These files change from time to time. It is recommended that you not save a lab until close to the lab day. To save a file to disk, click on the link and choose Save. Choose a directory on your G: drive or on a floppy or zip disk. If you are going to use or modify the file, doing so from the G: drive will be faster. To open the file, double click on your copy, or open Mathematica first, then choose File, Open.
You must be in the Elizabeth lab to use Mathematica. Save the file often as you work on it. If Mathematica freezes, you'll lose any changes since your last save. Be sure to put your name in the lab and change the file name before you submit it. Please send labs electronically through Blackboard©: Tools, Digital Drop Box. Follow the submission guidelines at the end of each lab. A sample lab report appears below. Additional Mathematica commands and hints can be found on the class handouts.
Sample Lab: mhale0.nb mhale0.nb (63 kb, 06 Aug 06)
Example of a good lab write up. Explanations of the mathematics used, explanations of the computer code, organized and in good English. Add a little extra to show your knowledge and interest.
Intro: intro.nb (23 kb, 04 Aug 06)
Brief description of how Mathematica works and sample commands: exact and floating arithmetic, syntax, functions, derivatives, integrals, graphs.
Factor, Solve, RindRoot, Clear, f', D, Simplify, Plot, Integrate, Table, TableForm, %
Newton's Method: newton.nb (71 kb, 11 Jan 03)
Review and example of Newton's Method. Includes a simple iteration loop.
Riemann sums: riemann.nb (8 kb, 8 Jan 02)
Utility to graph and calculate Riemann sums. Left endpoints, right endpoints, midpoints.
NIntegrate
Data: data.nb (7 kb, 08 Jan 02)
Utility to graph and estimate integrals from data. Right endpoints, midpoints.
ListPlot (with options)
Simpson's Rule from Data: simpdata.nb (11 kb, 17 Sep 02)
Solving a problem about racing cars (problem #21 from section 6.1).
Table, TableForm, ListPlot (with options), Sum
Lab #0: math_quiz.nb (10 kb, 04 Aug 06)
Quiz on using Mathematica.
Lab #1: numint.nb (8 kb, 03 Aug 06)
Numerical integration techniques.
Lab #2: ftoc.nb (13 kb, 10 Sep 06)
Working with area functions and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
Lab #3: volume.nb (8 kb, 03 Aug 06)
Volumes of surfaces of revolution.
Lab #4: series.nb (8 kb, 04 Aug 06)
Sequences and series.
Lab #5: power.nb (7 kb, 04 Aug 06)
Power series as functions.
Lab #6: taylor.nb (8 kb, 30 Jul 06)
Taylor series.
Lab #7: diffeq.nb (8 kb, 06 Aug 06)
Differential equations.
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