M205: Visualization in Mathematica

Course Objective This course provides a foundation for using Mathematica's graphical and visualization features as well as working with the graphics programming language. Extensive use of concrete examples and applications to illustrate concepts is included.

Presenter The course is presented by a Wolfram Research senior developer or a Wolfram Education Group certified instructor.

Target Audience The course is written for anyone who wants to take advantage of Mathematica's graphical and visualization tools, or who has completed "M101: A First Course in Mathematica."

Delivery Type Courses are delivered as instructor-led classes in computer classroom facilities or as online classes over the web. Course topics are presented with alternating sessions of lectures and exercises. Additional online training information is available. All classes feature low student-teacher ratios.

Syllabus

Survey of Mathematica's extensive collection of plotting functions
Plotting functions and expressions; visualizing data; working with Image data; visualization of networks
Getting the most out of options for visualization functions
Options for color, regions of interest, mesh, vector plot, grid, plot range, text, charting, interactive values, and precedence of arguments
Utilizing graphics programming to enhance your visualizations
The underlying structure of graphics; graphics primitives; graphics directives; GraphicsComplex
Techniques for combining plots
Arrays of graphics; merging graphics; using Inset; Prolog and Epilog; Image operations
Advanced examples illustrating visualization concepts

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.

Prerequisites This course assumes a working knowledge of Mathematica syntax and the use of pure functions on the level of "M101: A First Course in Mathematica."