Schoonschip

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Schoonschip is an early computer algebra program developed by physicist Martinus Veltman to perform symbolic calculations in high-energy particle physics.

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instanceOf computer algebra system
symbolic computation program
approximateInception 1960s
1963
capability Dirac algebra operations
Lorentz index manipulation
handling very large algebraic expressions
symbolic manipulation of polynomials and rational functions
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
creatorAwardConnection used in work that contributed to Martinus Veltman’s Nobel Prize in Physics
creatorOccupation physicist
designedForHardware CDC 6600 NERFINISHED
CDC 7600 NERFINISHED
IBM 7094 NERFINISHED
mainframe computers
developer Martinus J. G. Veltman NERFINISHED
distribution non-commercial academic use
documentationLanguage Dutch
English
fieldOfUse high-energy physics
particle physics
quantum field theory
influenced FORM NERFINISHED
later computer algebra systems in high-energy physics
nameLanguage Dutch
nameMeaning to clear things up
notableFor being one of the first computer algebra systems used in particle physics
contributions to calculations related to the Standard Model
use in precision electroweak calculations
operatingSystem batch-processing mainframe environments
primaryFunction automatic Feynman diagram calculations
gamma-matrix algebra
loop integral simplification
symbolic manipulation of algebraic expressions
tensor algebra
programmingLanguage assembly language
status historical software
typicalUsers high-energy physics phenomenologists
theoretical particle physicists
usedFor electroweak theory calculations
multi-loop Feynman diagram computations
radiative correction calculations
usedInInstitution CERN NERFINISHED
Utrecht University NERFINISHED

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Martinus Veltman notableWork Schoonschip