Sage and Undergraduate Mathematics

Mike Hansen
Department of Mathematics
University of Washington

Abstract: In this talk, I will introduce students to Sage, which is free open source mathematical software, and explain some of the cool things they can do. I'll talk about linear algebra, calculus, plotting, graph theory, and combinatorics. I'll also talk about my involvement as a Sage developer starting in 2007 as an undergraduate at Harvey Mudd College, and some research I did involving fast Fourier transform for the symmetric group.