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