Enquiry : Mr.Jason Chan (mwchan@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Rm348)
Mathematica is a system for doing mathematical computations including numerical and symbolic.
To start Mathematica : > math
To quit Mathematica : In[1]:= Quit
Example :
(Numerical Computations)
In[1]:= 10.4 ^ 0.5
Out[1]:= 3.2249
(Symbolic Computations)
In[2]:= Solve[ 1 + 2x + x^2 == 0, x ]
Out[2]:= { { x -> -1 }, { x -> -1 } }
(read definition file into Mathematica)
In[3]:= << my.data.file
For more information, please refer to the Mathematica Reference Manuals & User's Guide
To start Macsyma on sun1 : > macsyma