Everything about Mathematical software

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Mathematical softwareA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Mathematical modeling and simulations using software like MATLAB, COMSOL and PythonInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Principles of Anatomy and PhysiologyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Distribution of mathematical software via electronic mailCited 200 times
5. Go sideways: List of open-source software for mathematicsA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: List of arbitrary-precision arithmetic softwareA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Distribution of mathematical software via electronic mail

  Jack J Dongarra, Eric Grosse · 1987 · Communications of the ACM · 200 citations

• Software radio architecture: a mathematical perspective

  J. Mitola · 1999 · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications · 146 citations

• Mathematical software for Sturm-Liouville problems

  Steven Pruess, Charles T. Fulton · 1993 · ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software · 102 citations

• A mathematical perspective for software measure research

  Austin C. Melton, David A. Gustafson, James M. Bieman · 1990 · Software Engineering Journal · 52 citations

• Mathematical reasoning in software engineering education

  Peter B. Henderson · 2003 · Communications of the ACM · 38 citations

• Synthesis of mathematical-modeling software

  E. Kant · 1993 · IEEE Software · 32 citations

• The Netlib Mathematical Software Repository

  Shirley Browne, Jack Dongarra, Eric Grosse · 1995 · D-Lib Magazine · 28 citations

• The evolution of mathematical software

  Jack J. Dongarra · 2022 · Communications of the ACM · 16 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Mathematical modeling and simulations using software like MATLAB, COMSOL and Python

  Idoko Peter Idoko, Gerald Chekwube Ezeamii, Christian Idogho · 2024 · Magna Scientia Advanced Research and Reviews · 23 citations

• Software fault prediction using evolving populations with mathematical diversification

  Somya Goyal · 2022 · Soft Computing · 16 citations

• Mathematical Models of Software Failures of Digital Control Systems

  A. V. Bogomolov, E. V. Larkin, A. N. Privalov · 2025 · Automatic Documentation and Mathematical Linguistics · 8 citations

• Waterproof: Educational Software for Learning How to Write Mathematical Proofs

  Jelle Wemmenhove, Dick Arends, Thijs Beurskens · 2024 · Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science · 7 citations

• Mathematical foundations based statistical modeling of software source code for software system evolution

  Raghavendra Rao Althar, Department of Data Science, CHRIST University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Abdulrahman Alahmadi · 2022 · Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering · 4 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Principles of Anatomy and PhysiologyGerard J. Tortora, Bryan H. Derrickson · 1975
• The art of computer programmingDonald Knuth · 1922
• Advances in ComputersAtif Memon · 2012
• JavaScriptDavid Flanagan · 1996
• Parallel Processing and Applied MathematicsRoman Wyrzykowski · 2003
• UniverseRoger A. Freedman, William J. Kaufmann · 2001
• Engineering design graphicsJames H. Earle · 1969
• Artificial general intelligenceBen Goertzel, Cassio Pennachin · 2007

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