Mathematica

Wolfram Research

The Minnesota State Colleges & Universities, Office of the Chancellor is pleased to announce the renewal of the system-wide agreement for Mathematica 6.  This is the second year that the Wolfram Research site license for Mathematica has been made possible by The Office of the Chancellor, IT Division.  The exciting news this year is that licenses are now available for full or half-time students for use on their own personal computer. (Win, Mac, or Linux)

The unlimited system-wide site license for Mathematica will facilitate student learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with a cutting-edge computational software engine. Mathematica also has powerful built-in statistics packages providing new solutions for economics, finance, and the social sciences.

System-wide license coverage:
The Mathematica system-wide site license includes:

●    Unlimited installation on member campus-owned machines
●    Unlimited faculty home use
●    Unlimited student personal use
●    Technical support
●    Software upgrades as they are released

Who uses Mathematica?

See the MnSCU system-wide Math Software Survey (zoom to 500% to view)
Math Software Survey Summary

Mathematica has millions of users worldwide, including many of the foremost scientists in the world, all Fortune 50 companies, all fifteen major departments of the U.S. government, and all of the world’s fifty largest universities. Hundreds of courses, from high school to graduate school, are based on Mathematica. The latest enhancements will expand the use of Mathematica to an even wider range applications and users. Some MnSCU faculty members have used Mathematica since its first release.

Academic Comprehensive Program

The Mathematica site license program is a comprehensive program that includes free home use.

• Wolfram resources on the Web include:

• Mathematica FAQs
• Mathematica Site License FAQ & Installation Guide PDF
• What’s new in Mathematica 7
• Mathematica Learning Center
• Mathematica Statistics Packages
• Mathworld online encyclopedia of math concepts
• Demonstrations Project dynamic classroom examples
• Wolfram Screencast Gallery features & tutorials
• Screencast Gallery Hands-on Start to Mathematica
• Mathematica, Tutorial Collection
• Functions.wolfram.com formulas & graphics
• Wolfram's InfoCenter free demos for teaching & research
• Using Mathematica Technology in Education
• The Mathematica Journal

Technical Support:

• Mathematica documentation
• Mathematica Tech Support FAQs
• FAQs & Technical Support

• STUDENTS NEW TO MATHEMATICA?
  If you haven't already seen it, take a look at "Hands-on Start to Mathematica," a tutorial screencast that will get your students who are new to Mathematica using the software in just a few minutes. http://url.wolfram.com/4WX90c/

Contact Information:
Michael Morrison, Account Executive
Wolfram Research , Inc.
100 Trade Center Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7237
Phone: 1-800-965-3726 ext. 3483
Fax: 1-217-398-1108
Email: mmorrison@wolfram.com

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Date created: February 3, 2006
Last modified: May 4, 2009
Created by: MRT