Textbook
1. Getting Started with Mathematica, by Cheung, Keough, Gross and Landraitis
2. MATLAB guide, by Higham

Library reserve:
3. The Mathematica book
4. MATLAB: the language of technical computing

Note: you may find the online book Numerical Computing in MATLAB by Moler useful.

Time and Place
Session 1: Tuesday 12:00-12:55p, Kerchkoff 119
Session 2: Friday 4:00-4:55p, Firestone 306

Schedule
Week 1-5: Mathematica
Week 6-10: Matlab

Topics
Matlab: basic syntax; linear algebra computation; visualization; control flow; numerical analysis, including curve fitting, interpolation, differentiation, integration, optimization and solving nonlinear equations; script and function with m-file; strings; file input/output; arrays and structures; optimizing performance by vectorization; fast fourier transform and ode solvers.
Mathematica: basic syntax; numerical calculations; algebraic computations, including transforming and simplifying algebraic expressions; symbolic mathematics, including calculus, inequalities, power series, differential equations, limits and integral transforms; graphics and sound; special functions; linear algebra; numerical analysis; functions and programs; lists; input and output in notebooks.

Grading
Weekly assignment. No exam.