Workshop on Environments for Computational Mathematics (Held July 30. 1987 during SIGGRAPH '87) Dennis S . Arnon (editor) Xerox PAR C 3333 Coyote Hill Road Palo Alto. California 94304 (415) 494-442 5 <Arnon . pa@Xerox. corn) I . Introductio n Since the 1950s, many researchers have worked to realiz e the vision of natural and powerful computer systems fo r interactive mathematical work . Nowadays this vision can b e expressed as the goal of an integrated system for symbolic , numerical, graphical and documentational mathematica l work . Recently the development of personal computers (wit h high resolution screens, window systems and mice), high speed networks, electronic mail and electronic publishing , have created a technological base that is more than adequat e for the realization of such systems . However, the growth o f separate mathematical typesetting, multimedia electroni c mail, numerical computation and computer algebr a communities, each with its own conventions, threatens t o prevent these systems from being built . To be specific, little thought has been given to unifyin g the different expression representations currently used in th e different communities . This must take place if there is to b e
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