Tutorials and Notes

Here are some Mathematica notebooks you can download to your computer. Click on the name of the notebook to download it. The date is the last modification date for the notebook. Also see Mathematics Demos for course-specific notebooks. One very important NOTE: these demos were produced using Mathematica versions 4 and 5 and likely will not run properly in Mathematica version 6 without some editing.

If you download any of the following, and have trouble opening them on a computer equipped with Mathematica 3 or 4 because the icon for the file is wrong or blank, here are some instructions on how to possibly fix the problem.

Mac users may find that clicking on a file link opens it in your browser as a text file starting with "Mathematica-Compatible Notebook." If this happens, try again, but hold down the option key as you click the link.


Tutorials:

Introduction to Mathematica (for the beginner, or anyone who wants a refresher in basic Mathematica concepts, October 19, 2004)

Calculus Introduction (some Mathematica basics, together with arithmetic, plotting, algebra, assigning function and variable values, and lists, August 29, 2002)

Calculus (one variable) (limits, derivatives, integrals, sums, and Taylor polynomials, August 16, 2006)

Multivariable Introduction (some Mathematica basics, together with some one-variable Calculus stuff and examples of surface, contour, parametric, and vector field plots, September 27, 2005)

Multivariable Calculus (plotting, partial derivatives, iterated integrals, vector analysis, January 27, 2003)

Linear Algebra (vectors, dot and cross products, matrices and matrix operations, row reduction, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, November 29, 2004)

Differential Equations (symbolic and numerical solutions, February 8, 2001)


Notes:

top ten (a list of common Mathematica errors, March 3, 2000)

About N (precision and display of numerical results in Mathematica Version 4, September 10, 2003)


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