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Wed 24 Oct, Fri 26 Oct 2012
14:15 - 17:00

Venue: Titan Teaching Room 1

Provided by: University Computing Service


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Mathematica: Basics

Wed 24 Oct, Fri 26 Oct 2012

Description

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

Mathematica is a software package for numerical computation, symbolic manipulation and the production of graphics from mathematical functions and data. This course is for beginners and new users of the package and describes basic concepts and use of Mathematica.

Prerequisites
  • Knowledge of matrix algebra and simple calculus (including simple ordinary differential equations (ODEs)) is assumed.
  • Those attending should be able to use a plain text editor (e.g. emacs, gedit, pico, vi) on a Unix system as might be obtained from the Emacs or Vi introductory courses.
Sessions

Number of sessions: 2

# Date Time Venue Trainer
1 Wed 24 Oct 2012   14:15 - 17:00 14:15 - 17:00 Titan Teaching Room 1 Bruce Beckles
2 Fri 26 Oct 2012   14:15 - 17:00 14:15 - 17:00 Titan Teaching Room 1 Bruce Beckles
Topics covered
  • User interface
  • Mathematica language and syntax
  • Functions
  • Plotting simple graphs
  • Input/Output
  • Solving a simple ordinary differential equation (ODE)
Format

Presentations, demonstrations and practicals.

System requirements

Mathematica v. 7 on PWF Linux

Notes
  • No attempt is made to teach mathematical techniques.
  • Attendees may also be interested in the "Mathematica: Graphics" and "Mathematica: Linear Algebra" courses.
Duration

Two half day sessions

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