REDUCE on a Massively Parallel System

Winfried Neun
Konrad--Zuse--Zentrum Berlin

The implementation and usage of the Computer Algebra system 
REDUCE on a massively parallel system (in our case the Cray T3D) is discussed
here. The aim of the implementation is to retain portablity among parallel
systems by refraining from the usage of propriatary software solutitions. 
The communication protocol (using the Parallel Virtual Machine),
the user interface and parallel extensions to the REDUCE command language
are presented. The results of some typical computations in CA using this
approach will be given.