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[edit] MathLab Hours Fall 2012
There is a consultant on duty when the lab is open. They may be wandering around the labs helping students or at the desk in 331. Please report it if no one is around Report It! (you will be asked to sign in)
[edit] MathLab Software
- Mathematica 8.0
- Free home use Mathematica 8.0 license. for MTU students.
- MatLab
- SAS
- Magma
- Only on machines 21,22,23, and 24 in Fisher 330
- C, C++, Fortran
[edit] Calculus Labs
The labs provide a hands on introduction to solving Calculus problems using the industry standard Mathematica software. The lab grade accounts for 10% of your total calculus grade and is based on weekly Mathematica labs and Canvas quizzes.
Talk to a consultant in Fisher 331 or contact the appropriate Course Coordinator via Canvas for additional information.
Calculus 1 2, and 3: Go To Canvas
All lab information will be distributed through Canvas.
Sign in using your MTU userID (email address without @mtu.edu) and your ISO password.
[edit] Exploring Mathematics Colloquium
A weekly colloquium will be held in Fisher 330 at 4-5pm every Thursday during the fall and spring semesters. The colloquium will cover a wide variety of topics but the primary goal is to answer campus wide questions about how you can benefit from using Mathematica. Are you currently crunching data in Excel? Are you struggling with visualizations in MatLab? Let us show you what you can do with Mathematica. The general topic to be discussed on any given week will be posted below although questions are always welcome. You can submit suggestions about topics or specific questions to be addressed via email to malabdir@mtu.edu or through our shared Google Drive. If you would like us to work with a specific problem or data set you can also submit files to the drive. Are you currently using Mathematica in your field or have built something you would like to show off? Email malabdir@mtu.edu to schedule a time to lead the colloquium.
Prior Labs:
3/28/2013 The command NDSolve was used to solve some ODE’s and PDE’s. The effects of adjusting the working precision, precision goal, and other things were discussed. The notebook that was used can be found at: notebook
Upcoming Labs:
4/4/2013 Concepts in linear algebra will be discussed including working with; eigenvalues and eigenvectors, singular values and sparse matrices, as well a discussion on solving large systems. If you have specific questions within this field or even a particular system of data that you would like us to work with email the question or file to malabdir@mtu.edu .
4/11/2013 Importing data. We will import an image and some excel data. We will then organize the data and perform the some basic operation on it. We will also direct you to a blog where someone has setup Mathematica to act as a home security system.
4/18/2013 To be determined. Email malabdir@mtu.edu with requests or if you would like to present.
[edit] MathLab Policies
- Violations of the MTU Academic Integrity policy will be reported directly to the Dean of Students. There are some specific policies relevant to the MathLab.
- Account use policies: Rules covering the use of your mathlab account.
[edit] MathLab Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Common Mathematica Mistakes
- Recovering deleted files.
- Firefox won't open, says it's already open.
- Open a terminal window. (Right-click on the desktop and select "Open Terminal".)
- Type in the
rm ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/{lock,.parentlock}and hit enter: - Restart Firefox.
- If this doesn't work, and you don't care if you lose your settings (such as bookmarks, history, etc), type
rm -rf ~/.mozilla
- For help with the lab programs (Canvas, Mathematica, OpenOffice, etc.), ask one of the lab consultants on duty.
- Contact the appropriate Course Coordinator via Canvas, with questions that consultants can not answer or with hardware issues, or problems with/ideas for this website.
[edit] Consultant Pages (Restricted access)
Information for students employed in the lab.
The lab regularly has employment opportunities for undergraduates.
The application can be found at this link:
http://www.mathlab.mtu.edu/apps/MathlabApplication2.pdf
