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The initial version, dating to December 1963, ran on an [[IBM 7094]] mainframe.<ref name="veltman_williams_91"/> In 1966 it was ported to the [[CDC 6600]] mainframe, and later to most of the rest of [[Control Data]]'s CDC line.<ref name="veltman_williams_91"/> In 1983 it was ported to the [[Motorola 68000]] microprocessor, allowing its use on a number of 68000-based systems running variants of [[Unix]].<ref name="veltman_williams_91"/> |
The initial version, dating to December 1963, ran on an [[IBM 7094]] mainframe.<ref name="veltman_williams_91"/> In 1966 it was ported to the [[CDC 6600]] mainframe, and later to most of the rest of [[Control Data]]'s CDC line.<ref name="veltman_williams_91"/> In 1983 it was ported to the [[Motorola 68000]] microprocessor, allowing its use on a number of 68000-based systems running variants of [[Unix]].<ref name="veltman_williams_91"/> |
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Veltman was a recipient of the 1999 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] along with [[Gerard 't Hooft]] for their work on [[gauge theories]] in elementary [[particle physics]]. Veltman had originally developed Schoonschip to aid in his work on the [[renormalizability]] of gauge theories. Schoonschip served as inspiration for [[Stephen Wolfram]]'s [[Symbolic Manipulation Program]], a predecessor to [[Mathematica]]. Wolfram met with Veltman in 1979, and Veltman later said: |
Veltman was a recipient of the 1999 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] along with [[Gerard 't Hooft]] for their work on [[gauge theories]] in elementary [[particle physics]]. Veltman had originally developed Schoonschip to aid in his work on the [[renormalizability]] of gauge theories. Schoonschip served as inspiration for [[Stephen Wolfram]]'s [[Symbolic Manipulation Program]] (SMP), a predecessor to [[Mathematica]]. Wolfram met with Veltman in 1979, and Veltman later said: |
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:Later, on the basis of this program [SCHOONSCHIP], the commercially successful software program Mathematica was developed by Wolfram. While most theoreticians were getting lost in all kinds of formulas, I could just get things calculated. That gave me an enormous advantage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wolfram Announcements Archive » Computer Algebra Pioneer Wins Nobel Prize|publisher=Wolfram Archive|url=https://announcements.wolfram.com/1999/computer-algebra-pioneer-wins-nobel-prize/|date=1999-10-15|access-date=2021-01-19}}</ref> |
:Later, on the basis of this program [SCHOONSCHIP], the commercially successful software program Mathematica was developed by Wolfram. While most theoreticians were getting lost in all kinds of formulas, I could just get things calculated. That gave me an enormous advantage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wolfram Announcements Archive » Computer Algebra Pioneer Wins Nobel Prize|publisher=Wolfram Archive|url=https://announcements.wolfram.com/1999/computer-algebra-pioneer-wins-nobel-prize/|date=1999-10-15|access-date=2021-01-19}}</ref> |
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Wolfram wrote about Schoonschip being a specialized version of what he wanted from SMP; a computer program to solve complicated mathematical expressions without wasting time "chasing minus signs and factors of 2".<ref>{{Cite web|title=There Was a Time before Mathematica…—Stephen Wolfram Writings|last=Wolfram|first=Stephen|url=https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2013/06/there-was-a-time-before-mathematica/|date=2013-06-06|access-date=2021-01-19|website=writings.stephenwolfram.com|language=en}}</ref> |
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[[FORM (symbolic manipulation system)|FORM]] can be regarded, in a sense, as the successor to Schoonschip. |
[[FORM (symbolic manipulation system)|FORM]] can be regarded, in a sense, as the successor to Schoonschip. |
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Schoonschip was one of the first computer algebra systems, developed in 1963 by Martinus J. G. Veltman, for use in particle physics.
"Schoonschip" refers to the Dutch expression "schoon schip maken": to make a clean sweep, to clean/clear things up (literally: to make the ship clean). The name was chosen "among others to annoy everybody, who could not speak Dutch".
Veltman initially developed the program to compute the
W boson, the computation of which involved "a monstrous expression involving in the order of 50,000 terms in intermediate stages" [2]
The initial version, dating to December 1963, ran on an
Control Data's CDC line.[3] In 1983 it was ported to the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, allowing its use on a number of 68000-based systems running variants of Unix.[3]
Veltman was a recipient of the 1999
Mathematica
. Wolfram met with Veltman in 1979, and Veltman later said:
- Later, on the basis of this program [SCHOONSCHIP], the commercially successful software program Mathematica was developed by Wolfram. While most theoreticians were getting lost in all kinds of formulas, I could just get things calculated. That gave me an enormous advantage.[4]
Wolfram wrote about Schoonschip being a specialized version of what he wanted from SMP; a computer program to solve complicated mathematical expressions without wasting time "chasing minus signs and factors of 2".[5]
FORM can be regarded, in a sense, as the successor to Schoonschip.
See also
- Comparison of computer algebra systems
References
- ^ Computer Algebra in Particle Physics Stefan Weinzierl
- ^ Nobel Lecture by Martinus J.G. Veltman held on December 8, 1999 "From Weak Interactions to Gravitation", p. 4 of the paper
- ^ a b c "Schoonschip '91". 9 June 1993. )
- ^ "Wolfram Announcements Archive » Computer Algebra Pioneer Wins Nobel Prize". Wolfram Archive. 1999-10-15. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ^ Wolfram, Stephen (2013-06-06). "There Was a Time before Mathematica…—Stephen Wolfram Writings". writings.stephenwolfram.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
External links
Further reading
- Close, Frank (2011) The Infinity Puzzle. Oxford University Press. Describes the historical context of and rationale for 'Schoonschip' (Chapter 11: "And Now I Introduce Mr 't Hooft")
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