UCSC Math 23a, Winter 2004 Vector Calculus


Software

Commercial mathware:
  • Mathwright Library
    Very large library of brilliant math courseware
  • Matlab
    First of the linear algebra libraries, now general purpose
    Expensive, student price $99
    Avail in BE 109. Oakes, and SS1 labs at UCSC
  • Maple
    Among the first to combine symbolics, graphics, and numerics
    Expensive, student price $99
  • Mathematica
    Also an early general purpose math environment
    Expensive, student price $140
    Available in all UCSC cmptr labs
  • Dpgraph
    Great graphics for many math problems
    $10, or free for UCSC students
    Available in BE 109
  • Phaser
    originally written at UCSC by our student, husayin kocak
    great tool for visualizing dyn sys in 2&3D
    costs $50
  • Berkeley Madonna
    professional tool for dyn sys application industry
    student version free, full version $200
  • Freeware: These links come from Marsden and Tromba
    (Instructor's Manual)
  • Vector Field Analyzer II
  • 3D-XplorMath
  • USC Math Computing Labs
  • Cornell Math Dept Instructional Computing Lab

  • Revised 01 mar 2004 by RHA