Mathematica

Mathematica is a computer algebra system that is particularly suited for carrying out mathematics in all its facets. Mathematica is based on a consistent language. Mathematica is not just a programme for symbolic computations, the Mathematica package itself contains all important numerical and graphic possibilities. Add-ons for working with OpenGL, for a seamless integration of Java applications, for connection with Matlab et cetera are standard tools. Since version 3, technical scientific text-processing facilities have been added to Mathematica. Books can be produced from Mathematica without interference of other packages.
In the present releases the speed of numerical calculations is even maximal, so it is comparable to standard implementations.
Mathematica offers the user an integrated environment for perpetrating mathematics, from executing draft calculations and experimenting to the production of publications and making presentations.
For our university, WEB-Mathematica is available free of charge. With WEB-Mathematica making interactive (mathematic) web pages becomes a piece of cake. The W3C-standard for technical scientific texts in the Web, MathML, has been set notably by Mathematica.

The following subjects will be treated:

symbolic calculations
numerical calculations
graphic facilities
the internal structure of Mathematica
programming
working with text documents (notebooks)

Documentation	Electronic documentation will be given at the beginning of the course
Language	The documentation used in this course is available in both Dutch and English The language of communication can be either Dutch or English, to be decided by mutual arrangement with the students.
Prerequisite knowledge	Standard package Mathematics for first year university students
Form	Partly theory, partly hand-on experience
Course duration	3 half days
Schedule	Date unknown. This course is not yet scheduled.
Maximum number of participants	20