Chapter 91

Sage

Robert A. Beezer

University of Puget Sound

Robert Bradshaw

Google

Jason Grout

Drake University

William Stein

University of Washington

An updated and expanded version of this chapter is available in the Sage documentation as a thematic tutorial on linear algebra.

91.1 Introduction

Sage is generally recognized as the leading comprehensive open source mathematics software system. Development began in 2005 by William Stein and progressed rapidly due to the incorporation of many mature open source packages for various areas of mathematics. The main web site for Sage is Free downloads of Sage, free public servers, and many other resources are located at the web site.

Sage is distributed with an open-source license (GPL version 3), which ...

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