Polymath Program
We will use the Polymath Program extensively in this course. It is a math program, relatively easy to learn. There will not be a classroom instruction for this program. You are responsible for mastery of this program. It has several different components: Differential Equation solver, Algebraic Equation solver (linear and non-linear), and a Regression Analysis package.
The Polymath Program (Polymath 6.2 licensed
by CHEN for AY 2009-10) can be downloaded from
http://www.polymath-software.com/edu
You may also purchase the Polymath package including the manual and additional programs from the Polymath Homepage. (http://www.polymath-software.com/).
For all of the Polymath based assignments,
you are required to submit the program statement and the graphical and/or
tabular results as specified in the problem.
For troubleshooting consult the Support Page (http://www.polymath-software.com/support/) of the Polymath Homepage .
For additional help, look into help files in
the Windows program.
Math Symbols and Functions in Polymath:
addition: +
subtraction: -
multiplication *
division: /
exponentiation: ** (example, 1.53 = 1.5**3 )
power of 10: 1.2x108 = 1.2e8
ln( ) = natural logarithm
log( ) = base 10 logarithm
abs( ) = absolute value
exp( ), sin( ), cos( )
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