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Mathematica
Second Edition
Eugene Don, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
Queens College, CUNY
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To my wife, Benay,
whose patience and understanding
made this book possible.
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Preface to the First Edition
This book is designed to help students and professionals who use mathematics in their daily routine to learn
Mathematica, a computer system designed to perform complex mathematical calculations. My approach is
simple: learn by example. Along with easy to read descriptions of the most widely used commands, I have
included a collection of over 750 examples and solved problems, each specifically designed to illustrate
an important feature of the Mathematica software.
I have included those commands and options that are most commonly used in algebra, trigonometry,
calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra. Most examples and solved problems are short and to the
point. Comments have been included, where appropriate, to clarify what might be confusing to the reader.
The reader is encouraged not only to replicate the output shown in the text, but to make modifications
and investigate the resulting effect upon the output. I have found this to be the most effective way to learn
the syntax and capabilities of this truly unique program.
The first three chapters serve as an introduction to the syntax and style of Mathematica. The structure
of the remainder of the book is such that the reader need only be concerned with those chapters of interest
to him or her. If, on occasion, a command is encountered that has been discussed in a previous chapter, the
Index may be used to conveniently locate the command’s description.
Without a doubt you will be impressed with Mathematica’s capabilities. It is my sincere hope that you
will use the power built into this software to investigate the wonders of mathematics in a way that would
have been impossible just a few years ago.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff at McGraw-Hill for their help in the preparation
of this book and to give a special note of thanks to Mr. Joel Lerner for his encouragement and support of
this project.
EUGENE DON
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Preface to the Second Edition
The recent introduction of Mathematica 6 and Mathematica 7 has brought significant changes to many
of the commands that comprise the language. A complete listing of all the changes can be found in the
Documentation Center that is included with your program. Most notably:
Some of the menus and dialog boxes have changed. These changes are mostly cosmetic and should
not cause any confusion.
The BasicInput palette has been renamed Basic Math Input.
Graphics output was enhanced in version 6. Consequently plots, particularly three-dimensional plots,
may look slightly different from those in previous versions.
In versions 4 and 5 a semicolon (;) was used merely to suppress an annoying line of output when
executing graphics commands. In versions 6 and 7, the semicolon suppresses graphics output com-
pletely and must therefore be deleted when using commands such as Plot, Plot3D, Show, etc.
Furthermore, since the semicolon may now be used to suppress graphics, DisplayFunction ã
Identity and DisplayFunction ã $DisplayFunction are no longer needed.
Some of the commands that had previously been supplied in packages (and had to be loaded prior to
use) are now included in the kernel and may be used without invoking Needs or . Some of the
commands are located in different packages, and some of them are available by download from the
Wolfram website.
Some of the commands in version 5 have been eliminated and put into “legacy” packages, included
with Mathematica 6 and 7. They will have to be loaded prior to using them.
Some of the commands (e.g., ImplicitPlot) have been eliminated and their functionality has
been incorporated into other commands (e.g., ContourPlot).
Animation has been significantly enhanced with the introduction of Animate and Manipulate.
A tool has been incorporated into Mathematica that will scan notebooks written using older versions
of the software. Any incompatibilities are flagged and suggestions for correcting them are automatically
generated.
This second edition incorporates all of these changes in the command descriptions, examples, and solved
problems. In addition a comprehensive list of commands used in the book, together with their descriptions,
is conveniently located in the appendix.
The manuscript for this book was proofread several times and all the examples and solved problems have
been checked for accuracy. If you should come across a mistake that has not been caught, or would like to
share your thoughts about the book, please feel free to send an e-mail to
[email protected]
I hope you will find this book helpful in navigating through Mathematica. I would like to thank Professor
John-Tones Amenyo of York College for his help in highlighting those parts of the text that required
modification.
EUGENE DON
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