mathematics, tool (From the Dutch for "beautiful ship" or "clean ship") A program for
symbolic mathematics, especially High Energy Physics, written by M. Veltman of CERN in 1964. Schoonschip only does algebra, no derivatives. It was implemented originally in
CDC 6600 and CDC 7600
assembly language and currently in
680x0 assembly language. Latest versions run on
Amiga,
Atari ST, Sun-3 and
NeXT.
It was once maintained by David Williams at the
University of Michigan Physics Department.
(ftp://archive.umich.edu/physics/schip).
(2000-11-14)