Mini-Course Description:
M185: Numerical Computation in Mathematica
Course Objective
This course will provide participants with a deeper understanding of the
extensive numerical capabilities of Mathematica, with a focus on
how to obtain results efficiently and how to gauge the quality of
those results.
Presenter
The course is presented by a Wolfram Research senior developer or
a Wolfram Education Group certified instructor.
Target Audience
This course is intended for any people who use numerical approximations
in their work.
Delivery Type
This mini-course consists of two independent sections, M185A and
M185B. Each section is three to four hours long. Attendees may take one or both
of these sections in any order they wish. Additional online training information is
available.
Syllabus
M185A: Numerical Computation: Numbers, Vectors, and Matrices
Exact and approximate numbers and
operations on them
- Propagation of error
- Precision, accuracy, and automatic error tracking
Working effectively with vectors and
matrices in Mathematica
- Listable operations
- Numerical linear algebra
- Sparse representations
- Programming with vectors for efficiency
M185B: Numerical Computation: Numerical Functions and Operations
Overview of numerical operations with
functions
- Numerical integration
- Finding roots numerically
- Numerical optimization
- Numerical solutions of differential equations
Advanced aspects of numerical operations
with functions
- Methods of error estimation and control
- Specifying error tolerances
- Monitoring algorithms
- Function evaluation semantics
Course Materials
Each attendee will be pointed to a download site to retrieve a set
of Mathematica notebooks containing the course lectures,
exercises, and additional course materials.
Course Materials
Each attendee will be provided with Mathematica course notebooks
and access to the current version of Mathematica. The course
notebooks require Mathematica or Mathematica Player. For
attendees participating in classroom-based sessions, course materials are
distributed in print and on CD-ROM, and are yours to keep; a
computer running Mathematica is available for your use during
class. For attendees participating in online classes, a download
of the course materials is provided; a temporary Mathematica
training license is provided upon request.
To sign up for this course, see the training calendar and
registration page.
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