{"id":2,"date":"2016-09-22T14:29:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keithmellinger.com\/magma\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-11-02T18:56:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T18:56:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keithmellinger.com\/magma\/","title":{"rendered":"Magma Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the workshop on using <em>MAGMA<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/magma.maths.usyd.edu.au\/magma\/\"><em>Magma<\/em> computational algebra system<\/a> is a software package designed for computations in algebra, number theory, algebraic geometry and algebraic combinatorics. It provides a mathematically rigorous environment for defining and working with structures such as groups, fields, algebras, graphs, codes and many others.<\/p>\n<p>In this workshop, we will use <em>Magma<\/em> to explore topics in abstract algebra and discrete mathematics just as we use similar tools in calculus and numerical analysis.<\/p>\n<p>There are two ways to access <em>Magma<\/em>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/magma.maths.usyd.edu.au\/magma\/\"><em>Magma<\/em> website<\/a> has detailed instructions on <a href=\"http:\/\/magma.maths.usyd.edu.au\/magma\/ordering\/\">how to obtain <em>Magma<\/em><\/a> for your own use. Alternatively, you can access the <a href=\"http:\/\/magma.maths.usyd.edu.au\/calc\/\">online calculator<\/a> which accepts <em>Magma<\/em> code and executes it for you, although there are limits to what the online calculator will do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the workshop on using MAGMA! The Magma computational algebra system is a software package designed for computations in algebra, number theory, algebraic geometry and algebraic combinatorics. It provides a mathematically rigorous environment for defining and working with structures such as groups, fields, algebras, graphs, codes and many others. In this workshop, we will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/keithmellinger.com\/magma\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Magma Workshop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keithmellinger.com\/magma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keithmellinger.com\/magma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keithmellinger.com\/magma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keithmellinger.com\/magma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keithmellinger.com\/magma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/keithmellinger.com\/magma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/keithmellinger.com\/magma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keithmellinger.com\/magma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}