main Street \\ + P.O. Box 2138 \\ + Santa Monica CA 90407-2138 U.S.A. \\ + Telephone: +1-310-393-0411 Ext. 7681 \\ + Facsimile: +1-310-393-4818 \\ + Electronic Mail: reduce@rand.org +\end{quote} +\vspace*{-0.1in} + +If you have e-mail access to the Internet, you can also obtain current +information by sending the message {\em send info-package} to +reduce-netlib@rand.org, reduce-netlib@can.nl or +reduce-netlib@pi.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp. The single line message can either be +the subject of the message or the body. This message is answered by an +automated server for the REDUCE network library. The library will in time +contain any packages made available since the release of REDUCE 3.6 and +patches to correct any bugs that may be discovered. Further information +on this library, as well as instructions on how to join the REDUCE +electronic forum, can be obtained by including the word {\em help} on a +separate line in the message. + +The same information is available from an Internet gopher server with +the address info.rand.org. The network library files are in a ``REDUCE +Library'' directory under the directory ``Publicly Available Software''. +The relevant URL is gopher://info.rand.org/11/software/reduce . + +A World Wide Web REDUCE server with URL http://www.rrz.uni-koeln.de/REDUCE/ +is also supported. In addition to general information about REDUCE, this +server has pointers to the network library, the demonstration versions, +examples of REDUCE programming, a set of manuals, and the REDUCE online +help system. +\end{document} +