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

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Tutorial Material

1. Computational Science

   • Applet that animates the orbits of Earth and Mars.

2. Population Density: Computational Properties of Numbers

   • Notebook that gives a brief introduction to the use of Mathematica notebooks.

   • Notebook that illustrates Mathematica expressions.

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

   • Applet that demonstrates the behavior of rational numbers.

3. Eratosthenes: Significant Digits and Interval Arithmetic

   • Notebook that illustrates significant digits and interval arithmetic. To use this notebook, you must retrieve an upgraded Mathematica library.

   • Notebook that illustrates operator precedence.

   • Notebook that illustrates assignment.

4. Stairway to Heaven: Accumulation of Roundoff Error

   • Applet that demonstrates the block-stacking process.

   • Notebook that does block stacking calculations.

5. Kitty Hawk: Programmer-Defined Functions

   • Notebook that illustrates programmer-defined functions. To use this notebook, you must retrieve an upgraded Mathematica library.

6. Baby Boom: Symbolic Computation

   • Applet that demonstrates interest accumulation.

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

   • Notebook that explores Mathematica's capabilities for symbolic computation.

7. Ballistic Trajectories: Scientific Visualization

   • Applet that demonstrates ballistic trajectories

   • Notebook that illustrates Mathematica 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

10. Introduction to C

11. Robotic Weightlifting: Straight-Line Programs

    • Applet that demonstrates the weightlifting problem

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

12. Sliding Blocks: Conditionals and Functions

    • Applet that illustrates friction

    • Tutorial that illustrates the use of conditionals in C

13. Rod Stacking: Designing with Functions

    • Applet that demonstrates the rod stacking problem

14. Newton's Beam: Repetition

    • Applet that demonstrates Newton's method

15. Corrugated Sheets: Multiple-File Programs

    • Applet that demonstrates numerical integration

16. Harmonic Oscillation: Structures and Abstract Datatypes

    • Applet that demonstrates harmonic motion

17. Heat Transfer in a Rod: Arrays

    • Applet that demonstrates heat transfer

    • Tutorial that illustrates the use of arrays in C

18. Visualizing Heat Transfer: Arrays as Parameters

Last revised 07Nov1997.