Mathematica Tutorial

INSTRUCTIONS.

There are two versions of the tutorial.

Mathematica Notebook Version:
This above link should be used when you are at a computer that has Mathematica installed. If you do not have Mathematica you may download a free program called MathReader. This program is available for you to download from the Wolfram Research Web Site.

Once you click the link you will see the following dialog box.

Click the Open button and the tutorial will then open Mathematica and the notebook will open.

You may click the Save button and down load the file to be referenced later.

Once you have the tutorial open in Mathematica follow these instructions, (these instructions will not work with MathReader):

2. Next go to the File menu and click on New in order to open a new blank Mathematica Notebook. You should now see a blank Mathematica window initially entitled Untitled-1 or Untitled-2, and (depending on the settings on your particular computer) a window consisting of a number of buttons; this window is called a palette (explained further in the tutorial).
3. It will be useful to display a Tool Bar at the top of the blank window by opening the Format menu and then going down to the bottom and clicking Show Tool Bar.
4. Presuming that you want to use that notebook and save it for future reference (e.g. to print and turn in as a homework assignment), it would be wise to immediately give your blank notebook a name and save it in a desired location (usually to your personal storage device.). You can do this by clicking on the File menu, clicking on Save As, and, in the usual way, going to the desired location followed by typing a name for your notebook and clicking Save; you do not have to worry about typing the extension .nb since Mathematica will do so automatically.
5. Now go to the Windows menu and click on "Tile Windows Wide". You will now see two windows; the tutorial and your personal Mathematica Notebook.
6. Read the material in the tutorial up to the "Starting the Program" subsection in section 1.
7. Skip to the subsection of section 2 entitled "A first calculation". From this point on carry out the instructions in the PRACTICE sections in your personal Mathematica Notebook. Note: Be sure to save often!

Adobe PDF Version:
This above link should be used when you Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, (if you do not you may follow the this link to download Acrobat Reader). Once you click on the link the tutorial will open in Acrobat.