Melbourne University Mathematics and Statistics Society

Have you ever wanted to compute 1000!, do calculations with algebraic numbers, or compute the Galois group of a splitting field? If so, PARI/GP is the program for you!

Obtaining and installing PARI/GP

PARI/GP can be obtained from the University of Bordeaux. There are a number of options at the download page. For Windows users, the easiest one is to select the "self installing Windows binary" (5470 KB). To install PARI/GP, simply run the file you downloaded. If you have any problems, there is an extensive frequently asked questions page, part of which covers installation.

Documentation for PARI/GP

A user's manual, tutorial, and reference card should have come with the distribution. They are most likely living on your computer at (somewhere like) C:\Program Files\PARI\doc with the filenames users.pdf, tutorial.pdf and refcard.pdf respectively. If not, they can be downloaded from the PARI/GP documentation page.

The tutorial is probably the best place to get started.