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- comparison of numerical to algebraic, or symbolic, computation
Numerical | Symbolic |
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numerical | algebraic |
evaluation | simplification |
- typical features of algebraic computation
- computation with arbitrary precision numbers--no rounding
- computation with symbols and variables (e.g.,
)
- computation with functions (e.g.,
)
- manipulation of formulas
- symbolic operations (
differentiation ,
integration ,
factorization ,
etc.)
- algebraic computation or symbol manipulation or computer algebra
is the field of scientific computation which develops, analyzes,
implements and uses algebraic algorithms
Richard Liska