Mathematica for Students 5 Offers All the Power of
Mathematica at a Special Student Price
July 28, 2003--Mathematica for Students 5 is now
available, giving students access to the latest Mathematica technology at
a special low price. Mathematica for Students 5 contains all of the same
innovative features and functionality as Mathematica 5, the new
high-performance version of Wolfram Research's award-winning technical
computing software that is part of the information infrastructure at top
universities, leading corporations, and government organizations
worldwide.
Mathematica for Students 5 surpasses other educational computing software
with its unique combination of speed, functionality, and ease of use. A
new quick-start interactive tutorial will help students familiarize themselves
with Mathematica, while key new technologies deliver tremendous performance
improvements and further extend the scope of Mathematica's already broad
capabilities. Numerical computations in Version 5 are vastly faster than
in earlier versions, meaning that students will be able to complete their
assignments in less time than ever before. Mathematica for Students 5 can
also tackle significantly larger, more challenging and
computationally intensive problems, giving students a virtually limitless
environment in which to experiment and do their work.
"Mathematica 5 is a much more powerful program. It represents the
state of the art in numerical and symbolic algorithms and, as a result,
runs like greased lightning," says Joanne Mason, Director of Math Studies at
the prestigious Harker School,
located in California's Silicon Valley. "Our
students use Mathematica extensively in all math classes from precalculus
on, as well as in many of our upper-level science and computer science
courses." With over 2,500 functions for technical computation, Mathematica
for Students is suitable for all levels and fields of study from high
school through graduate school, including computer science, economics,
engineering, mathematics, the physical sciences, and statistics.
With Mathematica for Students, students can:
- Perform all of the symbolic and numeric calculations needed for their classes
- Use built-in palettes for instant access to hundreds of functions
- Plot 2D and 3D graphics from data and functions
- Connect to Java, C, .NET, and other languages
- Import, export, and analyze data, graphics, and sound in over 40 standard
file formats
- Produce professional-looking reports incorporating formulas and graphics
- Publish work on the web by saving as HTML, XML, and MathML
In addition to adding extensive new functionality, Mathematica for
Students 5 provides enhancements to its uniquely productive programming language
and publication-quality technical word processing. Extensive integration with
other software and standards also makes Mathematica for Students ideal for
use in conjunction with other tools, including Wolfram Research's other
educational products such as Mathematica
Teacher's Edition, Calculus WIZ,
and The Mathematical Explorer.
Using Mathematica for Students in their studies will help students develop
skills that will be needed throughout their educational careers and that are sought by
future employers. "Mathematica can take the pain out of
the 'brute-force' calculations that often overshadow the ideas that students
need to learn," says Barry Cherkas, Professor of Mathematics at CUNY's
Hunter College, which operates under a systemwide Mathematica license. "It
permits us to aim for a higher level of mathematical sophistication than
is otherwise possible without this technology."
Additional information about Mathematica
for Students 5 is available.
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