math³: A System for Doing Mathematics Really Fast by Computer

Environments for coupling symbolic computation with parallel numeric processing are demonstrated using Mathematica and an nCUBE 2 multiple-instruction-thread-multiple-data-stream computer. The so-called "math³" environments provide programming models that allow distributed symbolic computing, as well as a bridge between sequential symbolic computing and distributed numerical computation. Scientific visualization, one strength of Mathematica and a classical weakness of parallel machines, is showcased as a feature of the math³ environments. Applications that demand parallel symbolic processing also are discussed