3 December 2008
Eric Rasmusen, erasmuse@indiana.edu
This file is now at http://www.rasmusen.org/a/mathematica.rasmusen.txt

 These notes are latest  Mathematica tips and tricks that I have found
useful or thought might be useful. I wrote these for my own use and
have not tried to make them clear for others, but some other people
will find them useful.

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 I have Mathematica 6, site license  L2889-8203


http://www.wolfram.com/solutions/highered/homeuse.cgi

 For getting started: 
http://www.indiana.edu/~statmath/math/mma/gettingstarted/doingmath.htm
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The company documentation site: 
http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/guide/Mathematica.html?docs

 See also: 

http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/guide/Mathematica.html

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Go up to the Evaluation tab to actually do the things you've typed in,
or do  SHIFT-ENTER.


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p=x3+3x2+3x+1

Solve[p==0]

 	Expand[%]

 Simplify[%]

f[x_]:=x^2

f[2]

Plot[Sin[x^2],{x,0,2Pi}]

Plot3D[
   Sin[x y],
   {x,0, 3},
   {y, 0, 3}]

 

Export["temp.pdf", %]  or just cut and paste to export a graphic.