Welcome to the very first course on your Computational Mathematics series. This short course has seven chapters. Each lecture is shorter than five minutes. We will use "Mathematica" and "Wolfram One" interchangeably. Both mean the desktop software's user interface, i.e., the screens and menus and buttons you see. On the other hand "Wolfram Language" is the programming language you use inside the "Mathematica" or "Wolfram One" user interface.
This chapter is for those who haven't installed or activated either Wolfram One or Mathematica.
Mathematica is a complete word processor for technical writing, as well as an IDE for programming language.
This chapter shows you how to navigate and use the Mathematica notebook. The better you master this interface and shortcut keys, the easier your work is going to be.
WL100.01 Notebook User Interface
Finally we will learn about the computational side of Mathematica.
WL100.02 Calculations, Variables and Commands
All data are represented as a List. With this introduction, you will be able to handle and visualize simple lists.
This is the same function you learned in math class. And this is also the subroutine you might have learned in programming classes.
Visualization and animation are two strong point of Mathematica.
You will learn how to process the Lists you learned in WL100.03 Lists.
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