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Computer Algebra with Mathematica
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Organization: | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
Department: | Mathematical Sciences |
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Requirements for the course: - Registration through Continuing Education at UMass Lowell: http://continuinged.uml.edu/online.
- Mathematica 4+. Student versions are available at the Wolfram site or through JourneyEd.com You must prove that you are a student to register this version.
- A computer that will run your version of Mathematica (most likely a Macintosh or IBM) Note: No matter what platform you run Mathematica on, there no problem sharing Mathematica notebooks because they are plain text files and can be easily emailed without any conversion between platforms.
- An Internet connection & experience with internet tools, including email, www and ftp.
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This three credit course will be conducted almost completely by using the Internet. The course has been running successfully since 1996. An archive of student work is available at http://www.uml.edu/Dept/Math/m419/proj/MMProj.html Topics: The Three Phases of the Course: - Phase 1 (Weeks 1 - 5) Become familiar with the basic features of Mathematica. Start to think about possible project topics.
- Phase 2 (Weeks 6 - 10) Learn more Mathematica Select a project topic and start working on the project Submit a project outline by the end of Week 10
- Phase 3 (Weeks 11 - 14) Learn specialized topics of Mathematica that apply to your topic. Complete a preliminary version of the final project (no later than the start of Week 13). Complete the final project based on feedback.
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http://faculty.uml.edu/klevasseur/courses/m419/m419.html
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