Mathematica Software
On this page:
- About Mathematica
- Available To
- Getting Started
- Mathematica Tutorials
- Teaching With Mathematica
- Research With Mathematica
About Mathematica
Mathematica is a computational software program based on symbolic mathematics used in mathematical, scientific, engineering, and computing fields. Mathematica uses The Wolfram Language as its programming language.
Available To
Students, Faculty, Staff
Getting Started
Mathematica is currently installed in the following locations:
Computer Labs
Mathematica is installed in all general, or public, computing labs on campus.
University Owned Machines
- Windows Users: Mathematica is available for self-installation through Software Center.
- Mac Users: Mathematica is available for self-installation through Casper.
Faculty and Staff Personally Owned Machines
Submit a request form for a home-use license from Wolfram
Student Personally Owned Machines
Follow the directions below to download from the Wolfram User Portal.
Create an account (New users only):
a. Go to user.wolfram.com and click "Create Account"
b. Fill out the form using a @wright.edu email, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
c. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
Request the download and activation key:
a. Submit a request form for an Activation Key
b. Click the "Product Summary page" link to access your license
c. Click "Get Downloads" and select "Download" next to your platform
d. Run the installer on your machine and enter Activation Key at prompt
To install Mathematica on a 2nd computer, follow Step 2 instructions to request an additional Activation Key
Mathematica Tutorials
The first two tutorials are excellent for new users and can be assigned to students as homework to learn Mathematica outside of class time.
- Hands-on Start to Mathematica: Follow along in Mathematica as you watch this multi-part screencast that teaches you the basics—how to create your first notebook, calculations, visualizations interactive examples, and more.
- What's New in Mathematica 10: Provides examples to help you get started with new functionality in Mathematica 10, including machine learning, computational geometry, geographic computation, and device connectivity.
- How To Topics: Access step-by-step instructions ranging from how to create animations to basic syntax information.
- Learning Center: Search Wolfram's large collection of materials for example calculations or tutorials in your field of interest.
Teaching With Mathematica
Mathematica offers an interactive classroom experience that helps students explore and grasp concepts, plus gives faculty the tools they need to easily create supporting course materials, assignments, and presentations.
Resources for Educators
- Mathematica for Teaching and Education-Free Video Course: Learn how to make your classroom dynamic with interactive models, explore computation and visualization capabilities in Mathematica that make it useful for teaching practically any subject at any level, and get best-practice suggestions for course integration.
- How to Create a Lecture Slideshow-Free Video Course: Learn how to create a slideshow for class that shows a mixture of graphics, calculations, and nicely formatted text, with live calculations or animations.
- Wolfram Demonstrations Project: Download pre-built, open-code examples from a daily-growing collection of interactive visualizations, spanning a remarkable range of topics.
- Wolfram Training Education Course: Access on-demand and live courses on Mathematica, SystemModeler, and other Wolfram technologies.
Research With Mathematica
Rather than requiring different toolkits for different jobs, Mathematica integrates the world's largest collection of algorithms, high-performance computing capabilities, and a powerful visualization engine in one coherent system, making it ideal for academic research in just about any discipline.
Resources for Researchers
- Mathematica for University Research-Free Video Course: Explore Mathematica's high-level and multi-paradigm programming language, support for parallel computing and GPU architectures, built-in functionality for specialized application areas, and multiple publishing and deployment options for sharing your work.
- Utilizing HPC and Grid Computing in Education-Free Video Course: Learn how to create programs and take advantage of multi-core machines or a dedicated cluster.
- Field-Specific Applications: Learn what areas of Mathematica are useful for specific fields.
