Section: New Software and Platforms

Pari/Gp

Participants : Karim Belabas [correspondent] , Bill Allombert, Henri Cohen, Andreas Enge, Hamish Ivey-Law.

http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/

Pari/Gp is a widely used computer algebra system designed for fast computations in number theory (factorisation, algebraic number theory, elliptic curves, ...), but it also contains a large number of other useful functions to compute with mathematical entities such as matrices, polynomials, power series, algebraic numbers, etc., and many transcendental functions.

• Pari is a C library, allowing fast computations.

• Gp is an easy-to-use interactive shell giving access to the Pari functions.

• gp2c , the GP-to-C compiler, combines the best of both worlds by compiling Gp scripts to the C language and transparently loading the resulting functions into Gp ; scripts compiled by gp2c will typically run three to four times faster.

• Version of Pari/Gp : 2.7.2

• Version of gp2c : 0.0.9

• License: GPL v2+

• Programming language: C