How to Get Mathematica
Mathematica is currently installed in the following locations:
Computer labs
- All public and general labs
Computer clusters
- The Mathematica license for Wilkes University allows for parallel computing on dedicated research clusters, or in ad-hoc, or distributed grid environments. For details, please contact: Andy Dorsett at Wolfram Research
To request Mathematica Desktop and Mathematica Online, follow the directions below.
Faculty, Staff, and Students:
Mathematica Desktop Mathematica Online For school-owned or personally-owned machines: - Fill out this form to request a download. Use your @school.edu email when making your request.
- Choose your correct affiliation (faculty/staff or student).
- Click "Download" and begin the download.
- When prompted, click "Activate through your Organization's SSO."
- Use your wilkes.edu credentials to activate Mathematica.
- Revisit this link to request access to Mathematica|Online.
- Choose your correct affiliation (faculty/staff or student).
- Click "Go to Mathematica Online".
- Follow on-screen directions to register and log-in to Mathematica Online
Are you interested in putting Mathematica elsewhere? Please let IT or Andy Dorsett at Wolfram Research know.
Tutorials
Mathematica
These tutorials are excellent for new users, and can be assigned to students as homework to learn Mathematica outside of class time.
- Hands-on Start to Wolfram Mathematica
This tutorial helps you get started with Mathematica—learn how to create your first notebook, run calculations, generate visualizations, create interactive models, analyze data, and more.
- Introduction to Mathematica for Students and Teachers (online course)
Use this tutorial to learn about solving math problems in the Wolfram Language—from basic arithmetic to integral calculus and beyond.
- What's New in Mathematica 13
Provides a list of new functionality in Mathematica 13, and links to documentation and examples for these new features—including blockchain management, audio processing, machine learning and neural networks, and text and language processing.
- How To Topics
Access step-by-step instructions ranging from how to create animations to basic syntax information.
- Mathematica Resources
Browse Wolfram's large collection of learning materials and support resources.
- Introduction to Notebooks (interactive open course)
Learn to use Wolfram Notebooks for computing, programming, generating reports and creating presentations with this interactive course.
Teaching with Wolfram Technology
Mathematica
Mathematica offers an interactive classroom experience that helps students explore and grasp concepts, plus gives faculty the tools they need to easily create supporting course materials, assignments, and presentations.
- Teaching and Learning with Mathematica—Free video course
Learn how to make your classroom dynamic with interactive models, explore computation and visualization capabilities in Mathematica that make it useful for teaching practically any subject at any level, and get best-practice suggestions for course integration.
- Preparing and Giving Presentations
Learn how to create a slideshow presentation that combines graphics, calculations, and nicely formatted text, with live calculations or animations.
- Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Download pre-built, open-code examples from a daily-growing collection of interactive visualizations, spanning a remarkable range of topics.
- Wolfram U Courses on Classroom Resources & Instruction
Access on-demand and live courses on using Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and other Wolfram technologies in your classroom.
Research with Mathematica
Rather than requiring different toolkits for different jobs, Mathematica integrates the world's largest collection of algorithms, high-performance computing capabilities, and a powerful visualization engine in one coherent system, making it ideal for academic research in just about any discipline.
Resources for researchers
- Wolfram Language Training Courses—Free video courses
Explore what's possible with the Wolfram Language, including programming fundamentals and concepts, built-in functions, symbolic expressions, and tips for better, faster coding.
- Field-Specific Applications
Learn what areas of Mathematica are useful for specific fields.
- Wolfram Certifications
Take online courses and earn formal certifications for your knowledge and expertise in field-specific disciplines.