Introduction to Scientific Programming Computational Problem Solving Using: Maple and C Mathematica and C Author: Joseph L. Zachary Online Resources: Maple/C Version Mathematica/C Version

Maple/C Online Resources

Diskette

You can

• Retrieve a tar file containing the diskette's contents.
• Retrieve a zip file containing the diskette's contents.
• Browse the contents of the diskette and retrieve individual components.

Upgraded Maple Libraries

• Retrieve a tar file containing the upgraded Maple V Release 6 library.
• Retrieve a zip file containing the upgraded Maple V Release 6 library.

• Retrieve a tar file containing the upgraded Maple V Release 5 library.
• Retrieve a zip file containing the upgraded Maple V Release 5 library.

• Retrieve a tar file containing the upgraded Maple V Release 4 library.
• Retrieve a zip file containing the upgraded Maple V Release 4 library.

• Retrieve a tar file containing the upgraded Maple V Release 3 library.
• Retrieve a zip file containing the upgraded Maple V Release 3 library.

Tutorial Material

1. Computational Science

   • Applet that animates the orbits of Earth and Mars.

2. Population Density: Computational Properties of Numbers

   • Worksheet that gives a brief introduction to the use of Maple worksheets.

   • Worksheet that illustrates Maple expressions.

   • Applet that demonstrates the behavior of floating-point numbers.

     Zip file containing applet source

   • Applet that demonstrates the behavior of rational numbers.

     Zip file containing applet source

3. Eratosthenes: Significant Digits and Interval Arithmetic

   • Worksheet that illustrates significant digits and interval arithmetic. To use this worksheet, you must retrieve an upgraded Maple library.

   • Worksheet that illustrates operator precedence.

   • Worksheet that illustrates assignment.

4. Stairway to Heaven: Accumulation of Roundoff Error

   • Applet that demonstrates the block-stacking process.

     Zip file containing applet source

   • Worksheet that does block stacking calculations.

5. Kitty Hawk: Programmer-Defined Functions

   • Worksheet that illustrates programmer-defined functions. To use this worksheet, you must retrieve an upgraded Maple library.

6. Baby Boom: Symbolic Computation

   • Applet that demonstrates interest accumulation.

     Zip file containing applet source

   • Worksheet that explores loss of significance when computing the quadratic formula. It makes use of programmer-defined functions and symbolic computation.

   • Worksheet that explores Maple's capabilities for symbolic computation.

7. Ballistic Trajectories: Scientific Visualization

   • Applet that demonstrates ballistic trajectories

     Zip file containing applet source

   • Worksheet that illustrates Maple plotting

8. The Battle for Leyte Gulf: Symbolic Mathematics

   • Applet that demonstrates destroyer trajectories

9. Old MacDonald's Cow: Procedural Programming

   • Applet that demonstrates the bisection method

     Zip file containing applet source

10. Introduction to C

11. Robotic Weightlifting: Straight-Line Programs

    • Applet that demonstrates the weightlifting problem

      Zip file containing applet source

    • Tutorial that illustrates the use of printf and scanf in C

12. Sliding Blocks: Conditionals and Functions

    • Applet that illustrates friction

      Zip file containing applet source

    • Tutorial that illustrates the use of conditionals in C

13. Rod Stacking: Designing with Functions

    • Applet that demonstrates the rod stacking problem

      Zip file containing applet source

14. Newton's Beam: Repetition

    • Applet that demonstrates Newton's method

      Zip file containing applet source

15. Numerical Integration: Multiple-File Programs

    • Applet that demonstrates numerical integration

      Zip file containing applet source

16. Harmonic Oscillation: Structures and Abstract Datatypes

    • Applet that demonstrates harmonic motion

17. Heat Transfer in a Rod: Arrays

    • Applet that demonstrates heat transfer

      Zip file containing applet source

    • Tutorial that illustrates the use of arrays in C

18. Visualizing Heat Transfer: Arrays as Parameters

Last revised 07Nov1997.