MATHwire

September 2008

Announcements

The deadline to register for the International Mathematica User Conference 2008 is October 10. This year's expanded conference includes sessions for beginning Mathematica users as well as advanced users and developers...
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The Wolfram Demonstrations Project has a new look, with full hierarchical classification and now over 3500 published Demonstrations...
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The new Wolfram Education Portal provides precollege-level Demonstrations appropriate for a variety of classroom subjects...
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The Wolfram Education Group has added three new free seminars to its offerings, "S21: Working with Data Collections," "S24: Working with Imported Data in Mathematica," and "S26: Transitioning to Mathematica 6 (from Earlier Versions)"...
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Application Packages

The first of a new generation of stand-alone applications deployed using Mathematica Player Pro, BEST Viewpoints is a system that combines and extends data manipulation and analysis capabilities found in spreadsheets and database languages...
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Objectica is a new application package that adds full-scale, integrated object orientation to Mathematica...
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MathCode F90 1.2, a Fortran 90 code-generation system for Mathematica, now supports Mac OS X and Linux in addition to Windows...
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When added to gridMathematica or Mathematica Personal Grid Edition, the new SEM (Supercomputing Engine for Mathematica) allows each Mathematica kernel in a cluster to communicate directly with every other kernel...
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Tensors in Physics 1.6, a combined e-book and courseware application package, now supports Unix as well as Mac OS X and Windows, and takes advantage of Mathematica 6...
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Upcoming Events

The France Mathematica Seminars 2008 take place September 3 in Paris, France. Register now for an up-close look at the newest features in Mathematica...
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New on the Web

Check out our new Mathematica-related Books site, fully categorized to help you find the best book for your needs...
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Mathematica now has a Facebook presence where you can connect with other Mathematica users, ask questions, download screensavers and backgrounds, and more. Become a Mathematica fan and share your enthusiasm with your Facebook friends...
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Did You Know?

...you can email a Demonstration, quickly embed a link or thumbnail into your blog or website, and keep track of your favorite Demonstrations? Check out the new "Share & Bookmark This Demonstration" sidebar...
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...that you can use SparseArray to handle matrices with millions of entries...
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...that you can use ColorData to pick from a library of carefully designed color schemes for your graphics...
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...that you can type in Mathematica faster by using ALT-], ALT-}, and ALT-) to create matched [], {}, and () pairs...
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In the News

Mathematica for the Classroom has been approved by the Distinguished Apple Educator program as recommended software for middle and high school math and science curricula...
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With the aid of an Apple Research & Technology Support (ARTS) award, Dr. William Shaw and colleagues at Kings College London are using gridMathematica and Apple technology to pioneer the use of grid computing in the financial world...
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Dr. Dobb's interviews Wolfram Research's Theo Gray, co-founder and Director of User Interfaces, and Roger Germundsson, Director of Research and Development, about the upcoming 2008 International Mathematica User Conference.
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