Crash Course in Mathematica

"Written with the beginner in mind...[the book] is easier to handle than the standard manual... Exercises are set throughout the text...to provide a graduated introduction... This crash course will appeal to teachers and to enthusiastic computer literate students wanting to be 'fast-tracked' into MATHEMATICA(R). It is clearly written, and should work well as a tutorial text." -The Australian Mathematics Teacher

• A Short Tour.- Formula Entry.- Numerical Calculations.- Symbolic Mathematics.- Graphics.- Programming.- Some of the Most Important Functions.- 1: The Basics.- 1.1 The Structure of the Program.- 1.2 Online Documentation.- 1.3 Formulas.- 1.4 Simple Calculations.- 2: Graphics.- 2.1 Graphs of Functions of One Variable.- 2.2 Graphs of Functions of Two Variables.- 2.3 Parametric Plots.- 2.4 Tools from Standard Packages.- 2.5 Animations.- 2.6 Exporting to Other Programs.- 3: Lists and Graphics Programming.- 3.1 Lists.- 3.2 Calculating with Lists.- 3.3 Linear Algebra.- 3.4 Graphics Programming.- 3.5 Application: Animating a Mechanism.- 4: Introduction to Programming.- 4.1 Expressions.- 4.2 Patterns.- 4.3 Evaluation.- 4.4 Programming Tools.- 4.5 Further Information.