Introduction to Mathematica
Wolfram Mathematica (usually termed Mathematica) is a mathematical symbolic computation program, sometimes termed a computer algebra system or program, used in many scientific, engineering, mathematical, and computing fields. It was conceived by Stephen Wolfram and is developed by Wolfram Research of Champaign, Illinois. The Wolfram Language is the programming language used in Mathematica.
Mathematica is available via the campus computer labs, or available for student download. For location or for download information, please visit the CCIT Mathematica information page.
Lab Notes
Mathematica is a very powerful tool that can do analytical and numerical calculations. Its plotting utilities are very good and it is also quite efficient at doing algebraic calculations. However, with great power comes great responsibility -- meaning, as you become more proficient with the capabilities you will need to tweak your outcomes/results -- a task that is not trivial.
Once you have familiarized yourself with the Mathematica environment you have chosen to use, either via on-campus computers or downloaded to your own machine, work through the following Mathematica notebooks.
Course Prerequisites
None.