Hands-On Start to Wolfram Mathematica: And Programming with the Wolfram Language

✍ Scribed by Cliff Hastings, Kelvin Mischo, Michael Morrison

• Publisher: Wolfram Media
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 488
• Edition: 2nd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For more than 25 years, Mathematica has been the principal computation environment for millions of innovators, educators, students, and others around the world. This book is an introduction to Mathematica. The goal is to provide a hands-on experience introducing the breadth of Mathematica with a focus on ease of use. Readers get detailed instruction with examples for interactive learning and end-of-chapter exercises. Each chapter also contains authors' tips from their combined 50+ years of Mathematica use.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 2
Introduction......Page 3
Part I
The Complete Overview......Page 5
Chapter 1 The Very Basics......Page 7
Chapter 2 A Sample Project in Mathematica......Page 15
Chapter 3 Input and Output......Page 25
Chapter 4 Word Processing and Typesetting......Page 47
Chapter 5 Presenting with Slide Shows......Page 63
Chapter 6 Fundamentals of the Wolfram Language......Page 77
Chapter 7 Creating Interactive Models with a Single Command......Page 97
Chapter 8 Sharing Mathematica Notebooks......Page 119
Chapter 9 Finding Help......Page 129
Part II
Extending Knowledge......Page 137
Chapter 10 2D and 3D Graphics......Page 139
Chapter 11 Visualizing Data......Page 161
Chapter 12 Styling and Customizing Graphics......Page 183
Chapter 13 Creating Figures and Diagrams with Graphics Primitives......Page 217
Chapter 14 Algebraic Manipulation and Equation Solving......Page 237
Chapter 15 Calculus......Page 249
Chapter 16 Differential Equations......Page 265
Chapter 17 Linear Algebra......Page 275
Chapter 18 Probability and Statistics......Page 293
Chapter 19 Importing and Exporting Data......Page 309
Chapter 20 Data Filtering and Manipulation......Page 331
Chapter 21 Working with Curated Data......Page 363
Chapter 22 Using Wolfram|Alpha Data in Mathematica......Page 397
Chapter 23 Statistical Functionality for Data Analysis......Page 423
Chapter 24 Creating Programs......Page 441
Chapter 25 Creating Parallel and GPU Programs......Page 463
Index......Page 481