# Yacas documentation

Using Yacas, function reference (PDF) (download) This document describes the functions that are useful in the context of using Yacas as an end user. Programming in Yacas (PDF) (download) This document should get you started programming in Yacas. There are some basic explanations and hands-on tutorials. Programming in Yacas, function reference (PDF) (download) This is the second part of the Yacas function reference. This reference explains functions that are used in the Yacas source code that is underneath what the user sees. The documentation in this section is thus mostly useful to people who are maintaining Yacas. The Yacas Book of Algorithms (PDF) (download) This book is a detailed description of the algorithms used in the Yacas system for exact symbolic and arbitrary-precision numerical computations. Very few of these algorithms are new, and most are well-known. The goal of this book is to become a compendium of all relevant issues of design and implementation of these algorithms. Introduction to the off-line version of Yacas (PDF) (download) This document gives a short introduction to Yacas. Included is a brief tutorial on the syntax and some commands to get you started using Yacas. There are also some examples. Essays on Yacas (PDF) (download) This is a book of essays on Yacas. It covers various topics, from using the Yacas system for specific calculations to general issues related to the Yacas system development and maintenance.