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This product is for K-12 and community colleges only
Building on two decades of world-class algorithm and software development, Mathematica 6 represents a dramatic breakthrough that immensely broadens Mathematica's scope and applicability—and redefines the very way we think about computation. Made possible by Mathematica's unique symbolic architecture, Mathematica 6 introduces a sweeping unification of language and interface concepts that makes possible a new level of automation in algorithmic computation, interactive manipulation and dynamic presentation—as well as a whole new way of interacting with the world of data.
Dynamic Interactivity
Mathematica 6 brings a revolution in the concept of interactive computing—for the first time allowing dynamic interfaces to be created instantly as a routine part of everyday work. Based on a series of inventions at Wolfram Research, Mathematica 6 builds on Mathematica's powerful core symbolic architecture to allow sophisticated interactive interfaces to be created from single lines of input—as easily as getting answers to simple calculations.
High-Impact Adaptive Visualization
Mathematica 6 dramatically redefines the world of desktop visualization, providing for the first time complete automation of the process of creating high-fidelity high-impact 2D, 3D and dynamic visualizations of functions and data. Based on major new computational geometric methods developed at Wolfram Research, Mathematica 6 uses the unique architecture of Mathematica to automate every aspect of the visualization pipeline, from analysis to sampling, feature detection, aesthetic choice and final rendering.
Language for Data Integration
Mathematica 6 introduces a major new level of automation in handling external data. Supporting hundreds of formats and subformats across a full range of areas, Mathematica 6 builds on Mathematica's unique symbolic architecture to provide a unified language for converting between external data and uniform Mathematica symbolic expressions—defining a major new level of capability for digital workflow management.
Load-on-Demand Curated Data
Mathematica 6 pioneers the powerful concept of built-in computable data sources. An efficient load-on-demand mechanism makes hundreds of gigabytes of carefully curated and continually updated data immediately available inside Mathematica for use in computations. Mathematica 6 introduces major collections of data in mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, linguistics and finance—all organized and aggregated for the first time by Wolfram Research for direct use in computations.
Symbolic Interface Construction
Mathematica 6 redefines user interface programming—for the first time making it realistic for non-experts to create highly sophisticated and customized interfaces. By integrating interface elements into Mathematica's unique symbolic language framework, Mathematica 6 allows arbitrary interfaces to be represented directly in terms of high-level symbolic controls that can immediately be connected to arbitrary dynamic computations—and laid out using Mathematica's rich tabular, document and graphical capabilities.
Automated Computational Aesthetics
Mathematica 6 brings to fruition a major Wolfram Research initiative in the use of advanced algorithmic methods—combined with award-winning graphic design—to automate the process of immediately creating cognitively and aesthetically compelling material, for the first time allowing final-quality presentation to be achieved routinely throughout the working process.
Unification of Graphics, Text & Controls
Mathematica 6 achieves for the first time a dramatic unification that deeply integrates fully editable and active graphics, text, math, tables, controls and user interfaces in every aspect of both input and output. Building on Mathematica's unique symbolic architecture and notebook document paradigm, Mathematica 6 allows all these elements to be mixed and connected at the finest scales, immediately allowing a remarkable range of important new forms of display and interaction.
When you provide Mathematica for the Classroom, your students will have the tools they need to investigate and explore technical subjects. For example, future engineers can model the real world, future scientists can simulate physical and social systems, future mathematicians can conjecture and prove theorems, and future programmers can create effective and efficient pieces of code. In short, Mathematica for the Classroom promotes learning experiences that textbooks cannot.
The Mathematica notebook file format is useful for creating platform-independent documents that can be shared among students, teachers, and colleagues. When used in a computer lab or with an overhead projector, notebooks work great for presenting tutorials, lectures, and demonstrations. Since notebooks display traditional mathematical notation, they are perfect for composing handouts, tests, and assignments that can be either printed or distributed, completed, and returned electronically.
Mathematica for the Classroom helps you to visually reinforce important concepts with full-color graphics and interactive exercises created with palettes (sets of buttons that correspond to Mathematica commands). Palettes are the intuitive way to create documents and tutorials for your students. You can customize as many palettes as you need to organize the features that you use the most. |
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