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REDUCE is an interactive system for general algebraic computations of
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interest to mathematicians, scientists and engineers. It can be used
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interactively for simple calculations but also provides a flexible and
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expressive user programming language.
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The development of the REDUCE computer algebra system was started in the
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1960s by Anthony C. Hearn. Since then, many scientists from all over the
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world have contributed to its development. REDUCE has a long and
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distinguished place in the history of computer algebra systems. Other
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systems that address some of the same issues but sometimes with rather
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different emphasis are Axiom, Derive, Macsyma (Maxima), Maple,
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Mathematica and MuPAD.
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REDUCE primarily runs on either Portable Standard Lisp (PSL) or Codemist
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Standard Lisp (CSL), both of which are included in the SourceForge
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distribution. By modern standards, REDUCE is a surprisingly small and
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compact application, which runs well on all major operating systems.
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NOTE: TeX4ht (a part of the texlive package available at
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SlackBuilds.org) is used to build the REDUCE manual in HTML format. It
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is not built if TeX4ht is not found on the system. The manual in PDF
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format is built anyway. The HTML manual is also available on the REDUCE
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homepage: http://reduce-algebra.sourceforge.net/manual/manual.html
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