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Teach Yourself

1. There are several documents available from Mathematics at UMIST:
   1. README
   2. Maths at UMIST
   3. ODEs
   4. University Calculus
   5. Highschool Mathematics
   
   
2. Tutorials from Wolfram Research, in particular:
   1. Introduction to Mathematica

Add-on Packages

There exist many add-on packages which (at a price) will extend functionality. (We don't have them.)

Comparable Packages

MuPAD

• Macintosh,
• Linux,
• Solaris,
  
• MS Windows...

Macsyma

Developed at MIT; now sold by Symbolics. Written in LISP. Original and best?

Maple

Well-respected in mathematical community; trial version available.

MathCad

Supported by ISD, but less powerful (symbolics) than others above.