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Scratchpad II is an abstract datatype language and system that is under development in the Computer Algebra Group, Mathematical Sciences Department, at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Many different kinds of computational objects and data structures are provided. Facilities for computation include symbolic integration, differentiation, factorization, solution of equations and linear algebra. Code economy and modularity is achieved by having polymorphic packages of functions that may create datatypes. The use of categories makes these facilities as general as possible.
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Jenks, R.D., Sutor, R.S., Watt, S.M. (1988). Scratchpad II: An Abstract Datatype System for Mathematical Computation. In: Rice, J.R. (eds) Mathematical Aspects of Scientific Software. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 14. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7074-1_7
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