Being able to compute and/or visualize various mathematical quantities is necessary in order to develop a good understanding of the material in this course. Luckily for you, there are now a plethora of tools to make this relatively easy to do.

1. Symbolic Math & Visualization Packages
• Maxima (free).
• Wolfram|Alpha (free to inexpensive).
• Maple 17 Student Edition (not free).
• Mathematica 9 Student Edition (not free).
2. Plotting and Visualization Tools
• GnuPlot (Available on Departmental Server as well.)
• Gnuplot Examples Scripts (tgz file format)
• Gnuplot Examples Scripts (zip file format)
• Grace (Available on Departmental Server.)
3. Integration by Parts
• LIATE Table
4. Matrix Calculators
• WolframAlpha 3x3 Matrix Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
• bluebit matrix calculator
• MathIsFun matrix calculator
• WIMS Matrix Calculator
5. Root finding via Newton-Raphson Method
• Root Finder
6. Numerical Computation on Departmental Server
• Fortran Compiler
• C Compiler
• C++ Compiler
• Linear Algebra Packages
• Perl Scripting
• Python

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