Progress report on a system for general-purpose parallel symbolic algebraic computation
Bruce W. Char · 1990
We discuss on-going work on large-grained parallel symbolic computation using a system based on Maple and Linda. The prototype runs on a Sequent Balance. The approach can be used with most existing algebra/symbol manipulation systems, and provides the potential to deliver of parallel symbolic computation on a variety of architectures (e.g. shared memory, hypercubes, networked workstations). Parallel speedup was achieved on a variety of algebraic problems, although many significant improvements in efficiency remain to be achieved.