Mathematical Sciences: A Holistic System for Mathematical Computation

首席研究员的目标是创建一个 数学计算的友好环境。 这个词 “环境”在以下意义上：它是一个地方， 程序和人一起生活和互动。 因此，它需要 下一篇：共性 需要有丰富的协议 它允许程序相互通信， 资源 异源 程序不需要在结构上 彼此相似，才能沟通。 法律与秩序 程序应该相互保护： 如果一个人的行为不合理，其他人应该受到保护。 便携性。 环境应该独立于 底层硬件，可以是一台计算机或 网络这样的。 灵活性. 使用一个程序或集合的人 程序的执行不应受到其他程序的中断的阻碍。 有其他目标的人。 种子 环境应该来 充满了有用程序的幼苗。 如果环境 是肥沃的（只有时间可以告诉），这些将发展成为永远 更大、更富有成果的事情。 该奖项将鼓励探索性研究， 重要领域。

The goal of the Principal Investigator is to create a hospitable environment for mathematical computation. The word "environment" in the following sense: It is a place where programs and people live and interact together. As such it needs the following: Commonality. There needs to be a rich protocol that allows programs to communicate with one another and to share resources. Heterogeneity. Programs needn't be structurally similar to one another in order to be capable of communicating. Law and Order. Programs should be protected from one another: if one acts irrationally the rest should be protected from it. Portability. The environment should be independent of the underlying hardware, which could be a single computer or a network of such. Flexibility. People using one program or set of programs should not be hindered by the existense of other people with other goals. Seeds. The environment should come populated with seedlings of useful programs. If the environment is fertile (only time can tell) these will develop into ever bigger and more fruitful things. This award will encourage exploratory research in this important area.