Magma has just turned 17 (that is 17 years since the first release). We also have Wieb Bosma, Gavin Brown and Al Kasprzyk visiting. On Monday, Catherine Playoust (1989 – 1996), John Brownie (1989 – 1992) and Bruce Cox (1991 – 1997) will also be visiting the group.
To celebrate all of these things we plan to hold some informal talks followed by a festive afternoon tea on Monday afternoon.
Since we will have six (Bosma, Brownie, Cannon, Cox, Playoust, Steel) of the seven key developers for the period 1989 – 1996 here on Monday, we plan to present some short historical talks on the project covering the years 1989 – 1996. This period covers the project from its commencement until the release of V2.0 at the Second Magma Conference in Milwaukee in June 1996.
Schedule
The program will be as follows:- 2.30 - 2.55 John Cannon
- Prehistory and early history of the Magma project
- 3.00 - 3.20 Wieb Bosma
- The origins of number theory in Magma
- 3.20 - 3.40 Catherine Playoust
- Modelling mathematics, modelling Magma
- 3.40 - 4.00 Allan Steel
- Some thoughts on the early development of Magma
- 4.00 - 5.00 Afternoon tea