Mathematica

free MathReader software to display Mathematica notebooks

Purdue Mathematica Users Group

The following are links to Mathematica notebooks. To use them

1. download to your computer
2. start Mathematica
   • on ECN Windows computers: do Start => Programs => ECN Software => Mathematica 5.1 => Mathematica
   • on ECN Sun computers: type mathematica
3. do File => Open and open the file
4. do Kernel => Delete All Output
5. do Kernel => Evaluation => Evaluate Notebook

bird.nb (the z.gif animation it produces)

An abstract bird-like thing "flying".
Keywords:
    animated GIF
    3D graphics

In a group of 23 people, odds are a little better than 50-50 that two or more people will have the same birthday.
Keywords:
    2D graphics
    probability
    simulation
    symbolic mathematics
The odds of guessing which atom in the universe I'm thinking of now are far better than finding a group of 365 random people (from an infinite number of people) who have different birthdays.

One hour short course.
Keywords:
    2D graphics
    3D graphics
    notebook
    numeric mathematics
    probability (one 12-sided vs. two 6-sided dice)
    simulation
    symbolic mathematics

An overview of Mathematica including very a simple comparison of Maple, MATLAB, and Mathematica symbolic math.

This uses the SurfaceOfRevolution.m Mathematica Add-On. The notebook is already evaluated. Do not do Kernel => Delete All Output or Kernel => Evaluation => Evaluate Notebook unless you have the Add-On installed.

Show curve in 2D, show curve in 3D, show animation of rotating curve around line to make a surface of revolution.
Keywords:
    2D graphics
    3D graphics
    surface of revolution
    SurfaceOfRevolution[]
Needs more work, in particular I want to remove mesh, add line that curve is rotated around, and put curve in red so it wan be seen as it rotates around.

Revised: December 28, 2006
Created: December 14, 2006