Specifications

Constituent Technology Included in webMathematica

• Mathematica 5.2 with full documentation
• The webMathematica web application, a special configuration of files arranged to run inside a servlet container (includes J/Link, webMathematica packages, and various Java class files)
• The webMathematica kernel manager, providing support for launching and shutting down Mathematica kernels and for configuring and monitoring the site as it operates
• LiveGraphics3D, a Java applet for displaying and manipulating three-dimensional graphics

Documentation and Examples Included in webMathematica

• webMathematica User Guide in notebook and PDF formats
• Getting Started with webMathematica 2
• Example webMathematica pages
• Sample configuration files
• Sample applets
• Sample web pages
• Sample images
• Mathematica, C, and Java source code for all constituent technology except Mathematica 5.2 and LiveGraphics3D

Compatibility

• Client Software
  Firefox, Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, Mozilla, Safari, OmniWeb
  (Please refer to the compatibility chart for specific version compatibility.)
• Server Technologies
  Java Servlets, JSP, Apache, PHP
• Supported Java Versions
  Minimum version: Java 1.4
  Recommended: Java 5.0 or later
• Servlet Engines
  Apache Tomcat, Macromedia JRun, Sun ONE, Resin, BEA WebLogic Server, JBoss, IBM WebSphere, Oracle 9i application server, and ServletExec
  (Please refer to the compatibility chart for specific version compatibility.)
• Web Servers with Tested Compatibility
  Apache HTTP server, Microsoft IIS
• Supported Server Systems
  Any system supporting Mathematica 5.2 and Java 1.4 or later
  (Please refer to the compatibility chart for specific version compatibility.)

Miscellaneous

• Security Features
  Full compatibility with standard web-server security such as firewalls, trusted hosts, and HTTP-specific features; Mathematica-specific security to prevent execution of system-specific commands
• Performance Overhead
  Start-up overhead removed by Mathematica session caching, linear performance as load increases, multiple Mathematica licenses supported (suitable for multiprocessor machines), minimal overhead over normal Mathematica computation time