(pbelmans.ncag.info) Pieter Belmans—Software for computations in algebraic geometry

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• Software for computations in algebraic geometry

Because somehow I ended up with a degree in computer science people sometimes ask me how to do certain computations in algebra or algebraic geometry on a computer (not that I ever learnt such a thing in my computer science degree to be honest). In this blog post I try to give a summary of the tools (together with direct links to documentation, libraries, extra packages, … so I never have to look for them again myself and don't forget to consider one when someone asks a question) that I am aware of for these computations, and which one is the most suited for which type of problems.

Of course, there is a big list on Wikipedia, but I restrict myself here to things related to algebra and algebraic geometry, and discuss my experiences, and give explicit links to interesting related documents.

Moreover, if you have a very specific problem, there might be someone who wrote specific code for it, not related to an existing computer algebra system. Google is your friend. I have found really nice C++ implementations for specific problems that were really helpful for me. Maybe I should compile a list of these things and put it as an actual page on my website… This blog post would be a good start.