Computational Physics Summer School
Laboratory
Introduction to Mathematica
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Introduction
This is the online documentation for the
Mathematica Laboratories. They
complement the
lectures
of Dr. P. Abbott.
On all non-Unix machines MATHEMATICA is invoked by double clicking on the
mathematica icon. A good way to introduce yourself to MATHEMATICA is with the
"Getting Started..." option in the Help Menu.
Selecting "Open Function Browser..." from the Help Menu opens a
heirarchical index of all the MATHEMATICA commands. A brief introduction
to each is given.
Things to Try
Mathematica commands are executed by pressing the "enter" key or the
"shift-return" key combination. For example typing "2+2" followed by
"enter" should produce the result "4". (MATHEMATICA doesn't load the kernel
when the front-end starts so getting 4 may take a few seconds the first
time). Try executing the following examples:
- 100!
- Expand[(1+x)^10]
- Plot[Sin[x^2], {x, 0, 2Pi}]
- Plot3D[Sin[x] Sin[y], {x, 0, 2Pi}, {y, 0, 2Pi}]
Abbott's Notebooks
These are now available on Macs from the didyma server. This server may be
opened by selecting the "didyma" item in the apple menu at the top left.
In the ITS user area "didyma" needs to be opened manually as follows:
- Select the "Chooser" from the Apple menu in the top left corner.
- Select "AppleShare" from the top left box.
- Select "FCU Servers" from the lower left list.
- Double click on "Didyma" from the right list.
- Logon as "Guest".
- Open the "Summer School" folder.
- Either drag the Abbott folder into your local MATHEMATICA folder or
double click on the notebook you wish to open.
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Last Update 12 January 1996