Misfortunes of a mathematicians' trio using Computer Algebra Systems: Can we trust?

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Main Authors: Durán, Antonio J., Pérez, Mario, Varona, Juan L.
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author Durán, Antonio J.
Pérez, Mario
Varona, Juan L.
author_facet Durán, Antonio J.
Pérez, Mario
Varona, Juan L.
contents Computer algebra systems are a great help for mathematical research but sometimes unexpected errors in the software can also badly affect it. As an example, we show how we have detected an error of Mathematica computing determinants of matrices of integer numbers: not only it computes the determinants wrongly, but also it produces different results if one evaluates the same determinant twice.
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spellingShingle Misfortunes of a mathematicians' trio using Computer Algebra Systems: Can we trust?
Durán, Antonio J.
Pérez, Mario
Varona, Juan L.
Symbolic Computation
Mathematical Software
68W30
Computer algebra systems are a great help for mathematical research but sometimes unexpected errors in the software can also badly affect it. As an example, we show how we have detected an error of Mathematica computing determinants of matrices of integer numbers: not only it computes the determinants wrongly, but also it produces different results if one evaluates the same determinant twice.
title Misfortunes of a mathematicians' trio using Computer Algebra Systems: Can we trust?
topic Symbolic Computation
Mathematical Software
68W30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.3270