Novices should know a bit about the little quirks peculiar to the software. My calculations are usually in the areas of simple algebra, calculus and ordinary differential equations and utilize less than 0.001 percent of Mathematica’s potential.īeginner features specific to Mathematica This is meant to give you a flavor of Mathematica’s high level programming language and the way it is used, as opposed to what it can do (as that’s just about anything these days).
Given in Figures 2 through 4 is a notebook page showing simple commands to evaluate numbers, integrate function, do a 2-D plot, a contour plot and a more complex parametric plot. As an example, let’s take a very brief tour through some commands and their execution. For the more adept, this screen is easily suppressed.Īs to the heart of the matter - Mathematica does mathematics! - all kinds and in excruciating detail exists if needed. The Documentation Center of the Welcome screen will quickly become the close friend of new users. The notebook is the basic work area and the assistants greatly simplify the typing tasks (for those of us who hate typing!). It includes the menu bar, the notebook area and four palettes: Algebraic Manipulation, Basic Math Assistant, Basic Math and Basic Typesetting. It is logically arranged, and the novice need not spend too much time drilling down to the needed areas.įigure 1 is a partial screen shot of my startup screen. The Documentation center is helpful, however, and is less consulted with experience in the areas of interest.
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I have consulted my Mathematica 5 manual untill it’s falling apart and still have not fully appreciated the search function under Help. The company recommends 1.5 GB of HD space (if loading from a disk, or 3 GB for a download) and at least 256 MB of RAM (but 1GB or more would be highly recommended).Īs with most programs these days, the trend is to go electronic. As to system space/memory requirements, the bigger the better. System requirements are noted in Table 2. Table 1 is just an overview of the 500 new functionalities. In this editor’s case, the genomic data access was a really nice surprise! Now onto the particulars… Many of these new features are something that may never be used by most analysts, but others are a welcome addition to the specialist. It never ceases to amaze just how much evolutionary progress can be made in even a short time. Mathematica is too much of an old friend to say anything besides singing its praises. With over 500 new functionalities, this is about as complete a package as you could want
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