Mathematical Computing
Welcome to Math 250, Mathematical Computing, this Spring 2023!
Course Information
- Course Syllabus
- Read Letters from past students
- Course Calendar
- Course Content, including a list of topics covered, in-class tutorials, and homework assignments.
- Information about the Course Projects.
- Our discussion board will be on Discord.
Office hours:
Office hours is the time that instructors set aside outside of class time for students to come and ask questions. I am happy to help you with your homework, project, and other class-related questions or concerns. Office hours this semester are Mondays 9:30–10:30am (on Zoom) and Thursdays 12:30–1:30 in Kiely 606. If those times don't work for you, send me an email or DM and we'll set up a time that works for you.
Inspiring links:
- Wolfram Demonstrations Project — Browse to see what Mathematica can do.
- Wolfram Blog: Using Mathematica to solve real-world problems.
- Amazing Curated FAQ about Mathematica on StackExchange
- Mathematical Animations by Clayton Shonkwiler, including his Mathematica source code
- Mathematical Animations by Matt Henderson, including his Mathematica source code
- Past columns by Donald Piele
- An introduction to and bibliography about combinatorial games
- Project Euler, a list of math problems hard to solve without a computer.
Additional online resources from Wolfram:
- Wolfram's fast introduction for programmers
- Mathematica screencasts
- Mathematica courses
- Interactive course: An Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language
Books about Mathematica:
- Computational Recreations in Mathematica by Ilan Vardi — A moderate-to-advanced resource with topics similar to those in this class.
- Mathematica in Action by Stan Wagon — A beginning-to-moderate introductory resource with additional topics you might decide to investigate.
- An Introduction to Programming with Mathematica by Paul Wellin, Richard Gaylord, and Samuel Kamin — A moderate introduction to programming in Mathematica.
- The Student's Introduction to MATHEMATICA by Bruce F. Torrence and Eve A. Torrence — Introduction to and examples of Mathematica in Calculus, Precalculus, and Linear Algebra.
- Computational discrete mathematics : combinatorics and graph theory with Mathematica by Sriram Pemmaraju and Steven Skiena — A guide for using Mathematica to do combinatorics and graph theory.
- Schaum's Outline of Mathematica by Eugene Don — A beginner's introduction to using Mathematica for calculations.
- Mathematica by Exampleby Martha L. Abell and James P. Braselton — A book guiding you through learning Mathematica by example.
- Mathematica Navigator: Mathematics, Statistics and Graphics by Heikki Ruskeepaa — An introductory-to-moderate general resource, mostly for calculations.
- Advanced examples of what Mathematica can do
- Mathematica for Scientists and Engineers by Thomas B. Bahder — An advanced resource to understand how to use Mathematica to solve research problems.
