Symbolic Vector Analysis Using Mathematica ÷W (Demo)
Hong Qin, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
1997 Mathematica Visiting Scholar

÷W Conventional vector analysis notation is built in.

÷W Vector calculations independent of coordinate system.

÷W An example from ideal megnetohydrodynamics.

÷W Vector analysis in any well-defined coordinate system.

÷W Ideal MHD waves in a magnetized plasma (H. Alfven, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1970).

÷W Define the linear force operator:

÷W Create the matrix for the force operator, solve for the eigenvalues :

÷W Define your own coordinate systems through a simple interface. Asymptotic vector analysis is available.

÷W Define the particle drift velocities.