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MATHwire
News for the Mathematica Community
September 2001
Announcements
webMathematica, the much anticipated new product that merges the
computational power of Mathematica with the convenience and
accessibility of the web, is here! webMathematica provides the
long-sought ability to quickly and easily add interactive
calculations to the web...
http://www.wolfram.com/webmathematica
The Mathematical Explorer is now available domestically and
through the online store. A new stand-alone product for the
mathematically curious, The Mathematical Explorer invites you to
explore some of the most fascinating topics in mathematics from
ancient Greece up to the 21st century...
http://www.wolfram.com/explorer
The 2001 Mathematica Developer Conference will be held October
11-13 in Champaign, Illinois. The emphasis at this year's
conference will be on webMathematica, MathML, XML, and
J/Link.
Registration and updated conference information is available...
http://www.wolfram.com/news/events/devconf2001
The UnRisk application package for the analysis of financial
derivatives integrates Mathematica with optimized C++ libraries
to provide the flexibility of a high-level programming language
and the speed necessary for production use. New features in
UnRisk 1.1 include constant maturity floaters, constant maturity
swaps, and forward rate agreements...
http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/unrisk
Wolfram Education Group offers certified Mathematica training to
individuals and corporations. Upcoming classes are scheduled for
Baltimore, Denver, Phoenix, and San Francisco. Online
registration and additional information about Wolfram Education
Group are available...
http://www.wolfram.com/services/training/education
The new Engineering Education Forum is a valuable meeting place
to engage in moderated discussions with other Mathematica users
in engineering education. This forum provides the opportunity to
ask your colleagues questions regarding Mathematica, courseware
development, effective problem solving techniques,
demonstrations, classroom presentations, and much more...
http://library.wolfram.com/forums/engineering
New Books
Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics
Mathematica supplement: Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics
by Robert W. Soutas-Little and Daniel J. Inman...
http://store.wolfram.com/view/book/ISBN0132784092.str
Engineering Mechanics: Statics
Mathematica supplement: Engineering Mechanics: Statics
by Robert W. Soutas-Little and Daniel J. Inman...
http://store.wolfram.com/view/book/ISBN0137690010.str
MathLink: Network Programming with Mathematica
by Chikara Miyaji and Paul Abbott...
http://store.wolfram.com/view/book/ISBN0521645980.str
Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective
by Richard Crandall and Carl Pomerance...
http://store.wolfram.com/view/book/ISBN0387947779.str
PrimeKit (Mathematica notebook supplement download)
from Perfectly Scientific, Inc....
http://www.perfsci.com/primenumbers.html#PrimeKit
Scientific Computing with Mathematica: Mathematical Problems
for Ordinary Differential Equations
by Addolorata Marasco and Antonio Romano...
http://store.wolfram.com/view/book/ISBN0817642056.str
Did you know...?
...there are numerous ways of exporting results, graphics, and
code from Mathematica to other programs. They range from simple
copy and paste to generation of web animations to creation of
stand-alone C++ code...
http://library.wolfram.com/howtos/exporting
...you can encode your Mathematica source code to prevent others
from copying your implementation. The Mathematica function
Encode
writes an encoded version of the source file to a destination
file. Entering <<dest decodes the file before reading its
contents. You can also key-encode files, which must be read-in
using the function Get...
http://documents.wolfram.com/v4/RefGuide/Encode.html
In the news...
New Scientist magazine talks to Wolfram Research CEO Stephen
Wolfram about shaping the future of science and the 20 years of
research that have gone into A New Kind of Science, his book due
out next year...
http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opinterview.jsp?id=ns230516
Independent Mathematica application developer Visual Analysis AG
received the 2001 Innovation Award from the journal Automotive
Engineering Partners for its innovative products and services...
http://www.wolfram.com/news/visualanalysisaward.html
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